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 are not only essential for protecting equipment and maintaining production — they are critical to the health of people and the environment. Airborne dust can be inhaled by workers and nearby communities, often traveling long distances, especially in windy conditions. Prolonged exposure can lead to respiratory issues, lung buildup, and chronic illnesses. Beyond human health, dust also poses environmental risks. In outdoor operations, loose particles can settle into lakes, rivers, streams, forests, and surrounding ecosystems — contaminating natural resources and harming wildlife. Certain types of dust are also combustible, increasing the risk of dangerous explosions if not properly controlled.
Silica dust, in particular, presents a serious risk to the health and safety of miners and other workers in material handling environments. Inhalation of respirable crystalline silica can lead to debilitating diseases like silicosis and other long-term lung conditions. With the right tools, technologies, and dust control systems in place, you can significantly reduce these risks — creating safer, healthier, and more productive work environments while working toward full MSHA compliance.
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.
Dust Management Solutions
Viacore Solutions proudly partners with Benetech Inc. to deliver industry-leading solutions that enhance the safety and environmental performance of mining and other material handling operations. As experts in innovative dust control products, material containment, and emerging technologies, Benetech brings proven systems that effectively eliminate silica dust and spillage. Together, Viacore and Benetech provide comprehensive, customized strategies that support cleaner, safer, and more efficient material handling environments.
Transfer Chute Analysis & Redesign
Benetech’s Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) chute team expertly custom designs systems to maximize material throughput, minimize spillage and airborne dust, reduce material degradation, and extend belt life by minimizing loading impact — ensuring reliable, efficient, and clean operation from start to finish.
Load Zone Systems & Skirting
Benetech’s patented MaxZone® Premium and Standard modular skirtboard systems are designed to significantly reduce airborne and fugitive dust while preventing product loss and spillage. With superior load zone containment, these systems enhance material flow and support optimum productivity — making them a powerful solution for cleaner, more efficient material handling.
Dust Suppression
Benetech’s expertly engineered chemical solution-injection systems provide powerful dust suppression for bulk material handlers, especially in operations exposed to silica dust. These systems are designed to significantly reduce airborne dust, minimize material loss from wind and erosion, and help ensure compliance with environmental regulations — creating a safer, cleaner work environment.
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!
