Controlling fugitive material at conveyor transfer points has been a problem from the time the belt conveyor was first invented. Cleaning up material lost from conveyors has cost the solids-handling industries millions of dollars a year, year after year. Shoveling the same piles of material lost from conveyors, day after day, continues to drain maintenance budgets. The cost of components damaged or prematurely worn by fugitive dust exceeds millions of dollars. And the cost for avoidable safety hazards, unwanted community attention, and preventable regulatory citations continues to escalate.
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