For the sixth year in a row, Canadian Biomass and Canadian Forest Industries turned the spotlight on dust with our annual Dust Safety Week. Over the past five days, we’ve shared on our website and social channels (#DustSafetyWeek) new and archived content from our partners to highlight best practices when it comes to dust management in wood processing facilities.

Check out our snapshot of what we learned during the week:

Biomass Engineering & Equipment supplies turn-key pellet plants and systems for handling bulk materials. With decades of experience in forest-product manufacturing, our team has developed advanced drag conveyors around the challenges associated with handling wood. These SMART Conveyors™ are dust tight, fully compliant with NFPA® codes, and boast some of the best efficiencies available. BE&E also offers individual systems for receiving, storage, metering, and trailer load-out. Learn more at www.biomass-equipment.com.

Early detection of ignition sources is the key to prevent fire or dust explosions.

Fagus GreCon’s new DLD 1/9 Spark Detector offers additional protection to industries with new intelligent detection technology (IDT). IDT not only identifies hazardous moving ignition sources before a fire breaks out, but the DLD 1/9 detector is also able to differentiate between dangerous sparks or harmless incidence of extraneous light due to leaky/damaged pipes or an opening of an inspection flap.

The Dual Flap Isolation Valve (DFI™) is Fike’s new explosion isolation flap valve. Available in a range of sizes from 4” to 32”, Fike DFI™ fits in nearly all pipe geometries. It can be installed close to bends in horizontal and vertical pipes and closer to the dust collector than other valves due to fast closing, lightweight flaps. For more information, visit https://www.fike.com/product/

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Innovative technology makes it possible to divert combustible dust explosion shock waves and flame in a controlled manner so the required safety area is reduced, valuable usable area is increased and personnel/equipment are protected from the explosion’s effects.

REMBE® TARGO-VENT is an opening angle limiter developed especially for REMBE® explosion vents. TARGO-VENT absorbs the enormous repulsive forces of explosion energy and guides the flames/shock wave in the desired direction so usable area is increased.