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CBL – Port of Paranagua, Brazilinstalled Wings DustControl in 2004
In addition to eliminating the dust during unloading, the DustControl system installed since 2004 in this receiving pit has decreased the risk of dust explosions. The systems do double duty, decreasing risks to the operators and to the environment against pollution.
The rail pit receiving sugar during unloading.
The DustControl inhibits the emission of sugar dust during receiving, making it a safer environment.
Unlike hopper baffles that allow dust to escape wherever product is not covering the surface area and whose spring-loaded mechanism wears out within a few years, the Wings DustControl system is composed of modules that cover the entire pit surface, allowing air to escape only if there is filtering product above it to remove the dust. The first Wings DustControl systems, installed 20 years ago, are still in operation and have never neither any maintenance.
The DustControl is superior to a baffle system for suppressing dust in bulk-product receiving pits. It has been on the market for over 20 years, with more than 250 units installed in Brazil and abroad, and tops the list of equipment in terms of the cost-benefit ratio. The DustControl system is installed under the pit grate and does not take up space on the pit’s surface. It is completely automatic and does not use electrical energy, and, it is maintenance-free. The DustControl system is composed of modules that cover the entire surface area below the pit grate. The modules have small chutes that regulate the flow of the product into the pit to maintain the modules with enough product to filter the exiting dust-laden air. The DustControl controls the dust emission without slowing the unloading process. That is why CBL, Port of Paranagua Brazil installed the Wings DustControl!
