The acgih guidelines and consensus standards criteria are typically recommended when there is no osha criteria addressing a particular problem.
Paint booth air flow regulations.
Paint booth air flow requirements.
A 14 wide x 9 tall x 26 long spray paint booth will exhaust at least 13 104 cubic feet of air per minute.
Fans to push and pull the air being pushed in and pulled out are done with two types of fans.
Air velocity 312 5 ft2 x 50 ft min 15 625 ft3 min.
The real issue with air flow in a spray paint booth is having adequate air.
Restrict access for anyone with asthma allergies and respiratory illnesses.
If you make the filter section too small you can expect turbulence in the booth and this will cause paint overspray to settle on the walls ceiling lamps etc.
Keep your spray booth clean and change filters regularly.
Running this spray booth for twenty minutes requires 262 080 cubic feet of available air.
Controlling the paint booth air flow going into the booth with relation to the air being exhausted from the booth is critically important to maintain the proper flow of air over the item being painted and remove the over spray effectively.
Spray booth safety tips.
If you want uniform air distribution throughout the booth you should size the air intake filters accordingly.
This requires a building at least 17 472 sq ft with 15.
Osha states that paint booths must be designed to filter out flammable contaminants and move air currents toward an exhaust for proper ventilation.
There must be some sort of independent exhaust system in place to discharge outside of the building.