Can Dusty Products Become Dangerous If Filled Incorrectly?

When you’re selling powder products, dust has the potential to become a costly and dangerous workplace issue. Your workers could develop health issues from repeated inhalation of it and in time it can lead to product wastage.

Owing to the EU’s ATEX (equipment for potentially explosive atmospheres) regulations, the combustive qualities of dust can constitute an explosion risk. It’s why you should be aware of ATEX regulations and zoning guidelines. This will ensure your equipment and protective systems have passed conformity assessment procedures and third party certification.

Even if you adhere to these regulations, you might find that your FIBC (Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container) Big Bag filling machine releases dust. Thankfully, dust-free filling is possible with the right system in place. Here’s what you need to know.

The prevention of dust emission during the bag filling process is achieved via controlled aspiration of internal feed pipe. The ‘dust vapour’ is removed from inside filling spout before the full bag is released from the bag filling station. Accelerated aspiration with variations in air flow velocity can provide different levels of suction during the bag weigh-fill-clean process.

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