THE MASSIVE LETHAL explosion in a dusty sugar plant in Georgia earlier this month has reopened debates on how to reduce the likelihood of explosions due to combustible dust, hundreds of which have ...

A critical element of a good blasting cabinet setup is a vacuum system that can suck out the dust, blasting media, and bits of removed material faster than it collects inside the chamber. A cyclone ...

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Volatile dust was blamed Friday in an explosion that destroyed a sugar refinery, and crews pulled four bodies from tunnels beneath the mangled mass of metal and beams left by the blast. At least four ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Flames from welding equipment touched off a grain-dust explosion at a Nestlé Purina plant in Flagstaff Sunday, burning two workers severely and leaving two others with less ...

Nineteen people are dead and 49 injured after an explosion in a starch factory in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, on Wednesday, the local government said yesterday. Firefighters extinguish the flames ...