Supplements Maker - NFPA

Known Issues:

• Dust is both hydroscopic and combustible.

• Back of the building is warehousing and production is on the front of building 300 feet away.

• There is no maintenance department to change out 55-gallon drums, so we needed a large container.

• Customer rents the space and does not own the building. Owner would not allow penetrations through side wall or roof.

• There were two (2) production rooms with several pieces of equipment in each.

• There was a steep grade on concrete pad on back of the building for rain runoff.

Provided Solutions:

• Provided Donaldson Torit Dalmatic DLMC envelope style dust collector with oleophobic filters.

• Designed collector to include leg extensions to allow for a dumpster to be placed under the collector.

• Provided steep sided hoppers to keep dust moving through collector.

• Provided 8 vane 10 bar rated air locks to separate hopper from the dumpster.

• Provided membrane style explosion venting and deflector plates to safely vent pressure from explosion.

• Connected the collector to the dry plumbed wet sprinkler system for fire protection.

• Provided in duct isolation devices to keep pressure and fire from returning into the building.

• Connected one duct line for each production room to allow operators to limit electrical consumption.

• Provided custom hoods for pick up inside production area.

• Provided custom control panel and VFD drive with air flow control system to allow rooms to operate independently.

• Provided 80 dBA silencer and did not return air back into the building.

• Ran duct work through overhead door to keep from damaging building per owners instructions.

• Calculated static pressure requirements for the system fan and reinforced collector to allow for 25" SP w.c.

• Provided fan with aluminum fan wheel (non-sparking).

• Provided leg adjustments to allow leveling of collector on steep grade.