The extraction, handling and processing of quarry materials such as crushed rock, asphalt, aggregate, and concrete are closely associated with the generation of significant amounts of dust. It’s imperative that quarries keep this dust from spreading out beyond the operation site.
Dust-A-Side Australia specialises in innovative dust control solutions which can be tailored to suit quarry mine sites. We focus on effective quarry dust suppression which directly targets the source, ensuring both environmental stewardship and the health safety of workers and nearby communities.
Health and Safety Concerns
Quarry activities generate microscopic silica dust particles, which pose significant health risks to workers. These challenges are compounded by wind and rain, which both contribute to the dispersal of dust particles. Wind can lift and carry dust over large distances, affecting air quality both on-site and in surrounding areas.
Regulatory Compliance
Compliance standards often vary between states, requiring quarries to navigate a complex web of regulations and standards. Additionally, implementing effective dust control measures involves significant investment in equipment, technologies, and personnel training. Balancing these operational requirements with regulatory obligations while maintaining productivity presents a constant challenge for quarry operators.
Reduced Productivity
The accumulation of dust on site machinery can lead to frequent and costly breakdowns, particularly affecting critical operating equipment such as crushers, conveyors, and screens. This build-up increases the risk of component failure and results in prolonged machine downtime. Consequently, maintenance costs escalate and operational efficiency declines.
Environmental Impacts
Managing environmental impacts related to dust control in quarries poses several challenges. These include mitigating the dispersion of fine particles into the surrounding air, minimising the deposition of dust on nearby vegetation and water bodies, and addressing potential health concerns for nearby communities.
Maximise quarry efficiency with custom dust control solutions from Dust-A-Side Australia
Our targeted solutions for quarry operations
Fog Cannons
Our high-pressure mist systems use powerful pumps and fine nozzles to create a dense fog capable of capturing fine dust particles. This technology efficiently suppresses dust even at considerable distances from the emission point, ensuring cleaner air and compliance with environmental standards. These dust suppression systems are ideal for a variety of applications, including use in quarries, crushing equipment, near material discharge areas on conveyor belts, truck loading and unloading zones, and hoppers.
Erosion Control
Dust-A-Side Australia offers cost-effective polymer dust control and erosion management solutions that can be easily applied to manage broadscale cleared areas, exposed surfaces, stockpiles, batter slopes, and drainage paths.
Dust Binders
Dust-A-Side’s range of binder products – including HydroTac and AquaTarp – are designed to enhance the effectiveness of water and offer a more sustainable and cost-effective approach to dust control in quarry sites.
They can be sprayed onto haul roads, access roads, hardstands, and laydown areas using water carts to effectively suppress wheel generated dust. Once sprayed, they require significantly less frequent reapplication each shift compared to untreated water.
Key Benefits of Using Dust-A-Side Solutions
Up to 95% water saving, ensuring safer roads and faster wet weather recovery.
Up to 90% reduction in operational dust levels, increasing production and safety
30% reduction in rolling resistance, increasing production and reducing maintenance costs
3% reduction in fuel consumption and therefore carbon emissions
Dust-A-Side packages
Full Service
In addition to having a full time project supervisor on site, Dust-A-Side can also supply clients with required assets and personnel such as trucks, water carts, graders, suppression equipment and operators. Telemetry, consulting, project management and reporting are available with a Full Service package.
Managed Service
A full time project supervisor from Dust-A-Side will attend site to oversee the delivery and implementation of all dust control solutions, utilising the clients existing assets (e.g. water carts). The project supervisor will provide further support through telemetry, consulting, project management and reporting in order to help clients achieve the most efficient and cost effective outcomes possible
Remote Supervision
One of our project supervisors can visit your site at agreed upon times in order to provide telemetry, consulting and reporting. We’ll evaluate the effectiveness of the solutions and products we’ve provided and make recommendations to improve efficiency.
Supply Only
Binder products can be supplied in bulk or via intermediate bulk containers. Dust-A-Side will advise clients on how much of the product to apply and how often. Clients then apply the products using their own equipment.
Rental
Dust control equipment such as fog cannons can be rented as required and clients can manage the operation of the equipment.
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