Originally Posted by
Ole Anderson
Thank you. Yes, I have seen the "dust blower" analogy applied both to ambient air cleaners and to older bag style dust collectors. Maybe we ought to start referring to what we are speaking of as a "dust management system" that would include respirators, dust collection systems, machine "hoods", ambient air cleaners, shop vacs and the trusty broom and dust pan. Any one of those alone will never provide us with an acceptable dust level as far as our lungs are concerned, you really need every one of those in order to address the problem.