Očkajová, Alena, 1961- Granulometric analysis of sanding dust from selected wood species / Alena Očkajová, Martin Kučerka ... [et al.]. -- Different types of sanders are used in every furniture and carpentry plant. The wood dust generated during sanding is considered one of the main health and safety hazards. The greatest danger to respiratory organs is a respirable (alveolar) component with a particle size of less than 10 μm. Thus, it is important to know the specific particle size fractions of wood dust. This study compared the granulometric compositions of abrasion wood dusts of selected wood species (beech and oak) and determined the statistical significance of individual factors (type of sander, wood species, grain size of sander, sanding direction) that affect the percentage of fractions ≤ 0.08 mm. The results confirmed that the use of narrow band and handheld (belt and disc) sanders caused high percentages of fractions ≤ 0.08 mm, above 90% in all cases. In these types of sanders, the working part of the sander is not completely covered, and the operator is in direct contact with the machine. Despite the use of a suction device, a certain amount of dust remains suspended in the air, or it settles on surfaces. In both cases, this dust poses a health and safety hazard

In BioResources. -- Raleigh : North Carolina State University, 2018. -- ISSN 1930-2126. -- Vol. 13, no. 4 (2018), pp. 7481-7495

1. wood dust 2. granulometric analysis 3. granularity

I. Kučerka, Martin, 1980-
II. Krišťák, Ľuboš
III. Igaz, Rastislav
IV. BioResources. -- Vol. 13, no. 4 (2018), pp. 7481-7495

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