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No, the situation is exactly the same. It's a question of max
possible
discharge energy vs. minimum energy needed to initiate a dust
explosion.
These don't change for industrial scale wood dust collectors -
the
volumes get bigger, the densities don't.
Can you support that statement? At any rate, in an industrial
setting the greater volume of air and dust being moved would
have
the potential to create a more powerful static discharge.
And all the comparison to grain silos; The dust that creates
the
danger of an explosion in them is MUCH finer than the sawdust
created
in the typical wood shop operation, except perhaps for sanding
dust.
--
Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
Agreed, but ... still don't throw a box of sanding dust into the
wood stove if there's still a small fire in there. Took a LONG
time to grow back eyebrows!
Woof!
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