[Editor’s Note: This sidebar first appeared as a blog on Camfil APC’s website. For the original article, go to: https://bit.ly/2OYAw9Z .] If your facility’s manufacturing processes generate hazardous dust, one of your priorities is ensuring air quality. Dust, especially airborne dust particles, must be safely collected and contained to protect worker safety and meet regulatory…
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By: Andy Thomason, Contributor Many manufacturing and processing operations generate dust particles that can ignite and cause a fire or explosion. Combustible dusts include food ingredients, seed and grain, metals, paper, pulp, plastics, textiles, biosolids, wood, rubber, dyes, pharmaceuticals and pesticides. Because each plant, factory and facility is different, identifying and understanding unique combustible dust…
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Comprehensive combustible dust explosion protection does not necessarily have to be expensive or complicated. An innovative technology makes it possible to divert the shock wave and flames of an explosion in a controlled manner. The result: the required safety area is reduced, so valuable usable area is increased and personnel/equipment are protected from the explosion’s…
Read More >>If your facility’s manufacturing processes generate hazardous dust, one of your priorities is ensuring air quality. Dust, especially airborne dust particles, must be safely collected and contained to protect worker safety and meet regulatory compliance. Here are key considerations for your dust collection safety game plan. Comply with OSHA PELs Your dust collection system must…
Read More >>The processes involved in manufacturing acid batteries release inorganic lead dust and other toxic materials into the air, threatening worker health. Then these toxic materials are distributed far and wide around the plant, settling on equipment, floors, walls and other surfaces. Dust collection systems are the most cost-effective way to limit workers’ exposure to lead…
Read More >>Industrial operators know prolonged exposure to the fine dust particles generated by either construction or industrial operations can be hazardous to human health, contributing to both lung and cardiovascular disease. To prevent harmful effects on workers (and, sometimes, people in surrounding communities), operators are required to measure the concentration of airborne pollutants or particulates generated…
Read More >>Solid dose continuous manufacturing operations run 24/7, so it’s critical for the auxiliary dust collection system to keep up without interruption. Read this blog post to discover tips to help your dust collection system run effectively and efficiently around the clock to capture harmful dust generated from solid dose processing. Read More
Read More >>Curt Corum, Contributor The proper three are the key. Hooding, piping, and dust or fume collector. It is our objective to effectively capture the contaminant at the source and relay it to the collection device. Number one is the hooding. It is critical that a hood encompasses the area where the contaminant is being discharged,…
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Mark Stromme, Contributor Employees in general industry facilities can be exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust. This exposure occurs during the manufacture of brick, concrete blocks, stone countertops or ceramic products. It also happens when cutting or crushing stone. Industrial sand used in certain operations, such as foundry work and hydraulic fracturing, is also a…
Read More >>Pulse-cleaning is necessary for effective industrial dust collection, but it typically uses a LOT of compressed air. Learn how X-Flo dust collectors use less compressed air while maintaining a steady pressure drop: Improved airflow More thorough cleaning with each pulse Pulse-cleans less often Watch Reduce Compressed Air Consumption by 70% to see the technology that makes…
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