TEST TRIALS FOR THE EVALUATION OF EMISSIO N OF AIRBORNE DUST

In surface finishing operations in the carpentry industry, lacquered o r painted workpieces are sanded either manually or with vibrating sand ers, belt sanders of fladders when process automation is not technical ly possible or economically feasible. Sanding dust can cause health ha zards [1], quality problems, and a danger of fire in the workplace. Th e effect of various local exhaust systems, which can be combined with hand sanding machines, on the airborne dust emission rate has been stu died at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health.