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What is Combustible Dust? Combustible dust is a fine particulate that can ignite and explode when suspended in the air under specific conditions. While many materials are not typically considered combustible in their solid form, they can become a serious fire and explosion hazard when they are ground into a fine powder. Examples include wood,… Read more »

The Challenge: Overcoming Inefficiencies in Microtrenching Spoil Removal Kokosing Construction, a leading construction company renowned for tackling complex projects across various sectors, faced significant operational challenges during their microtrenching endeavors. Traditionally relying on vacuum trucks for spoil removal, Kokosing experienced substantial downtime. Once a vacuum truck reached capacity, it required a lengthy trip to a… Read more »

Keeping a clean and efficient workspace isn’t just about appearances. It’s about boosting productivity and maintaining the quality of your products. Streamlining material handling and cleanup of dust or spills, a drum top vacuum offers a solution by transforming standard drums into high-capacity vacuum systems. The two main primary power sources for drum top vacuums… Read more »

Achieving a flawless powder coat finish hinges on many factors, but one of the most critical is preventing cross-contamination. Stray powder from previous jobs can easily compromise the color purity of subsequent applications, leading to costly rework and dissatisfied customers. The solution? Implementing robust cleaning protocols with the right powder coat vacuum kit. Vactagon offers… Read more »

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has recently announced a final rule to curb miners’ exposure to respirable crystalline silica, a known carcinogen. This rule aims to significantly improve miners’ health and safety by reducing the permissible exposure limit (PEL) to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air, averaged over an 8-hour shift. The… Read more »

If you renovate a home or building constructed before the 1990s, you might encounter hazardous materials like asbestos-containing vermiculite insulation. Vermiculite, a lightweight mineral, was once a popular insulation choice. However, many older products now contain asbestos, a naturally occurring mineral fiber known to cause serious health issues when inhaled. The Importance of Safe Vermiculite… Read more »

Industrial heaters with integrated blowers are essential for both commercial and industrial settings, providing efficient and reliable heat for a wide range of applications. While all heaters provide heat as one of their primary functions, their design and features can vary. Heaters come in various types, including open coil and finned tubular heaters. Each design… Read more »

Referenced in our article about how HEPA filtration works, High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters successfully trap and remove 99.97% of airborne particulates as small as 0.3 microns. To further display how HEPA filtration works, refer to the graphic below. If desired to display this throughout your facility, select the download link below and print as… Read more »

Used as an alloying agent during beryllium-copper production, beryllium is a metal high in strength and hardness, non-magnetic, conductive both electrically and thermally, and is extremely stable over a wide temperature range. Because of these characteristics, berylliums is used in a variety of applications (such as the aerospace industry). While this metal is beneficial to… Read more »