Dustiness day 2024

In October 2024 we will organize in close collaboration with a number of partner companies and organizations the Dustiness day 2024 covering different themes associated with dust and small particles.

Lectures will be devoted to e.g.

• Sources of dust formation
• Health Safety Environment
• Dustiness regulations  – EFSA / REACH
• Dust mitigation by dust filtration
• Dust explosions
• Dustiness suppression during powder processing
• Dustiness monitoring in workplace and environment
• Qualification and quantification of dustiness potential of products
• Prediction of human exposure to airborne matter

The seminar offers an interactive program designed for anyone who is working in the field of powders and solid materials in general. Especially those who are working with fine particles, where small particles are created due to processing and e.g. attrition, and anyone who is exposed to dust and airborne solid matter. Besides the lecture program, also a hands-on session is scheduled in the program. In this hands-on session the participants  will work in teams on various case studies that are thereafter interactively discussed in a plenary session. The main goal of this event is sharing knowledge on this theme. The seminar ends with a networking event in the hotel bar.

UPDATE – We will even showcase a LIVE DUST EXPLOSION during the event !

Companies that already have agreed their active participation are Hosokawa Micron, ISMA, Buro Blauw, Orffa, Delft University of Technology, Lampe Group, and Delft Solids Solutions.

More information on our activities devoted to dustiness measurements can be found on these pages for micrometer based dustiness investigations and nano-particle oriented dust measurements.

Practical information

Date: Tuesday October 15^th 2024

Location: Van der Valk hotel Delft A4, Den Hoorn, The Netherlands

8:45 – Arrival with coffee/tea
9:30 – Opening

Cost: € 495,- (excl. VAT)

Coordinates of the hotel are:

Peuldreef 3, 2635 BX Den Hoorn, The Netherlands

Program and Presentations

The lectures contributing to the program of the Dustiness Day seminar, that has been held on October 16^th, 2024, can be downloaded here.

Please find below a pdf version of the lectures delivered by the various speakers (the pdf files are protected with a password and only accessible to participants of the seminar):

Gabrie Meesters – TUDelft – Particle Strength and Sources of Dust Formation

Brecht Bruneel – Orffa Belgium N.V. – Consequences and need to control dust in feed additive production and usage

Martijn Lampe – Lampe Technical Textiles – Dust filtration put into practice

Michel Vandeweyer – ISMA N.V. – The dust explosion phenomenon: principles, demo and case study

Shannon Groen – Delft Solids Solutions B.V.  – Exposure to Dust and Methodologies for Determining the Dustiness Potential of Solid Matter

Albert Kaptein – Hosokawa Micron B.V. – Advanced powder processing to prevent risks of exposure and dust explosion

Mark Kosters – Buro Blauw Luchtkwaliteit B.V. – Dust Concentration Measurements – 3 different Methods for Stack Emissions, Outdoor Air and at the Workplace

Case studies of the four teams

On October 15, 2024, experts from different industries came together for Dustiness Day 2024, a seminar that dove deep into the often-overlooked world of dust—how it forms, the health risks it poses, and the dangers of dust explosions.

Please read the full recap here.