Environmental Health & Safety
When Dust Collection Becomes a Strategic Advantage in Foundry Sand Systems
When Dust Collection Becomes a Strategic Advantage in Foundry Sand Systems By Jay M. Morrison – Carpenter Brothers, Inc. Walk into any foundry and you’ll see dust everywhere—around shakeout decks, along sand conveyors, in the sand tower, and hanging in the air above a busy muller floor. Foundries move, reclaim, and cool tens of thousands…
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Specialty Sands The use of silica sand as a molding and/or core aggregate is very economical. However, there are occasions where the use of silica sand with conventional binders and additives does not give satisfactory casting results. When expansion defect problems such as veining occur, or if you are experiencing burn-on, metal penetration, or poor…
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Managing Your Plant’s Combustible Dust Combustible dusts are fine particles that present an explosion hazard when suspended in air under certain conditions. Dust explosions can cause destruction of property, injuries, and loss of life. The Federal Government has updated the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA-68) regulation from a guideline to a standard in 2008. The…
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