Device to cut airborne dust enters market
The US government science agency Agricultural Research Service
(ARS) has granted a license to a Minnesota firm to commercialise an
electrostatic system for reducing airborne dust and microorganisms
in poultry houses and hatcheries.
(ARS) has granted a license to a Minnesota firm to commercialise an
electrostatic system for reducing airborne dust and microorganisms
in poultry houses and hatcheries.
Baumgartner Environics will have an exclusive field-of-use license for the device that uses an electrostatic charge to trap airborne particles and microbes, including the food pathogen salmonella.
According to ARS, in one research study the system killed at least 95 per cent of airborne and surface S. enteritidis.
Additionally, the system reduces biofilms - formed by pathogenic bacteria that stick to surfaces and then cover themselves with a protective coating - by up to 99.8 per cent when used at close range.
Baumgartner Environics will initially use the device as a companion technology to its patented Bio-Curtain system. Used together, the two technologies will tackle dust, ammonia and odours in air emissions from animal housing.
