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Spark detection systems are primarily used as a fire prevention method in dust collectors and pneumatic conveying systems by detecting and extinguishing sparks and embers.

Excellent article that I highly recommend for all to read! The importance of addressing combustible dust related fires is highlighted here. Do you have spark detection and flame suppression as part of your dry dust collector system?

Excellent article published in Pulp & Paper Oct 2000 by Mark Williamson. The importance of addressing combustible dust related fires is highlighted here. Do you have spark detection and flame suppression as part of your dry dust collector system?

Global Combustible Dust Hazards in breakfast cereal manufacturing.

Just last year there was dust explosion at Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where a spark got into the dust collector and ignited the cereal dust causing an explosion, no injuries, according to media reports. Prior to that the Chemical Safety Board reported on three other instances at Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing facilities from 1991-2005 where combustible dust related fires/explosions occured. Mostly it's dust collector related and even the hammermill where ignition sources completed the fire triangle or explosion pentagon. Globally last year there was Grampian Oat Products where a piece of metal getting into the pelleter, causing sparks in Banff, Banffshire, United Kingdom. Grampian Oat Products are Oat millers & packers, Scottish produce in both retail and industrial park sizes of oatflakes, jumbo oatflakes, oatmeals, oatbran and oatflour.

Additional safety hazards include the lack of spark detectors or suppression systems to minimize fire and explosion hazards in ventilation systems that collect combustible wood and metal dust; allowing combustible dust to accumulate

Is your facility using best engineering practices as outlined in the NFPA combustuble dust standards such as spark detection and flame suppression?

flash fire occurred at a chemical unloading area at the plant and lasted just a few seconds. Collier was operating a piece of machinery near an area where chemicals are unloaded and according to family members, a spark may have caused a flash fire. Evadale mill produces bleached paperboard, which is used for consumer packaging and serves customers in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, media and entertainment, food, beverage and tobacco companies.

"He was using a cutting torch to remove some metal, some spark then ignited some old paint dust on the floor and it rapidly spread throughout the interior of the paint booth,"

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OLDS ELEVATORS™ virtually eliminate the risk of dust explosions during the elevating process as there is insufficient air in the casing to support combustion even if a spark was present.

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