Industry shares best practice to control dust

Supermarkets have a duty to ensure the food they sell is produced in a safe manner. As such, their suppliers must meet strict standards on health and safety.

Dust is a health and safety concern in any environment where vegetables are being moved around, graded or packed as dried soil on the vegetables generates airborne silica dust.

This dust is respirable and can cause serious lung and upper respiratory tract illnesses such as COPD and silicosis.

Micronfog is often used in the food growing industry, to suppress airborne dust. In this article, published in the May edition of Solids and Bulk Handling, we see how MicronFog is used to achieve this even when the facility being treated is not outside the regulation standard.

Such is the importance of controlling dust, ASDA wanted its supplier to exceed the current required standards. In any event, it is likely that national HSE standards for dust will be tightened over the next year.

ASDA supermarkets have a supplier Best Practice Forum in which suppliers share effective methods of solving common problems. Micronfog has been used as an example of best practice for supressing dust.

MicronFog is also used in the food growing and preparation industry to disinfect equipment, control temperature or to humidify.

To read the article in full please view the pdf in your browser.

Meet us at the RWM 2015 Event

Renby, in conjunction with Hydratech BV and Schrage Rohrkettensysteme GmbH will be exhibiting at RWM once again this year.

We will have a functioning MicronFog™ Fogging system, used for cost effective dust suppression, humidification and cooling, Spirofloor moving floor bulk materials reception system, and a working model of the Schrage tube chain conveyor complete with viewing windows so that you can take a closer look at how it operates.

Come and see us at Hall/Stand: 5P53

The leading edge Renby MicronFog^(TM) fogging system offers cost effective dust suppression, odourcontrol and humidification. RWM Website link (opens in new window)

Renby Published Articles

As a market leader in dust suppression and bulk materials handling, we regularly publish articles in various trade media - below is a selection of Renby Ltd articles.

• Beat the dust - Solids and Bulk Handling October 2013 (PDF - opens in new window)
• In 2005, Renby completed their first Meat and Bone Meal Handling system.(PDF - opens in new window)
• An overview of fogging with the Renby MicronFog^TM system. (PDF - opens in new window)
• A descriptive article about The Toploader. (PDF - opens in new window)
• A guide to the use of fog in industrial dust suppression projects. (PDF - opens in new window)

Chatsworth Fog adding atmosphere to Xu Bing Sculpture

Renby are supporting the reknown artist Xu Bing at beautiful Chatsworth house and gardens in Derbyshire. The contemporary sculptor has installed of his latest works, Tao Hua Yuan: A Lost Village Utopia as the centrepiece of the Sculpture Exhibition “Beyond Limits” supported by Sothebys (8th September to 28th October).

It replaces the famous 300 year old Sea Horse Fountain (which is usually seen dominating the pond at the South Lawn whilst it is restored. This area is normally closed to the public but is being opened for this particular exhibit.

The Renby Micronfog^TM system enhances the rocks and exotic plants around the sculpture, adding atmosphere, meaning and an extra structural dimension to the sculpture which depicts an ancient Chinese legend about a Chinese village in the mountains Click here to see the full Daily telegraph Article.

Chatsworth House and gardens are one of the top tourist visitor attractions in the UK particularly with Chinese tourists, so this exhibition should be a very well attended one. Contact Renby for information on Micronfog^TM and how it can help neutralise odours without using power or water.