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Your Benefit

n Extinguish ignition sources
Dust Collection Hazards n Reduce risk of fire or explosions
n Reduce personal injuries and
property damage
n Secure highest possible
Dust fires and explosions often occur in filters, silos and production availability
dryers. They jeppardize human lives, cause severe property
damage and interrupt production. The reason can be sparks
or burning embers caused when working with or drying com-
bustible materials and transporting these hazards through
the pneumatic and mechanical conveying systems to other GreCon Spark Extinguishing Systems
areas of the plant.

Material Milling Hazards GreCon spark extinguishing systems have been used for more
With high speed milling equipment, heavy showers of sparks than 40 years in many different industries. A spark extinguish-
can be generated when metal or stones enter the mill. Or when ing system consists of three components: detectors, control
mechanical parts are damaged inside the mill. These hazards console and extinguishing devices.
can cause combustible dust explosions in milling equipment
of filter system. Personnel injury, equipment damage, and Wherever organic or inorganic bulk materials are pneumati-
production shutdown is often a result of such event. cally or mechanically extracted or transported, the GreCon
spark extinguishing system detects sparks and hot or glowing
Material Drying Hazards particles as well as other ignition sources in conveying facil-
Sparks and burning embers can occur any time combustible ities and eliminates them before they cause severe damage
materials are dried. Sources of spark danger can be from to filters, silos or other plant areas at risk. A GreCon spark
uncontrolled machinery shut-down, overdried material within extinguishing system provides a safer work environment and
the dryer or overheated material buildup in the duct work. protects expensive equipment. The risk of fire or explosion in
Overheated particles leave the dryer, come in contact with a monitored plant is substantially reduced.
oxygen in the air, and can cause a fire or dust explosion. All
plant areas connected to the pneumatic conveyor system and
even the dryer itself can be in harms way.

Dust collector fire GreCon spark detectors

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