Some design criteria for reducing dust when handling clay bonded sand.

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• Personal Author:
  Shaw FM
• Description:
  Design criteria intended to reduce the dust generated by the handling of clay bonded sand in foundries were reviewed. The design of dust generating processes was examined with emphasis on the effect of moisture on sand dustiness, sand handling design, the addition of damp sand, use of an auxiliary muller, clay and coal dust additions, belt conveyors, pneumatic conveying, belt enclosure, bucket elevators, vacuum cleaning systems, mechanical shakeout and manual shakeout, and mechanical manipulation and handling. Vital features in controlling the amount of dust emitted during the transportation and molding of sand were found to be the restoration of the moist conditions of sand as soon as possible following shakeout and the use of material handling systems designed to minimize the emission of dust. Pneumatic conveying was shown to be the most flexible material handling system in this respect, while vacuum cleaning systems provided satisfactory housekeeping and cleanup of sand spills. The difficulties encountered in controlling dust generated during the shakeout operation were emphasized, and it was determined that manipulators were well suited for the remote control of the shakeout process.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Carcinogens Ether Hydrocarbons Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control Control-methods Dust-control Foundry-workers Industrial-processes Materials-handling-equipment Mineral-dusts NIOSH-Contract Occupational-hazards
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  168-187
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00175065
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the symposium on occupational health hazard control technology in the foundry and secondary non-ferrous smelting industries, December 10-12, 1979, Chicago, Illinois. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 81-114, 1981 Aug; :168-187
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the symposium on occupational health hazard control technology in the foundry and secondary non-ferrous smelting industries, December 10-12, 1979, Chicago, Illinois
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9fe5bd3adf613f8e7922867df2957737f71ec208e20df51982dd8cae5ed1ffcf4a16a3a87ec30164dd66bb95e1c52ab79ac5f36544c1103490c7145e8226c14e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180031/cdc_180031_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.21 MB ]