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Document ID (ISN)34941
CIS number 81-59
ISSN - Serial title 0409-2961 - Bezopasnost' truda v promyšlennosti
Year 1980
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Buzin V.A., Kazak Ju.P, Sel'skov V.M.
Title Dust control in scraper loading of potassium ore
Original title Obespylivanie vozduha pri skrepernoj pogruzke rudy [in Russian]
Bibliographic information Jan. 1980, No.1, p.47-48. Illus.
Abstract Description of a dust control system consisting of the emission of a curtain of filtered air above the dragline winch operator's post, and exhaust hood, with a filter dust collector, above the loading tip. This system provides push-pull ventilation and reduces general dust levels by a factor of 5 (reduction by a factor of 13-14 at the dragline operator's post).
Descriptors (primary) airborne dust; dust control; potash mining; ventilation; loading and unloading
Descriptors (secondary) local exhaust; description of equipment
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Dust, aerosols and related diseases
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Ventilation
Mining and quarrying