Dusts are everywhere
Inevitably, dusts are generated in places where products are machined and processed.
Coarse dust settles quickly, but fine dusts float for a long time in the air we breathe. They can be inhaled deep into the lungs
and deposited there.
That's why in the long-term dust can damage the health of people in the workplace.
The golden rule of work safety and health protection must apply for dust in the workplace:
"Avoid what can be avoided!"
2. How does dust enter the body?
Dust can be:
- annoying
- unpleasant
- destructive
- hazardous to health
- toxic
- carcinogenic
Health protection and work safety demand that dusts are reliably removed by extraction and suction.
From the 1970’s onward, the appliances used for this were tested and certified in Germany according to ZH 1/487.
This standard was withdrawn in July 1997. The national provision was replaced by an internationally valid standard.
What has remained the same is that the most health-hazardous dust determines the required category of
use/dust class.
1. By EXTRACTION
Use as a dust extractor
To extract dusts at the source.
On all dust generating machines and equipment in material machining and processing.
Air speed in hose at least 20 m/sec. -
Monitoring of the air volume flow
with switching off of the dust
generating machine and/or signal
emission
2. By SUCTION
Use as industrial vacuum cleaner
Removing settled dust with an industrial vacuum cleaner on and in machines and production
facilities, for cleaning floors,
large areas, walls and ceilings.
5. What's important for you:
❐ Safe extraction ❐ Dust-free emptying ❐ Correct disposal ❐ Customer services who work dust-free
