ALTO (Ningbo)Mechanical Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Dongguang Viper Cleaning Equipment Co., Ltd. ALTO Cesk Republica s.r.o. Viper (Hong Kong)Co. Limited Nilfisk-Advance Korea Co., Ltd Nilfisk-Advance de Mexico S. De R.L. de Nilfisk-Advance Prof. Temizlik Ekipmanlari Tic. Doug Tolson Engineering Ltd.Specialists in high pressure cleaning IBKA has particularly specialised in high pressure water jetting and dry vacuum cleaning – from construction waste to liquid chemical products. View all products › Safety, Quality and the Environment to provide the best possible results for our customers, staff and owners. The Industrial Cleaning Specialists IBKA is Denmark’s leading company within the industrial cleaning industry. We provide our services to all types of industries within the fields of high pressure water jet cleaning, tank cleaning, dry vacuum cleaning, gully emptying and boiler cleaning. Our focus areas include safety, quality, service, the environment and efficiency within all of our work.

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Cre8tek has done the mechanical design of the remote controlled vacuum cleaner handle for Nilfisk Advance. A collaboration between Cre8tek, Nilfisk’s R&D department in Denmark and their manufacturing sites in Sozhou, China. The result was 3 handles to be used in different variants of the highend consumer series “Elite”. Mechanical design and product developmentDesignworks USA provided the Industrial Design concept, Nilfisk’s R&D department developed the electronics, while Cre8tek did the mechanical design and integration between the ID and electronics. DFM and preparations for manufacturing have been carried out by Cre8tek in close cooperation with Nilfisk’s manufacturing department in Suzhou, China.Simulations and analysisAs a part of the design verification, Cre8tek performed light simulations on light guides, tolerance chain analysis on critical stack-ups. An example of this is the keyboard stack-up, where reliable functions and good tactility was ensured.Functional prototypes and validationFor test and design evaluation, Cre8tek delivered functional and TRUE appearance prototypes of all mechanical component, including plastic components, 2K components, NCVM (metalized) components, sheet metal components for battery connectors.

Furthermore Cre8tek carried out the validation plan on component- and assembly level and was responsible for various environmental- and IP testing.During the early development phase of the mechanical design, Cre8tek’s engineers have provided valuable DFM-inputs on component level. This resulted in a higher degree of maturity earlier in the project than typically expected in the first prototypes.Cre8tek deliveries in the Nilfisk Elite project includes: Concept and ID integration Light guide design og simulations DFM and preparations for Manufacturing Technical documentation, 2D/3D drawingFor more than two years, Theresa Lansberry has fought a daily battle against household dust. Ever since doctors diagnosed her husband and, later, her oldest daughter, with allergic asthma triggered by dust mites, she has waged war against the millions of microscopic, spider-like creatures that inhabit the cozy corners of most homes. She ripped out carpets and replaced them with wood.

She banned certain stuffed animals and relegated others to a weekly hot-water wash with mite-killing soap. She spent time, energy and money on dozens of other interventions aimed at keeping life-threatening asthma attacks at bay. “I’ve bought the steam cleaners and the mattress covers and I don’t use curtains in our bedroom,” says Lansberry, 33, a mother of six from Peoria, Ill. Until now, Lansberry thought she was winning. But a new review of studies released this week suggests that she and others affected by asthma might as well give up the fight. In 54 trials involving more than 3,000 patients, the most widely recommended treatments to reduce dust mites had no effect on the symptoms of asthma sufferers, researchers in Denmark found. Dust mites are tiny organisms that thrive in the company of humans, feasting on dead skin cells and nesting in soft, dust-collecting places such as bedding, carpets and cloth-covered furniture. “Chemical and physical methods aimed at reducing exposure to house dust mite allergens cannot be recommended,” wrote Dr. Peter Gotzsche, director of the Nordic Cochrane Center in Copenhagen.

That means patients tempted to try cures ranging from powders and sprays to air ionizers and expensive HEPA-filter vacuum cleaners shouldn’t bother, said the researchers, who have studied the issue in periodic reports for more than a decade. "It is patients who pay for useless interventions, not doctors," Gotzsche said. In addition, national and international allergy agencies should stop advocating treatments that don’t work, he said. “Reviews and guidelines should reflect the facts,” the report concluded. Dust mites aren't the only culprit That recommendation drew the ire of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, whose members routinely advise the criticized techniques. The Denmark study is “myopic,” said Mike Tringale, the asthma advocacy agency’s director of external affairs.  It focused only on studies of dust mites, instead of the range of possible household allergens. “There’s not one cause of the problem and there’s not one solution,” said Tringale.

He added that the review was incomplete and omitted studies that showed limiting dust mites improves asthma symptoms, a charge that Gotzsche denied. Reducing dust mites has to be part of an overall plan that may include medication and other interventions, such as removing pets from the home or eliminating smoking, Tringale said. The studies reviewed by the Denmark team ranged from trials of two weeks to two years. They included several techniques aimed at reducing dust mites. Researchers used chemicals to poison the critters and physical interventions to get rid of them. They tried sheathing mattresses and pillows in mite-proof covers, washing bed linens frequently in very hot water and removing dust-harboring furniture, toys, plants and other items from homes. Some of the studies did manage to reduce the amount of mites by 50 percent or more. But that still had no effect on the asthma patients’ symptoms, probably because it’s not possible to reduce the mites enough, Gotzsche indicated.

"The levels are so high that the reduction that can be obtained has no effect on the asthma," Gotzsche said. In some people, even small amounts of the allergen can trigger attacks. It’s not the mites themselves that cause problems. Their waste and decaying bodies contain a protein that mixes with household dust and becomes airborne, triggering wheezing, sneezing, watery eyes and runny noses in mite-sensitive people. Of the 20 million people in the United States with asthma, between 12 million and 14 million suffer from allergic asthma. About half of those people are sensitive to dust mites, said Dr. Gailen D. Marshall, director of the Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Marshall said he doesn’t doubt the dust mite findings from the Cochrane Collaboration, which is widely respected for its evidence-based reviews. “What this does for me in practice is that I can’t just say ‘Put a cover on your mattress and a filter in the corner and buy an expensive vacuum,’” he said.