Idrotech ATEX Fog Maker

Tecpro has introduced an ATEX certified fog maker that suppresses dust in areas at risk of explosion.

Dust can pose a significant health, safety and environmental hazard, and sometimes an explosive hazard, in environments such as mine sites, storage facilities or mills. Certain types of dust are combustible, including coal, sulfur, grain, flour, sugar, sawdust, magnesium, cotton and even powdered metals such as titanium and aluminium. The risk of explosion is exacerbated by hot conditions, an ever-present problem in many places throughout Australia.

The ATEX Fog Maker available through Tecpro Australia is made in Italy by Idrotech. It provides a powerful way to combat dust in potentially combustible environments. It operates at high pressure 50 bar and can propel a fine mist up to 60 m in the absence of wind.

With the mouth of the fog maker containing 156 nebulising nozzles, the size of the fog droplets generated is similar to the size of dust particles. When the fog and dust come into contact, they combine readily and fall to the ground, aided by gravity. The nozzles are mounted in three spray rings which can be operated independently, giving the ability to change the volume of mist to suit the conditions. In addition to this, there are 10 different capacity sizes of nozzles that can be fitted to the rings to provide even more flexibility in fine-tuning the fog maker to satisfy any situation.

The fog mist is so fine it evaporates quickly and this eliminates the risk of water pooling or run-off, further reducing environmental and safety risks.

The fog maker has a rotation field of 340° and is fitted to a steel platform, making it easy to move and direct the fog stream to where it’s needed.

The device is suitable for settings where there may be gases or fumes present. It also features a noise barrier which reduces the noise output when it’s operating.