Inside the new Lakeland Mills

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Inside the new Lakeland Mills

December 17, 2014
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CFI Editor Andrew Macklin provides a look inside the rebuilt Lakeland Mills sawmill in Prince George.

Wood product manufacturers may be at risk of fire, deflagration or explosion due to the buildup of combustible off-gas within dryers and associated drying systems. Kevin Ericsson outlines some dryer systems hazards & best practices: https://www.canadianbiomassmagazine.ca/combustible-gas-dryer-systems-hazards-and-best-practices/ #DustSafetyWeek

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Explosive organic dusts combust similarly to each other, but each has its own characteristics. @FikeCorporation's Gilles Plourde shares some wood dust explosion suppression case studies: https://www.canadianbiomassmagazine.ca/explosion-suppression-case-studies/ #DustSafetyWeek #dust #combustibledust

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From May-Sept. 1919, 4 grain elevators in 4 cities exploded in similar incidents, killing 70 people & injuring 60 more. Although this was over 100 years ago, the reasons why this happened are still relevant today: https://www.woodbusiness.ca/season-of-tragedy-the-grain-elevator-explosions-of-1919/ #DustSafetyWeek #dust @DustExResearch

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For the fifth year in a row, the team at Dust Safety Science has compiled & analyzed #combustibledust incidents from around the world. As of Dec. 31, 2020, they captured almost 1,000 incidents: https://www.woodbusiness.ca/combustible-dust-incidents-from-around-the-world-in-2020/ @DustExResearch #DustSafetyWeek #healthandsafety

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As anyone in the wood products industry knows, it's critical to protect your operations from #explosions and #fires. In this article, Jeffrey Nichols, managing partner at Industrial Fire Prevention, breaks down how to do so: https://www.woodbusiness.ca/protecting-the-biomass-process-from-fires-and-explosions/ @FagusGreCon #DustSafetyWeek

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