Water keeps the dust down

A crusher dust suppression system reduces airborn dust particles and silica dust created when processing materials with a fine mist of water. Spraying dust with water increases the weight of each dust particle, making it harder for them to become airborne.

A fine mist is just right to keep the dust down

Wet material causes friction in your operation. Too much water causes material to build up inside the crusher or slows down your screening because the material becomes too sticky. Adjusting the water pressure through the flow valves helps you to generate the right fine mist to keep the dust to a minimum. If you start creating large puddles underneath your machine you know that you are using too much water.

It also helps to open up a material pile. The inside of a pile is less dry than the outside. By mixing moist feed with bone dry feed also helps to reduce dust.

If possible crush after a rain day. When the material is moist less dust is generated in the crushing process.

Using too much water can slow you down

Too much water can have negative effects on your crushing operation. It will cause hammers wear out faster and wet material will stick in the feeder or to the crusher walls. In this case it helps to mix wet material with dry material to clean out the feeder and crusher. Also if you screen your crushed material it can blind your screen more easily or buidl material clumps that are hard to screen.