Companies that handle paper and scrap are among the businesses heavily impacted by the explosion venting requirements outlined in NFPA 68 Standard on Explosion Protection by Deflagration Venting. In the process of making paper or paper products, dusts are generated during cutting, slitting, scoring, shredding and other processes - and these dusts are potentially combustible.The PDF article, An explosive situation: New explosion venting requirements have a major impact on the paper industry, provides a discussion of NFPA 68, how it applies to the paper industry, and identifies specific actions that you must take to ensure compliance. If your business is a printing facility, uses industrial paper shredders, generates corrugated box scraps or has a similar application, read this informative article. Taken from Dust Collectors for Paper Scrap Systems.
