Grain Dust Control Systems

Grain dust collection is a major issue in the grain and seed industry.

Grain dust control systems.

Our dust control systems are used around the world for cleaner safer loading of dry granular products. To help understand the influence a point of use dust control strategy can have on facility s operational costs consider a typical grain elevator handling 40 000 bushels per hour of grain transferring from rail to barges. Donaldson s advanced dust collection technology is the most widely used in the grain agriculture and feed industry and is becoming the new standard for dust control in this sector. With 250 systems in five countries including the u s dustcontrol is installed below the grades of the receiving pits there is no noise nor energy consumpt.

Airflow systems dust control explosion prevention dust control. Failures in grain dust control lead to injuries and deaths. Each extraction arm unit is designed to meet demanding application specific requirements. Clean up your work environment and become more profitable by installing a dsh dust control system.

The innovative dsh hopper contains dust within the stream when transferring and loading dry granular products. The material may be abrasive sticky or fine. With our designs we can solve your dust control problems. If you are dealing with sensitive environmental issues dcl can provide guaranteed emission.

If your goal is to load trucks in 5 minutes or ships in less than 12 hours we have references. Rolfes boone specializes in aeration systems grain temperature monitoring dust control and hazard monitoring. Premier offers cyclones baghouse filters and fans capable of handling up to 60 000 cfm in a multitude of different applications from grain dust to sawdust. Figure 1 shows this typical elevator site with a conventional centralized dust control strategy.

The size and texture of grain and seed dust varies. Dcl s complete line of dust control products allows for system responsibility from the silo to whatever vessel tanker or storage unit you are loading. Grain dust fires and explosions are so common that osha has its own combustible dust rule just for agricultural dust.