Training/Presentation

HSE – Top 10 Noise Control Techniques

Minimising noise is an important part of LEV design. The easiest way to achieve minimal noise, is by designing to encourage laminar flow.  i.e. No bends directly before and after a fanset, no sharp tapers and use angled branch joints …

LEV TExT Templates (in MS Word)

If you are looking for inspiration when setting about designing a TExT template for the Thorough Examination and Testing of LEV systems under CoSHH Reg 9 ….. look no further. Below are a number of Templates that can be freely …

P601 & P604 LEV TExT Report Template

So you’ve passed the P601 or P604 exam, congratulations! The next step is to submit two LEV Thorough Examination and Test Reports/one Commissioning Report. It can be difficult to know where to begin when it comes to submitting two LEV …

Video – “What Happens When a Centrifugal Fan Runs in Reverse”?

Latest OXYL8 LEV training video on YouTube which shows what happens when a Centrifugal fan is incorrectly wired (ie phases the wrong way round) – a situation which is all too common (estimated that approx 7% are incorrectly wired). The …

BOHS P600 Foundation Course – Methods for Testing Performance of LEV

In early 2017 BOHS launched their new Foundation course in the P600 series for LEV.  This one has in fact been given the title P600.  Although it is in the “P” series this one-day course is in fact a Foundation …

Video – “How to Use the PITOT Tube”

New OXYL8 training video on YouTube which provides an excellent introduction to the PITOT Tube, how to make the connections to a Manometer and how to take correct readings in a duct How to Use the PITOT Tube

BOHS NI Regional Meeting – Practical LEV Testing

A PDF of the slides from the BOHS Northern Ireland regional meeting.  Titled Practical LEV Testing. BOHS Practical LEV Testing Slides

Camfil – Wet Scrubbers vs. Dry Dust Collectors (Slide Share)

Wet scrubbers and dry media dust collectors are two very different technologies used to capture combustible dusts. This slideshare presentation looks at the pro’s and cons of both types of collector. Link to Slide Presentation

Friction Factor Calculation in Excel

Radigan Engineering have a free to download excel spreadsheet. Taken from their website: When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to calculate the Darcy-Weisbach friction factor… engineer’s often throw up their hands, go back to their old …

British Lung Foundation: Lung Disease Statistics (UK)

Follow this link to the British Lung Foundation Website where you will find reports on how many people in the UK are affected by each of the major lung diseases and how the figures vary by age, gender, region and standard …