Pneumax valves for dust control
3rd Quarter 2013
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Pneumax, a specialist in pneumatic products, is well-positioned to meet pending legislative changes related to dust control regulations for mining operations. Technical manager, Heathcliff Barnard says, ”The problem of controlling dust during mining operations is increasingly coming under the spotlight as regulations are currently being fine-tuned by government departments. Because the control of dust is currently not regulated in mining, operators often take short cuts regarding this type of pollution in order to keep operational costs down. However, this will change in the near future”.
Together with SEW-Eurodrive, Pneumax has recently become involved in the PneuDrive Challenge, a student mechatronic innovation competition. The theme of this year’s competition is Greener Mining. The control of dust emissions was one of the problem statements put forward in the competition and students are invited to design an application that can successfully address this mining problem.
Baghouses are essentially large filtration boxes, and it is the use of the correct components and the engineering processes related to baghouses that are critical for the effective filtering of dust particles to control airborne particles. Two components from Pneumax that are critical to the effectiveness of baghouses are the Turbo Pulse valve and the Optyma Terminal valve.
“This is a business and engineering element of mining that students are not exposed to at university.
It is only by being involved with the problem at site level that students will start to gain an understanding of the various components that make up an effective engineering solution for controlling dust emissions,” concludes Barnard.
For more information contact Eugene van der Lith, Pneumax, +27 (0)11) 573 0902, [email protected], [email protected]
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