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A new prototype bag nozzle system has been designed under a Bureau of Mines contract to reduce dust generated during the bagging operation on fluidized air baggers. A field analysis of the new system has shown that the bag operator's dust exposure was reduced 83 pct. The amount of blowback was reduced 89 pct, which corresponds to a significant product savings. The new prototype system has been operating for a substantial period of time with no major problems.
| Author(s): | Cecala-AB, Volkwein-JC, Thimons-ED |
| Reference: | Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 8886, NTIS No. PB84-224484, 1984; :1-5 |
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