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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?

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?

Source for sparck detection and flame suppression

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.

Lehigh Technologies, supplier of engineered rubber powders, announced the completion and commissioning of a sophisticated dust control and explosion prevention system in its Tucker, Georgia facility.

Proactive dust explosion protection measures

Florida OSHA Combustible Dust citations

Florida -OSHA Combustible Dust citations Pilgrim's Pride and Shade Systems among 37 Fl companies cited by OSHA for combdust & other hazards over 16 months.| Gainesville, FL

CEO Imperial Sugar recommends combustible dust hazard prevention and mitigation best practices. See page 7 of 13 in .pdf

John Sheptor, CEO of Imperial Sugar recommends combustible dust hazard prevention and mitigation best practices at the International Sweetener Colloquium February 2009. Which includes adding combustible dusts to the OSHA [29 CFR 1910.119] standard - Process Safety Management System (PSM) for Highly Hazardous, Toxic or Reactive Substances

Business owners take all possible steps to ensure customer satisfaction. One of the most successful and recommended strategies in this regard is to begin with a virtual receptionist service. This service brings in extra representatives for a business and eases the lives of the customers. When the customers have questions or queries to be answered or any problems to be solved, they try to reach the authoritative body telephonically and it is not uncommon for them for not having to been able to do so. This is where the need for virtual receptionists comes in. Virtual receptionists are basically persons who work for the customer support but do not work from the office or any specified location.

Came across this letter that was sent out to over 30,000 facilities last year by OSHA and thought I'd share with you in case you haven't seen it. There are over 100,000 facilities at risk, which includes many national industries not listed in the Dust NEP. For example, over 50% of ComDust incidents,from media accounts, last year occurred in national industries (NAICS) not referenced in the Dust NEP

Great overview of the components of a dust collector. Be sure to check out the FarrAPC Plog on helpful information concerning combustible dust hazards

We know that most people faced with buying an industrial dust collection system are probably not familiar with the different components and equipment terms. So we've called them out on this page. Hope it's helpful.

Dust collector part names and descriptions.

No indication in this article if a what type of dust collection system, if any, was used.

Paper Dust Explosion in South Africa