Tag: Dust Collection

Understanding the Role of Static Pressure in Dust Collection Systems

Jill Dietterich

Designing a dust collection system? Updating your dust control equipment? You’ll need to understand the basics of one important concept in fluid mechanics: static pressure. If you remember any physics lessons from your youth, you might guess correctly that the fluid we’re talking about is air. It’s the driving force that captures and conveys combustible … Continued

Solving Issues Caused by Negative Pressure in a Building

Jill Dietterich

  Have you ever opened a window and then went to close a door in the same room, and the door slammed shut? The force behind this jarring phenomenon is called negative pressure. Not only does this cause doors to close so abruptly, but it also makes them more difficult and, in some cases, impossible … Continued