Combustible Dust Basics: How to Collect a Sample and What Does a Go/No-Go Test Mean?
Combustible Dust Basics: How to Collect a Sample What Does a Go/No-Go Test Mean? Combustible Dust Basics: How to Collect a Sample and What Does a Go/No-Go Test Mean? May 01, 2014 We've been blogging and writing a lot recently on the basics of combustible dust. Makes sense; after all, what safety professionalknows exactly how much of their particular dust, in their particular facility, under a certain set of circumstances is OK? And if you don'tyet have a dust collection system, how do you know what you need? Evenif you have a collector, do you have the proper Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) to understand your dust’s potential for explosibility? Plant and facility safety professional customers often will call and say they think they need a dust test but do not know what the next stepis. They'll ask, "How do I collect a sample?" "What is a Go/No-Go test?" While we offer a list of testing services to determine the deflagration hazards...