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WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN REPLACING AN EXPLOSION DOOR
If you have older equipment with explosion relief doors it may be time they are replaced. And if your processes, or surrounding environment, have changed in any way since the door was installed—that can reason to upgrade as well. Commissioning a replacement explosion relief door may be as simple as buying a duplicate of what’s
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UNDERSTANDING NFPA 68: STANDARD ON EXPLOSION PROTECTION
If you have operations that generate dust or you build dust-handling equipment, and especially if that dust is held in confined spaces, you should know and understand the explosion risk. Many types of dust, from aluminum to epoxy resin and corn, can and will explode if conditions are right. Vents are one way of protecting
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The Transition Of Deflagration To Detonation
Many industrial processes and food production facilities use machinery that operates under tremendous internal pressure or include dusts which can lead to deflagrations under certain circumstances. If the right set of conditions were to occur, an explosion (rupturing of the vessel or equipment) would take place that could jeopardize the lives of workers and destroy
