Most small shop owners would like their shops to be as dust free as possible, but the calculations and information required to develop an efficient dust collection system sometimes seem daunting.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said a flash fire that enveloped seven workers in flames was the result of an accumulation of combustible dust inside this poorly designed dust collection system that ...

Optimized dust collection and evacuation has become a key safely topic in the woodworking industry. Wood based dust is not only a fire and explosion hazard, but also poses employee safety concerns ...

Dust collection systems capture fugitive coal dust that would otherwise escape from the perimeter of equipment areas. Collected fugitive dust is fuel that should be delivered to the furnace and burned ...

The fact that over 280 dust-related explosions or fires have occurred in the past 25 years, resulting in 119 fatalities and over 700 injuries, has not gone unnoticed regulatory agencies or ...

Figure 1. Dust can accumulate on PCBs, which can cause electrical failures and safety hazards. Courtesy of www.computerservicesusa.com Just because you work in an air-conditioned office or a ...

In this video, I tackle the challenge of dust collection on the Ridgid 4251 miter saw, which has limited standard options due to its dual arm sliding mechanism. I analyze where the sawdust is ...

Fifteen years ago, dust management in composites manufacturing operations was somewhat unsophisticated. A common solution to the dust generated by cutting, trimming, sanding and grinding was to cut a ...