Archive for November, 2009

The United States is not the only country that has been hard at work designing air filtration systems to provide a cleaner indoor environment.  Klaus and Manfred Hammes of Germany designed and patented an air filtration system in1963.  Attaching small magnets to a fiberglass pad and attaching to the air outlet of an oil home oven, soot was filtered and stopped from floating in the air. 1971 brought [...]

3M just couldn’t let HEPA be number one in the air cleaner arena so they created the Filtrete Ultra Clean Air Purifier that not only gives HEPA a run for its money but also provides the quietest unit on the market. The 3M Filtrete Ultra Clean Air Purifier is designed for single room use with a three-speed fan that is known to capture 90% of large airborne allergens.  Microscopic pollutants are [...]

Have you ever noticed that allergies are more prominent today than they were fifty years ago?  You may say that we just didn’t have the technology back then to treat illnesses but that isn’t the case.  People had allergic reactions to rag weed, allergies to certain foods and a very small percentage had allergies to pet dander. It wasn’t until the 60s that government regulations [...]

The HEPA air cleaner is still the number one recommended mechanical device for allergies according to users.   First designed in the 1940s, the HEPA filter has continued to seek out better ways to improve its product but still has its initial design. High-Efficiency Particle Arresting (HEPA) filters go have a three-mechanism system designed to trap and hold on to particles without releasing back [...]