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News Release from: Chilworth Technology
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 10 August 2007
Dust and powders guide helps avoid
explosions
The Handling Dusts and Powders Safely booklet provides a firm foundation to the evaluation of potentially flammable powders and dusts across all industries.
Chilworth Technology has published the Handling Dusts and Powders Safely booklet This booklet will form part of a comprehensive series aimed at providing its clients with a reliable reference tool on the key aspects of process safety
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 9 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Although the principles of explosion prevention and protection are well known, dust explosions still continue to occur in process plants.
The aim of this 24-page A4 guide is to provide a firm foundation to the evaluation of potentially flammable powders and dusts across all industries, with the objective of helping operating companies minimise fire and explosion risk.
This guide will help companies develop a strategy for the evaluation of fire hazards, dust explosion hazards and thermal stability hazards associated with these materials.
The booklet is written by Chilworth's process safety experts, whose joint expertise provides over 150,000 man hours of industrial process safety expertise, distilled into clear concise guidance on the safe handling of flammable dusts and powders.
A PDF version of this guide is available free of charge as well as a limited number of the paper version.
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