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DUSTRON materials for suspended particles control have been exclusively made for use in mines and have been successfully used for more than 25 years. Their main characteristic is maintaining constant moisture on surfaces where these are applied, by converting hydrophobic to hydrophilic particles, increasing aggregation between them resulting not only minimized dust clouds, but also in the constant absorption of new dust which settles on the streets with the continuous moving of transporter trucks. DUSTRON materials have two main applications:
1. Wetting roads of moving vehicles, (DUSTRON PC)
2. Sealing the deposits. (DUSTRON FM)
Wetting of roads for vehicles - DUSTRON PC
The application of DUSTRON PC to wetting of roads is very simple: The material is added at a predetermined ratio in the tanks of the tank vehicles, without requiring stirring or any other work. The vehicle will complete the wetting procedure as usual, only this time it will only need to make a single trip for every 12 made previously using plain water. The results include:
1) 65% -92% less dust (depending on the mixing ratio of material DUSTRON PC / water)
2) 70% more moisture in the streets soaked in DUSTRON PC, for up to 12 hours after application of the material at a temperature of 35ºC, compared to plain water.
3) 72% less perforation (test load 20 kilos per square centimeter of road surface after application of the material DUSTRON PC).
4) 50% increase in impact strength (tested by dropping a solid object on the road surface after application of the material DUSTRON PC)
5) 12 times less water consumption
6) 12 times less fuel consumption as a tank will need just 1 trip instead of 12 to cover the same area.
7) It does not create mud
8) Withstands the passage of tracked vehicles
9) It is not destroyed by the road smoothing / shaping machines called «graders»
10) Continues to absorb new dust deposited on the surface of the roads from moving loads or from the surrounding areas on days with strong winds without requiring repetition of wetting.
11) Absolutely friendly to humans and the environment - biodegradable material that does not even require gloves for handling it.