Fog Cannon Controls Dust


The Fog Cannon from Italian company Ecology SRL is designed to mitigate airborne particles and dust generated by open mining activities, general demolition work and industrial bulk material handling. The cannon, available in both manual and fully automated versions, emits a powerful fog jet of fine droplets of water/air and if desired, also a surfactant. Two kind of surfactant are available: agglomerating and film-forming. Surfactant ECS89 (certified by the German Ministry of Health, VDI 2584 and Ta-Luft.) creates a harmless fog capable of quickly suppressing airborne particles. The film-forming ECS90 is saline-based combined with natural biological glue, creating a crust formation capable of containing the dust particles. Several models of Fog Cannon are available offering different projection and reach capabilities, from a range of 30 to 250 m and an aperture angle of approximately 270° laterally but with a continuously adjustable height. This means that a single machine is capable of covering a level area of up to 130,000 m2. Water consumption varies from 210 liters/min. up to 1,000 liters/min., while the maximum consumption of surfactant is proportionally set at 1:400 relative to the flow of water. The Fog Cannon is electrically powered but is also available in an intrinsically safe version for explosive atmospheres, or with a hydraulic motor.

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As featured in Womp 08 Vol 9 - www.womp-int.com