Industry Challenges — Is Your Production Facing These Pressures?
As the fertilizer industry moves toward “quality competition,” traditional extensive production models are facing severe tests:
- Upgraded Trade Barriers: Export orders face additional handling or even rejection risks due to non-compliant dust indicators.
- Rising Costs: Continuous addition of coating agents drives up costs, yet dust issues persist. How to determine the optimal dosage?
- Outdated Quality Control Methods: Relying on manual sieving for dust measurement? Time-consuming, error-prone, and data cannot guide real-time production optimization.
Standard Interpretation — Understanding the International “Physical Language”
For dust assessment of granular products, the international standard CIPAC MT 171.1 defines the “Dust Value” classification based on optical measurement:
Source: CIPAC MT 171.1
According to the standard:
- Dust Value 0–10: Category 1, Nearly Dust-free.
- Dust Value >10–25: Category 2, Essentially Non-dusty.
- Dust Value >25: Category 3, Dusty — a key indicator requiring strict control for high-quality products.
Solution — Palas® DustView II: Fully Automated Dust Measurement System
This system is a fully automated dust characterization device specifically developed for powders and bulk materials. Its methodology complies with the CIPAC MT 171.1 international standard and has been applied across related industries worldwide. Utilizing precision optical extinction principles, it simulates real handling scenarios, providing objective, real-time dust behavior data under controlled free-fall and impact conditions, offering dust value references that meet international standards.
Technical Advantages:
- Fast & Accurate: Completes measurement and generates reports within 40 seconds, effectively detecting fine dust particles.
- High Repeatability: Laser extinction technology ensures objective, reproducible results.
- Realistic Simulation: Free-fall and impact conditions replicate actual handling processes.
- Easy Operation: Fully automated system minimizes human error.
Application Scenarios:
- Quality control and incoming material inspection
- Formulation R&D and process optimization
- Additive effectiveness evaluation
- Production process monitoring
- Product performance comparative analysis
Value Demonstration — Data Support Across R&D, Quality Control, and Sales
R&D Optimization: Data Assistance for Process Development
- Additive Screening: Provides feedback within 40 seconds, accurately comparing the dust suppression effects of different coating schemes.
- Cost Efficiency: Scientifically identifies the critical dust value ≤25, avoiding over-spraying and providing data for optimizing additive usage and cost control.
- Performance Verification: Evaluates the impact of dust on caking tendency and flowability.
Quality Control: A Digital Tool for Production Processes
Rapid Response: Fully automated measurement, delivering standardized reports in 40 seconds.
- Rapid Response: Fully automated measurement, delivering standardized reports in 40 seconds.
- Real-Time Monitoring: Data guides immediate production adjustments, preventing quality fluctuations.
- Environmental Compliance: Precisely measures airborne dust, supporting green production management.
Sales Support: Basis for Credible Quality
- Quality Visualization: Provides test reports compliant with international standards, offering objective data to support product quality claims.
- Export Assurance: Preemptive alignment with MT 171.1 helps meet global compliance requirements.
- Risk Prevention: Assists in ATEX risk assessment, supporting workplace safety management.
Let Dust Control Be the Foundation of Your Quality Advantage
Gaining the ability to quantify dust values ≤25 provides crucial reference for accessing broader markets. Palas® DustView II is now open for demo appointments. We invite you to schedule an experience and learn how globally validated German measurement technology can provide data-driven support for your production optimization and quality control.
Register for a Demo — DustView II
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Palas Instruments (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Email: info@palas.com.cn
Tel: 021-5785 0190