Generation rate and particle size distribution of wood dust by handheld sanding operation

Ojima, Jun

doi:10.1539/joh.16-0136-br

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“…Comparing results of wood dust concentration evaluation from different experimental setups and field measurements reported in the literature is very difficult. However, results of this study are in agreement with previous studies [4,5,7,8,9,10,12,16] who found that harder woods and coarsest abrasive grit produced a lower rate of dust production. Various limitations to this study need to be considered.…”

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Laboratory Investigations Applied to Wood Dust Emmited by Electrical Hand-Held Belt Sander

Dado

Mikušová

Hnilica

2018

Management Systems in Production Engineering

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Aim of this paper was to investigate the effects of grit size and wood species on mass concentration and size distribution of wood dust produced by hand-held belt sander. Experimental study was designed as 2x2 full factorial experiments. Experimental parameters and their levels were abrasive grain size (P80, P120) and wood species (European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies)).The mass concentration of emitted wood dust was measured using aerosol monitor (TSI Inc., DustTrak DRX 8533). Sampler head was sited in place representing breathing zone of operator of sander. The results was analysed employing the analysis of variance (ANOVA) with 5% of significance level. Real-time measurements demonstrated that spruce wood generated higher dust concentrations than beech wood due to difference in abrasion durability. Compared to sanding belt with P80 grit size, approximately 16%-32% higher dust concentration was generated when the sanding belt with P120 grit size was used.

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Laboratory Investigations Applied to Wood Dust Emmited by Electrical Hand-Held Belt Sander

Dado

Mikušová

Hnilica

2018

Management Systems in Production Engineering

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“…During wood processing, dust is created as a by-product [1][2][3][4][5][6][7], and plays a negative role in assessing the risk of fire [8] or explosion [9][10][11][12][13][14]. Wood fust also poses a significant risk to the health of the human body [15,16].…”

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Tropical Wood Dusts—Granulometry, Morfology and Ignition Temperature

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The article considers the granulometric analysis of selected samples of tropical wood dust from cumaru (Dipteryx odorata), padauk (Pterocarpus soyauxii), ebony (Diospyros crassiflora), and marblewood (Marmaroxylon racemosum) using a Makita 9556CR 1400 W grinder and K36 sandpaper, for the purpose of selecting the percentages of the various fractions (<63; 63; 71; 200; 315; 500 μm) of wood dust samples. Tropical wood dust samples were made using a hand orbital sander Makita 9556CR 1400 W, and sized using the automatic mesh vibratory sieve machine Retsch AS 200 control. Most dust particles (between 50–79%) from all wood samples were under 100 μm in size. This higher percentage is associated with the risk of inhaling the dust, causing damage to the respiratory system, and the risk of a dust-air explosive mixture. Results of granulometric fractions contribution of tropical woods sanding dust were similar. Ignition temperature was changed by particle sizes, and decreased with a decrease in particle sizes. We found that marblewood has the highest minimum ignition temperature (400–420 °C), and padauk has the lowest (370–390 °C).

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“…When the specimens were sanded with a fine sand paper, the mass median aerodynamic diameters of beech wood dust and cypress wood dust were 9.0 μm and 9.8 μm, respectively. Respirable wood dust is able to be controlled by general ventilation with an air flow rate of over 0.7 to 4.2 m 3 /min (Ojima 2016). The mass concentration of the smallest dust particles has a negative linear relation to the total air flow rate of the exhaust system during sawing with a circular saw (Palubicki et al 2020).…”

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Occupational exposure to inhalable and respirable wood dust of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) in a furniture factory

Čavlović

Bešlić

Pervan

et al. 2022

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Given the well-known carcinogenicity of hardwood dust, occupational exposure to oak wood dust has been determined in a furniture factory on different wood processing machines during sanding, planing, and milling. Determination of the mass concentrations of respirable and inhalable oak wood dust from ambient air was performed using personal sampling pumps and two types of filter holders: the Higgins-Dewell respirable dust cyclone, manufactured by Casella (Bedford, UK), and the inhalable dust IOM sampler manufactured by SKC (Dorset, UK). Out of a total of 30 values of inhalable mass concentration, 7 (23%) exceeded the occupational exposure level (OEL). The highest exposure levels for inhalable and respirable wood dust from the belt sander were 1.569 to 3.710 mg/m3 and 0.243 to 1.342 mg/m3, respectively. Worker exposure may be below the level of increased risk of 2 mg/m3 if a machine such as a planer or router is connected to a suction system. The share of respirable particles in the inhalable fraction ranged between 12% and 31%, and for samples with an inhalable mass concentration exceeding 2 mg/m3, the share was lower than 16%, with a slightly decreasing tendency. Thus, the risk of lower respiratory tract diseases increases with higher exposure to inhalable particles, and the OEL is an indirect measure of protection against exposure to respirable particles.

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Generation rate and particle size distribution of wood dust by handheld sanding operation

Cited by 13 publications

References 9 publications

Laboratory Investigations Applied to Wood Dust Emmited by Electrical Hand-Held Belt Sander

Laboratory Investigations Applied to Wood Dust Emmited by Electrical Hand-Held Belt Sander

Tropical Wood Dusts—Granulometry, Morfology and Ignition Temperature

Occupational exposure to inhalable and respirable wood dust of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) in a furniture factory

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