Dust Containment & Management
Dust poses serious risks to safety, health, equipment, and profitability — but with Viacore’s guidance and effective control solutions, you can protect your people, reduce costs, and keep your operation running smoothly.
Why should you prioritize dust management?
Health and Safety
Dust management and suppression is important for your equipment and production, but should be considered crucial for peoples’ and environment’s health. Dust can be inhaled by workers and nearby citizens (it can travel long distances, especially when it’s windy), which can lead to build up in the lungs, later causing difficulty breathing and possibly chronic illness. Not only does dust effect people, for outdoor operations, loose dust can make it’s way into lakes, rivers, streams, woods, and more – contaminating nature and thereafter, harming animals and wildlife that rely on those resources. Dust isn’t only harmful to the health of people and the environment, it can be violently harmful, as certain dust can lead to explosions.
Decrease Downtime
Keeping dust under control reduces the time and effort required for cleanup and maintenance. While it may seem minor, dust can build up over time — not just on floors and equipment surfaces, but also inside machinery and sensitive electronics, leading to potential issues down the line.
Increase Profits
Finally, it’s easy to overlook, but dust is costing you money. Every particle in the air or that is settling where it shouldn’t is lost material — material that could have been sold. By containing and suppressing dust, you’re directly protecting your bottom line.
What factors contribute to dust generation in a material handling system?
Material Cohesiveness
Individual particles (dust) separate from material flow when there is a lack of cohesiveness and become airborne.
Particle Size
Particles are too light/small and making it easy for moving air to pick them up and move them. The lighter the particles, the more will be airborne and the farther they will spread.
Airflow Speed
Containment systems focus on minimizing air velocity. A well-designed transfer chute reduces air velocity by limiting air intake, sealing dust leaks, and giving particles time to settle.
Martin Engineering
Viacore Solutions proudly partners with Martin Engineering to deliver proven, high-quality products for dust management in material handling systems. By integrating Martin’s advanced technologies, we provide effective solutions that control airborne dust, improve safety, and extend equipment life. Together, we help you create a cleaner, more efficient operation tailored to your industry’s specific needs.
Dust Management Solutions
Dust Suppression
Dust-suppression systems increase the cohesiveness of material, as well as the particle size of the material. This helps bind particles, making them heavier and preventing them from becoming airborne — or helping airborne dust settle back into the material stream.
Air Filtration
Air filtration solutions increase particle size and lessen airflow speed. The system will reduce air velocity by extracting dust-laden air and encouraging particles to clump together before returning them to the material stream.
Dust Containment
Individual particles (dust) separate from material flow when there is a lack of cohesiveness and become airborne.
How can Viacore Solutions help you with dust management?
Choose Viacore for material handling dust management because we deliver tailored solutions that keep your operations cleaner, safer, and more efficient. With advanced dust suppression, filtration systems, and expertly engineered transfer chutes, we help you maintain equipment performance, improve air quality, and reduce maintenance demands. Backed by extensive experience across industries such as coal mining and processing, power generation, steel, cement, aggregate, metals, pulp and paper, ports, and recycling, and more, we understand the unique challenges of your operation and how to solve them effectively. Contact your nearest Viacore Solutions location and get started on improving your material handling system today!
