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The Fog Cannon® has been designed to tackle the problem of airborne particles and dust generated by open mining activities, general demolition work and industrial bulk material handling.

Until now, the legal requirements for preventing health problems caused by this type of pollution have been limited to a requirement for workers to wear protective masks and eye protection.

Today, thanks to ECOLOGY SRL, the patented Fog Cannon® suppresses up to 90% of airborne dust particles.

The Fog Cannon®, which is available as a manual and fully automated version, covers the needs of all possible working activities:

• Suppresses dust in open air (quarries, job-sites, squares, etc.);
• Suppresses dust concentrations (loading/unloading trucks, transfer by conveyor belt, unloading hoppers, etc.).

The machine emits a powerful fog jet of fine droplets of water/air and, if required, also a surfactant.

Two kind of surfactant are available: agglomerating and film-forming.

Surfactant ECS89 (certified by the German Ministry of Health, VDI 2584 and Ta-Luft.) creates a harmless fog capable of quickly suppressing airborne particles.

The film-forming type ECS90 is saline-based combined with natural biological glue. It creates a crust formation capable of containing the dust particles.

There are several models of Fog Cannon® available with different projections and reach capabilities: from a range of 30 to 250 metres , a rotation angle of approximately 270° laterally and a continuously adjustable height. This means that a single machine is capable of covering a level area of up to 130,000 square metres.

The clean water consumption varies from just 210 litres/min. up to 1000 litres/min., while the maximum consumption of surfactant is proportionally set at 1:400 relative to the flow of water.

The Fog Cannon® is electrically-powered and is also available in an intrinsically-safe version for explosive atmospheres or with a hydraulic motor. This masterpiece of fluid-dynamic engineering is the result of three years of research and experimentation, thanks to the expertise of professors from the Engineering School of the Milan Polytechnic.

Other effective applications for the Fog Cannon® do include:

• Industrial and wild fire fighting, where it has been very effective.
• Airport, freeway and tunnels fire fighting and/or evacuation of smog.
• Solvent dispersal, in the event of spillage into the environment.
• Odor control at the waste disposal and garbage landfilling.
• Spreading a salt/water mixture to prevent ice on the highway.

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