| When searching for the right dust control equipment | | | | collection tank is needed in the duct work. This is |
| for your problem, the type and source of your dust is | | | | where the dust is separated from the air. At the end |
| where you should start when searching for a solution. | | | | of the duct work is the air power supply. This is a fan |
| If it is an indoor dust problem you have and the result | | | | that must have sufficient power to keep the particles |
| from a manufacturing process, then containment at the | | | | airborne until the desired separation occurs in the |
| source is the best approach. If the dust that is | | | | collection tank. |
| produced can be sprayed with water and reintegrated | | | | For outdoors problems, the task is much easier. The |
| into your process, like coal mining, then a set of spray | | | | typical problem is caused by soil. By maintaining the |
| nozzles should be located where the creation of dust | | | | proper amount of moisture in the soil, most dust |
| is predominantly occurs. Common areas where this | | | | problems can be avoided. For construction sites, the |
| problem occurs usually involve cutting, drilling or | | | | best piece of dust control equipment for this job is a |
| transporting of a material. While a variety of wetting | | | | tanker truck fitted with spray nozzles to wet the top |
| agents exist, water is the most common form and is | | | | soil. |
| the most inexpensive. | | | | Another useful piece of dust control equipment is the |
| If the dust cannot be returned to the process, then a | | | | mister fan. This is the same type of fan used on the |
| mechanical means to transport it out is required. This | | | | sidelines of major sporting events to keep athletes |
| will involve a collection hood that negotiates the dust | | | | cool. This same equipment can knock dust out of the |
| through a series of ducts. This suspends the dust in | | | | air and can therefore solve the dust problem in a |
| the air. Before the dust can fall out of the air, a | | | | confined or limited area. |