SAFE MATERIAL HANDLING SOLUTIONS
Posted on September 9, 2025
Bulk Loading Dust Control and Mitigation Systems for Coal & Pet Coke Safety, Savings, Compliance, & Performance Fugitive dust for coal and petroleum coke can be a pervasive problem when you’re handling these types of materials. Just a few threats it poses include: Endangered air quality Breach of environmental regulations Health and safety issues Costs […]
Posted on June 23, 2025
A major concern in producing aggregates is the respiration of airborne dust – specifically crystalline silica dust – generated by operations including crushing and screening, conveyor movement, transportation, transfer points, stockpiles, and storage. If enough respirable silica dust is aspirated, it can develop into silicosis, a disabling and irreversible lung disease that can even become […]
Posted on March 21, 2025
Silica Dust Engineering Controls Meet New Air Quality Guidelines Benetech takes the challenge to reduce Respirable Crystalline Silica exposure for workers. Recent regulatory changes to OSHA 1926 CFR-1153(d)(1) have reduced the PEL (permissible exposure limit) to 50 micrograms of respirable crystalline silica per cubic meter of air (ug/m3) averaged over an 8-hour day. The danger […]
Posted on January 4, 2023
Bulk material handlers in the pulp and paper industry produce what is needed for items in widespread use each day, from packaging to printing to tissues. Even in an increasingly digital world, the average U.S. consumer uses more than 700 pounds of paper each year. While producing these materials, pulp and paper operators also generate […]
Posted on December 15, 2022
MSHA Silica Dust Mandate: What Mining Operators Need to Know Respirable crystalline silica at bulk material handling facilities has continued to draw attention as information about its presence and dangers increases. This is particularly true in metal and non-metal mining, especially with the MSHA silica dust mandate now in effect. What Is Respirable Crystalline Silica? […]
Posted on December 5, 2022
Clinker is the primary ingredient in cement production. A mixture of limestone, clay, silica, iron oxide, and a small amount of alumina, the nodular material is produced in the kilning stage at the cement plant. Clinker allows for much less difficult conveying and shipping than would be required for cement powder. Once cooled and then […]
Posted on July 15, 2022
Bulk material handlers are familiar with the problem of dust in maintaining a workplace that is safe for employees. Dust is a serious and persistent worker-safety issue that warrants regular review of dust control procedures. Dust at bulk material handling facilities is typically classified as fugitive dust: dust that escapes the process that created it […]
Posted on July 8, 2022
Pulp and paper processing is among the world’s oldest and biggest endeavors, and U.S. pulp and paper mills rank among the nation’s largest industries. They include more than 550 manufacturing facilities in 42 states and employ over 200,000 people. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, each year U.S. mills produce 9 million tons of pulp […]
Posted on April 4, 2022
Dust Control and Suppression Solutions: Different Bulk Material, Same Goal Dust is a constant reality for bulk material handlers. As plants operate to provide products and solutions that support daily living and commerce, they inevitably generate dust that can escape and then travel wherever the air and its properties make it. Fugitive dust can be […]
Posted on March 25, 2022
Active Patents PATENT NUMBER PATENT TITLE BENETECH PRODUCT COUNTRY US-8875870-B2 Conveyor belt cleaner scraper blade and assembly Belt Cleaner U.S. US-7976724-B2 Method of preventing emanation of dust from a coal pile or railcar BT-553 RCT Starch U.S. US-9937523-B2 Dust suppression formulas using plasticized cellulose ethers BT-668 Residual HPMC U.S. US-11919719-B2 Drop and slide out idler […]
