Did you know that by testing the dust handled in your facility, simple safety improvements may be made to reduce the risk of an explosion. Fike offers a variety of sensitivity tests that identify various conditions in which your dust may ignite.
One is a minimum ignition temperature of a layer test, which measures the lowest surface temperature required to ignite a layer of dust. This data can be used to both monitor and mitigate the hot surfaces within your process.
To ensure they remain under the dust’s MIT. A minimum ignition temperature of a cloud test indicates the lowest thermal ignition required for a dust cloud to self ignite. This information can be used to ensure conveyed air or volumes within ovens, for example, stay below the dust clouds MIT.
Finally, a minimum ignition energy test determines the lowest amount of electrical discharge required to ignite a dust cloud. With this information, bonding and grounding may be used in areas identified to have a risk of electrical discharge and help prevent or mitigate high energy buildup within the process.
These are three examples of several sensitivity tests used by Fike to ensure your facility, and most importantly, its workers, are safe from explosion hazards.