While dust collection systems and components are durable, they need proper maintenance to avoid problems down the road. Regular maintenance and thorough troubleshooting can prevent and help fix problems with your dust collector, reducing downtime, cutting costs, and improving productivity. It will...

Where combustible dust is a concern, there is only one sure sign that your safety protocols are working: zero safety incidents. But even a perfect past safety record is no guarantee that you will never have an incident in the future. Keeping your facility and your workers safe requires constant...

As awareness of industrial dust and dust safety grows, so does the need for accurate information. Although it is not possible in this short article to answer every question, we hope the following list of frequently asked questions and answers will be helpful.

Do you have a dust problem? Are you concerned with the air quality in your facility? If so, then you need to use proper air quality control equipment, like a dust collector or wet scrubber, to ensure that you keep your site safe and maintain regulatory compliance.  

Dust collection systems are essential in many industrial facilities for adhering to clean air standards. Do you know the basics of designing a dust collection system?

A search for dust collection solutions will turn up a number of possible technologies.  One of the more common questions we receive is about electrostatic precipitators (ESPs).  In this blog post, we will define what an ESP is, and explain the primary reasons most companies have moved away from...

If you operate a pulse-jet dust collector system, you need to keep the filter bags clean. This requires a reliable source of compressed air to pulse-clean the bags. But how much compressed air do you need? This will depend on how many bags you are cleaning, their diameter and their length. 

You’ve probably heard of a venturi, but do you know what it actually is or how it relates to dust collection? Let’s start with the basics. The Mirriam-Webster dictionary defines “venturi” as:

As summer gives way to autumn, you may notice a little nip in the air (depending on where you are). Leaves changing color, the start of football season and pumpkin-flavored everything are sure signs of the change in the season. While enjoying these, it’s also a good time to consider the challenges...

Sourcing a dust collection system means considering a variety of factors: wet or dry, efficiency levels, space constraints, pressure levels, energy consumption and more. Another question that engineers have to consider is whether to buy an off-the-shelf dust collection system or configure a...