Humidification & humidity control
in tobacco production
Tobacco leaves, cut tobacco and paper are all extremely hygroscopic which means that they give up their moisture to the surrounding environment if the air is too dry. Dry air causes tobacco's properties to degrade resulting in shrinkage, weight loss, brittleness, flaking, splitting and tearing.
This causes tobacco to literally fall out of cigarettes, cigarette papers to misfeed on machines and cigar leaves to crack.
Maintaining the right level of ambient relative humidity prevents all these problems by ensuring that tobacco, paper and leaves retain moisture at the correct levels, so maintaining their quality and ensuring that production can proceed at full efficiency.
Recommended tobacco manufacturing humidity levels:
Primary production - 60-68%RH
Tobacco stores - 60-70%RH
Ripping rooms - 65%RH
- BAT
- ITC
- Imperial Tobacco
- Rothmans International
- Gallagher + Co Ltd
- Swedish Match
- World Duty Free
- Altadis
- Hunters & Frankau
- West Indian Tobacco
- Rizla
Eliminating static with humidification
45-55%RH eliminates the build-up of static electricity in manufacturing environments.
Museums, galleries, art & antiques humidification
Preserving works of art and antiques from the effects of dry air
In-duct evaporative cooling strategies
The three main AHU evaporative cooling strategies explained, covering direct, in-direct and exhaust air cooling.
Data centre humidification
Provides high capacity, low cost evaporative cooling and combats ESD.
Concert halls & organs humidification
Preserving organs, protecting wooden instruments and auditoriums
Office humidification
Improves health and productivity of staff and reduces absenteeism.
Hospital & healthcare humidification
Reduces airborne virus transmission and improves patient health and recovery
Home humidification
Improves health and protects furniture, floors and textiles.
Tea production humidification
Improves fermentation and produces blacker, higher value teas.
Mushroom growing humidification
Provides optimal growing conditions and reduces Mushroom damage.
Egg hatchery humidification
Critical for maximum yield of chicks from each batch.
Crop storage humidification
Prevents degradation of crops and assists safe long term storage.
Cold storage humidification
Preventing weight loss and improving shelf-life of produce.
Abattoir humidification
Reducing weight loss during carcass chill down to less than 1%.
Textile manufacturing humidification
Combats static, reduces weight loss during manufacturing and improves product quality.
Printing humidification
Prevents static and paper from drying and changing shape.
Pharmaceutical manufacturing humidification
Increases efficiency & yields.
Paper & pulp production humidification
Prevents dimensional changes and maintains product weight.
Spray booth humidification
Prevents evaporation of water-based paints and improves finish.
Packaging humidification
Reducing static and maintaining the properties of paper, card and adhesives.
Medical device manufacturing humidification
Improves yield by preventing materials from drying and eliminating static.
Explosive & munition manufacturing humidification
Prevention of electro static risk to combustible materials.
Electronics manufacturing
Eliminate harmful electrostatic discharge and achieve low cost cooling.
Cleanrooms & laboratories humidification
Improves production efficiencies.
Automotive manufacturing humidification
Improves productivity in paint spraying, sanding and testing areas.