Donaldson recently issued an update to their pleated bag brochure. It provides additional details and updates to their pleated bag products. Donaldson has always been on the forefront of filter element and filter media development and continues that trend with the new...
by Zachary Fausnaught | Jun 18, 2019 | Noise Control
“Fans and Dust Collectors in a Small Utility Room.” Sound is OK; noise is not! Meeting OSHA’s permissible exposure limit (PEL) at 90 dBA for 8 hours and addressing the hearing protection requirement at 85 dBA is important because noise attenuation is part of a...
Combustible dust affects nearly all manufacturing plants and needs a mitigation plan meeting all codes or standards, with input from the local authority having jurisdiction (AHJ), insurance carrier or internal company safety protocols. The NFPA is the governing body...
Commissioning of new systems can be a trying experience. Preparation before start-up can alleviate that angst with a few steps. Often the operation of newly installed dust collection systems is delayed, due to issues that arise during system startup. Most of these...
Combustible Dust Testing Made Easy Explosion protection systems are designed based on dust testing and Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) to confirm specific parameters for mitigating a deflagration. What we’ve seen is that almost every combustible dust is different and that...
