Case Studies
Engineering scenarios, documented like projects
Representative industry case studies — realistic educational scenarios built on common applications and best practice, not verified customer engagements. Filter by industry, material or process.
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16 case studies
- AutomotiveAluminum
Reducing Aluminum Dust Hazards in an Automotive
How a representative North American automotive manufacturer brought combustible aluminum fines under control with grounded, air-operated explosion-proof vacuum recovery and immersion separation.
9 min readRead case study - PharmaceuticalLactose
Containing Combustible Excipient Dust in a Tablet Facility
How a representative North American contract manufacturer brought lactose and blend dust under control in its compression suites — satisfying explosion safety, exposure limits and cleaning validation with one recovery architecture.
9 min readRead case study - Food ProcessingFlour
Controlling Flour Dust in a High-Volume
How a representative national baked-goods producer replaced brooms and blowdown around its bulk flour handling and mixing lines with explosion-proof vacuum recovery — and turned housekeeping into a scheduled, inspectable program.
8 min readRead case study - Additive ManufacturingTitanium
Recovering Titanium Powder in a Metal Additive
How a representative aerospace-focused AM producer made powder handling safe and economical at once — air-operated explosion-proof vacuums with immersion separation for one of the most reactive dusts in manufacturing.
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Battery ManufacturingGraphiteControlling Electrode Dust in an EV Battery Cell
How a representative North American cell manufacturer manages graphite and electrode dust across mixing rooms, slitting lines and dry-room assembly — where the dust is combustible, conductive and exposure-limited all at once.
9 min readRead case study- Wood IndustryWood Dust
Managing Wood Dust in a Furniture Manufacturing
How a representative national furniture manufacturer closed the gap its dust collection system was never designed to cover — the fugitive fine fraction on structure, equipment and overhead steel.
8 min readRead case study - AutomotiveCoating Powder (Epoxy / Polyester)
Controlling Coating Powder in an Automotive
How a representative automotive components finisher brought fugitive coating powder and color-change cleanout under control — grounded recovery in a process that charges combustible polymer dust on purpose.
8 min readRead case study - AutomotiveMagnesium
Controlling Magnesium Fines in an Automotive
How a representative die casting and machining operation handles the most ignition-sensitive of the structural metals — where wetting controls ignition, hydrogen evolution demands venting, and nothing tolerates improvisation.
9 min readRead case study - Agriculture & Grain HandlingGrain & Feed Dust
Managing Grain Dust in a Grain Elevator & Feed
How a representative grain cooperative runs housekeeping in the industry that wrote the rules — priority areas on the 1/8-inch action level, elevator legs treated as the initiation points they historically are, and bins cleaned without climbing in.
8 min readRead case study - Chemical ProcessingSulfur
Controlling Sulfur Dust in a Specialty Chemical
How a representative chemical compounder runs housekeeping around the most ignition-sensitive common industrial dust — grounding verified before anything else moves, air-operated recovery with zero electrical components, and a disposal path that respects what burning sulfur becomes.
8 min readRead case study - Foundries & CastingSilica sand & aluminum casting dust
Controlling Silica Sand & Reactive-Metal Dust in a Foundry
How a representative jobbing foundry runs housekeeping on the oldest dust hazard and the hottest floor at once — silica sand keyed to the exposure standards while shakeout concentrates the respirable fraction, and reactive-metal casting cells carry their own combustible-dust rules on the same shop floor.
9 min readRead case study - Data CentersZinc whiskers & subfloor dust
Managing Zinc Whiskers & Subfloor Dust in a Data
How a representative colocation facility runs housekeeping where dust is measured in failures, not fires — conductive zinc whiskers freed by raised-floor work, a subfloor plenum that feeds every server intake, and cleaning that happens around a live load that never shuts down.
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Semiconductor & ElectronicsSilicon fines, dopant/etch/CMP residues, reactive-metal AM powderDual-Hazard Dust Control in a Semiconductor &
How a representative advanced-electronics manufacturer runs housekeeping where the clean floor hides two hazard classes at once — toxic dopant, etch and CMP residues that are not combustible, and genuinely combustible dust the 'high-tech means inert' assumption misses: fine silicon from wafer grinding and the reactive-metal powder that advanced packaging brought onto the fab floor.
9 min readRead case study- Paper & PackagingPaper and corrugated fibre, starch adhesive fines
Controlling Paper and Corrugated Dust in a Converting Plant
A representative scenario: how a high-speed corrugated converting operation brought fibre dust under control without slowing the lines.
9 min readRead case study - Energy & Power GenerationCoal, coke, biomass fuel dust
Coal and Biomass Dust Housekeeping at a Power
A representative scenario: controlling carbonaceous dust and its tendency to smoulder across a fuel handling and boiler house operation.
10 min readRead case study - Government & ResearchBeryllium, copper-beryllium alloy, mixed metal fines
Regulated Metal Dust Control in a Government
A representative scenario: containing beryllium and other regulated metal dusts across a machining and materials research facility.
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Every entry in this library is clearly labeled as a representative scenario. Verified customer case studies — with approved metrics and quotes — are added as clients supply them.
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