Thermal cleaning creates pyrolysis gases and smoke during the cleaning process proportional to the amount of residues on the parts being cleaned. Where the amount of polymer or organic residue is small enough to generate insignificant amounts of smoke, no special control method may be necessary. However, where larger amounts of organic residues are to be removed, pollution control of the smoke is strongly recommended.

Historically, most small thermal cleaning systems have been sold without pollution control of the smoke created during the cleaning process. Smoke control options such as afterburners and scrubbers are very expensive, often costing more than the basic cleaning unit itself. To offer pollution control for small thermal cleaning systems at a reasonable price, Tempyrox Co. developed a novel hybrid design of electric, catalytic, and gas technologies resulting in an oxidizer for smoke control with a small size of approx. 12" x 24": Introducing the Electri-Cat Oxidizer.

This Unit is compact enough to sit on top of all basic PYRO-CLEAN® models, and destroys the pyrolysis smoke and gases produced during the cleaning cycle. Typical operation is at 1300-1500° F. This proprietary system combines electric, gas, and catalytic oxidizer technologies. The Electri-Cat Oxidizer couples to the PYRO-CLEAN® unit temperature control system such that the rate of smoke emission fed from the unit to the oxidizer is closely controlled. This prevents overloading the oxidizer, helping maintain maximum destruction efficiency.

Operating cost for the Electri-Cat Oxidizer is about 20 cents per hour (based on 10cent/kwh). Pollution control for literally pennies per hour!