Designed by us. Installed by a certified crew or your own.
Independent ICAP Certified Crews
Your system goes in from our design drawing, installed by an ICAP Certified crew or your own contractor, with airflow readings recorded at the end of the install.
Why it works this way
Your system is only as good as its install
The best collector, duct layout, and explosion protection will not save you from undersized electrical runs, leaking duct joints, missed grounding, or misaligned blast gates. Those cost you in energy, maintenance, and compliance headaches for years.
Most of that damage starts the same way, and it is not on you. Someone sold you a collector, dropped it on your dock, and left you to find a contractor who has never installed one. The contractor prices what he can see and builds what he thinks you meant, and nobody checks the finished system against a drawing because there was never a drawing.
Your install runs differently here. You get a design drawing, a written scope of work, and a bill of materials before anyone bids. The drawing is yours, and you can take it to your own engineers. The crew that bids it is ICAP Certified: we checked the license against the state board, checked the insurance, called two commercial references, and reviewed that crew’s first job before certification counted. If you would rather use your own contractor, that works too. You contract the installer directly either way, so their license and insurance cover their work, and they bill you directly for their labor.
Then the numbers get checked. Your installer records airflow readings at every pickup at the end of the install, and we check them against the design drawing. You see what your system pulls next to what the drawing calls for, and you keep the readings with your records. You also get startup support from us: calls, video, and on-site support where your project calls for it.
We stand behind the design and the specification. Whoever installs it warrants their own workmanship, under their contract with you.
Where systems fail
Why the install is where systems fail
Duct that performs
Poorly made joints, undersized branch entries, and bad transitions create leaks and turbulence that rob your airflow. Your collector works harder, uses more power, and still misses dust at the hood. Your duct is sized on the design drawing, built to that drawing, and read at startup.
Electrical wired right the first time
VFDs, motor starters, safety interlocks, differential pressure sensors, and isolation controls all have to be sized, wired, and sequenced correctly. An electrician new to dust collection can undersize conductors, skip a bonding jumper, or miswire an interlock and never know it. Certified crews have done this before, and the sequence is on the drawing either way.
Explosion protection installed to the DHA
Venting, suppression, and isolation have to go in the way your dust hazard analysis (DHA) and the manufacturer call for, with NFPA 68 and NFPA 69 as the referenced standards behind them. A vent in the wrong spot, short clearance, or an isolation valve set backwards can undo the protection. Placement comes off the drawing.
Somebody measures the finished system
When a rigger, a sheet metal shop, an electrician, and a controls integrator each work off their own assumptions, nobody owns whether your system performs. The gap is that nobody measures the result. Airflow readings at the end of the install close it, and give you and your installer a number to work the punch list against.
How it runs
From drawing to startup
1
Design and bid package
Assessment of your floor, system design, design drawing, written scope, bill of materials. Nobody prices your job blind.
2
Installer chosen
An ICAP Certified crew, or your own contractor working from the same scope.
3
You contract the installer directly
Your PO, their license, their insurance, their warranty on workmanship. We take no cut of your install money.
4
Install to the drawing
Your installer handles permits, rigging, and utility tie-ins under their contract. Field conditions get called in to us, not improvised.
5
Startup support and performance verification
Airflow readings at your pickup points, controls cycled, punch list worked. You keep the readings with your records.
What it costs you. Your first assessment is free. The design drawing carries a fee scaled to your project, and you get that number before any work starts. Install labor is priced by your installer.
Scope
Systems we design and support through startup
Baghouse Dust Collectors
Structural support, rigging, pulse-jet piping, fan placement, and hopper and discharge setup, all specified on the drawing.
Cartridge Dust Collectors
Indoor and outdoor placement, compressed air, VFD integration, and return-air ducting.
Wet Collectors
Water supply, drain plumbing, pump systems, and sludge handling.
Ductwork & Hoods
Clamp-together Nordfab Quick-Fit, material chosen for your dust, blast gates, and balancing dampers.
Explosion Protection
Vent panels, suppression, isolation valves, and abort gates, placed per your DHA and the NFPA 68 and 69 requirements.
Fume Arms & Downdraft Tables
Positioning, mounting, duct connections, and airflow balancing for source capture.
Standards
The standards your install is built around
Your design drawing references the standards below, so your installer and your inspector are reading from the same page.
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.94
Ventilation requirements for local exhaust systems.
NFPA 660
Combustible dust management, including explosion protection driven by your DHA, housekeeping, and electrical classification.
NFPA 68 / 69
Separate referenced standards for explosion venting (68) and for suppression and isolation (69).
SMACNA duct standards
Gauge, joint construction, hanger spacing, and sealing where your job calls for welded or flanged duct.
Straight talk
When this is not the right fit
You need your DHA authored and stamped
A qualified person completes your dust hazard analysis (DHA), and you own it. For your DHA, go straight to DHA Report Group and request the intake form. If you need someone to author and seal that document, that is not us.
You need one vendor holding all the labor
That is not how we work. The install contract is yours, directly with a licensed contractor. If a single-source contract is a hard requirement on your project, tell us early and we will say so plainly.
You need HVAC equipment
We supply HVAC-style filters. We do not supply or install HVAC systems.
You need it installed this week
A real install runs on lead times, permits, and your production schedule. If your date is fixed and close, say so on the first call and we will tell you whether it is reachable.
Common questions
How the install works
Do you install the systems yourselves?
No. We design the system and certify the crews that install it. The labor is performed by an ICAP Certified crew you contract directly, or by your own contractor if you have one you trust. Either way that contractor carries its own license and insurance.
Who am I under contract with for the install?
The installing contractor. Your PO, their invoice, their terms. We take no cut of your install money. Our paper covers the design and the equipment we supply.
Can I use my own contractor?
Yes, and plenty of jobs run that way. Your contractor builds to our design drawing, and you get the same startup support you would with a certified crew. Whoever installs the system warrants their own workmanship under their contract with you. Ours covers the design and the specification.
What does ICAP Certified mean?
Four things, all checked before a crew touches your floor. A current contractor license checked against the state board. A certificate of insurance on file. Two commercial or industrial trade references we call. And a proving job we review before certification counts. Certification is free and cannot be purchased. Territories are capped at three certified crews, and standing is earned on airflow readings and callback rates. See the full standard
What happens if the airflow readings miss the design?
Your installer corrects the work against the drawing, under their contract with you. For certified crews, those results follow their standing in the program, which is why they take it seriously.
How long does an installation take?
It depends on the size of your system and what your facility allows. Your installer gives you the schedule with their bid, and installs are planned around your production so parts of your plant keep running. For what the whole build involves, see our 2026 cost guide.
Get a drawing and a scope your contractor can bid
Start with a free assessment. Your design drawing and written scope come next, with the design fee quoted up front. You see the design and the standards it references before anyone quotes labor.
Supporting installs at manufacturing facilities nationwide.