- Industry: Mining
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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
A dust trap in which the dust and chippings created during percussive drilling are drawn back through the hollow drill rod and out through the rear of the machine and along a hose to a metal container with filter elements. The appliance requires a special type of drilling machine, rods, and bits.
Industry:Mining
A dust-sampling apparatus almost identical in principle and design with the regular Greenburg-Smith impinger, the main difference being its smaller size and the fact that only a 12-in (30.5-cm) head of water is required for its operation.
Industry:Mining
A dust-sampling apparatus evolved by the U.S. Bureau of Mines that makes use of the principle of impingement of the dust-laden air at high velocity on a wetted glass surface, together with that of bubbling the air through a liquid medium.
Industry:Mining
A dust-sampling instrument consisting of an air cylinder and piston actuated by a spring, and so arranged that on release of the piston a known volume of air is impinged at high velocity against a plate coated with vaseline. The dust spot so produced is examined under the microscope, and a count is made of the number of particles.
Industry:Mining
A dust-sampling instrument designed by the Mining Research Establishment of Great Britain that operates over periods of up to 8 h and collects only respirable dust that is selected aerodynamically during the sampling process. The respirable fraction is selected by drawing the dust through a horizontal duct elutriator that simulates the acting principle of the human nose and respiratory passages in that the larger and faster-falling particles are caught by the processes of settlement and impingement.
Industry:Mining
A dust-sampling instrument. The apparatus gives a gravimetric mass sample, with no information on the size distribution of the dust collected. Is useful where a sample is needed for determining mass concentration and for collecting dust for chemical, petrological, and X-ray analysis.
Industry:Mining
A dust-sampling method in which samples of dust are collected on filter paper and then placed in a photometer. The instrument shows the intensity of a beam of light after it has passed through the paper, and the fall in intensity is a direct measure of the dust concentration. With dark dust, such as in coal mines, a rough indication of the dustiness may be obtained by comparison of the depth of tone with a graded series of samples that have been calibrated against some other instrument. There are two methods of collecting 2316 samples for photometric estimation: (1) by passing the air through a filter paper, as for gravimetric estimation; or (2) by impingement, as in the konimeter.
Industry:Mining
A dust-sampling technique that measures airborne dustiness on a mass basis. In the glass tube is placed a layer, 1-1/2 in (3.8 cm) deep, of sized granulated sugar weighing 100 g. By means of a suitable pump, air is drawn through the sugar tube at a rate of approx. 1 ft<sub>3</sub>/min (0.0283 m<sub>3</sub>/min). The dust is retained in the sugar tube, which is then stoppered and sent to the laboratory for analysis. The sugar is dissolved and the dust is caught on a filter paper that is incinerated to give the weight of dust.
Industry:Mining
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Industry:Mining
