Bat Booth® 2.0 Standard

The Bat Booth was created to solve some of the industrial sector’s most pressing health concerns such as respiratory illnesses caused by airborne dust.

It has been proven that a dusty uniform leads to dangerous exposure levels of respirable dust. Respirable dust consists of particles with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 microns or less, which are capable of entering and depositing in the gas-exchange region of the lungs.

Once clothes become contaminated, the person is more likely to be affected by respirable dust. Furthermore, the risk of dust exposure remains until the dust is cleaned or removed.

Clothes dedusting starts with drawing clean air into the booth through louvres mounted high on the side panels, creating a downdraft. Simultaneously, the dedusting air jets blow the dust off the person’s clothing as they slowly turn around. The compressed air and dust are then carried with the clean air to the integrated dust collector.

During operation, the booth is maintained under negative pressure at all times. This simply means that all the dust removed is contained within the cleaning booth and captured by the dust collector before the cleaned air is exhausted.

Our Bat Booth follows guidelines from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for safe and effective personnel dedusting and is certified by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) for quality and safety.

Our commitment to providing high-quality dust extractors to protect against health risks and harmful respirable dust comes in the form of a single, robust solution: the Bat Booth.

The Bat Booth provides controlled personnel dedusting for industrial sites that generate respirable crystalline silica, coal dust, cement dust, grain fines, and other hazardous particulates.

Workers step inside the booth and activate an automated cleaning cycle. Downward-directed clean air dislodges dust from clothing and PPE. An integrated high-efficiency dust collector captures and filters contaminants during the cycle.

Mining operations, quarries, cement plants, ports, and bulk material terminals rely on the Bat Booth to prevent contamination transfer into clean zones. Traditional compressed air methods disperse dust into the breathing zone and the surrounding workspace. The Bat Booth contains and removes it.

Sites that manage strict occupational exposure limits use this system to control secondary contamination and strengthen compliance with workplace safety regulations.

Operations that generate high dust loads use the Bat Booth to control contamination transfer and respirable exposure.

Common sectors include:

• Mining
• Quarries
• Cement production facilities
• Bulk materials handling terminals
• Waste management and recycling centres
• Copper smelting operations
• Powder coating facilities
• Woodworking plants
• Food processing
• Healthcare environments
• Major infrastructure projects

These industries manage airborne particulates that require controlled removal before workers transition between zones.

This plant required a safer method to remove hazardous dust from workers’ clothing before they entered clean areas within their facility. Traditional compressed air cleaning disperses dust into the breathing zone and the surrounding workspace.

Mideco installed the Bat Booth to provide controlled personnel de-dusting to their team in line with NIOSH design principles. The system delivered a consistent full-body clean in a short cycle while containing and filtering dislodged particles. The site improved dust management practices and strengthened worker protection inside production and adjacent areas.

Respirable dust accumulates on clothing during routine industrial tasks. Workers carry that contamination into enclosed spaces where exposure continues.

The Bat Booth removes dust before workers leave high-risk areas. Downward-directed clean air dislodges surface contamination while the internal collector captures airborne particles. This process limits inhalation risk and reduces cross-contamination across the site.

1. The worker enters the Bat Booth and activates the touch panel.
2. High-velocity clean-air jets direct airflow downward across clothing and PPE to dislodge dust.
3. The integrated collector captures and filters airborne particles during the timed cycle.

The worker exits with significantly reduced surface contamination.