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Dust Collector Material: Untapped Green Sand Additives
AFS Foundry Sand Additives Committee

A large (and often discarded) supply of valuable green sand 'additives' exists right there in your foundry. Hint: look at your dust collectors. In a time in which change is the only constant, the foundry industry must embrace new methods and technologies to meet the challenges of the 21st century. All foundries are under pressure to improve profitability and casting quality while at the same time complying with an ever-increasing number of health, safety and environmental regulations. This article describes how higher quality and reduced environmental impact can be bridged by reusing dust collector materials in green sand systems.

UNDERSTANDING DUST COLLECTOR EXPLOSION PROTECTION
John Constance

Many production operations generate combustible dusts that are highly flammable and explosible under the certain conditions. A combustible dust is defined as any finely divided solid material, 420 microns or less in diameter, that presents a fire or explosion hazard when dispersed and ignited in air or other gaseous oxidizer. Plastic, agricultural, food, pharmaceutical, carbonaceous and metal are some of the dusts that can be explosible

Dust Mites in the Home
American Academy of Family Physicians

What are dust mites? Dust mites are tiny bugs that live in your house. They measure about 1/100th of an inch in length, which is smaller than the period at the end of this sentence. The waste of dust mites is a major cause of allergies and asthma. In children who have asthma, dust mites can cause them to wheeze more and need more asthma medicine. So, cutting down the number of dust mites in the home is an important step if your child has allergies or asthma. Dust mites love warm, humid areas filled with dust. Bed pillows, mattresses, carpets and furniture are great places for them to live. Cleaning each one of these places can make a real difference

Is the small JET dust collector worth it?
Woodnet

Buyer's remorse was setting in as a woodworker anticipated the arrival of his new 2-hp dust collector from Harbor Freight. Since he ordered it, he'd come across a smaller JET dust control system at Costco that was around the same price ($129 he couldn't remember the model number, but it's a blue color) and that looked like a better fit for his garage shop. His intended use was for his DeWalt 746 table saw, portable planer, and router table and he wondered if the smaller footprint unit would do just as good a job...

Dust collection units increase productivity, worker satisfaction
Joanne Mcfadden

Employees at Solid Surface Craftsman Inc. in Glenville are no longer walking around with dust on their faces. Over the past two years, the company, which specializes in the fabrication of Corian countertops and architectural millwork, spent $60,000 on dust collection systems...

New Dust Collector For Low Headroom Installations
Industrial News Room

Most dust collectors require a substantial amount of headroom to
accommodate the necessary filters and fan. This is fine for many installations, but not for all. What about those situations where only minimal headroom is available? Now there is an ultra effective solution. A new addition to the Sternvent Vibraclean series of dust collectors called appropriately, the Side Winder, a 30 hp, 7,500 CFM powerhouse, with a low profile, due to its side mounted fan..