O’Brien Dust Extraction is committed to empowering businesses across Ireland with specialised solutions that go beyond simple dust removal, focusing instead on safety, sustainability, and efficiency across key manufacturing processes. The company provides critical services that protect valuable assets and personnel through advanced fire prevention systems like Spark Suppression, which detects and extinguishes potential ignition sources in ducting before they can reach storage silos. Furthermore, O’Brien helps clients monetise their waste materials by offering efficient Briquetting technology, which compresses wood dust and shavings into dense, usable fuel bricks for solid waste management. Finally, the company makes a significant contribution to quality wood production through its energy-efficient Kiln Dryers, which are essential for controlling the moisture content in both softwood and hardwood, thereby ensuring that the final product meets commercial standards. Let’s look closer at these different areas.
Spark Suppression
For any facility, particularly those involved in woodworking, preventing fires in dust extraction systems is paramount. O’Brien Dust Control supplies and installs specialised Spark Detection and Suppression Systems directly onto dust extraction ducting. These crucial safety systems are designed to detect a nascent spark and then immediately deploy a suppressant to extinguish it before it can travel into a filter unit or storage silo, thus mitigating the risk of a catastrophic dust fire. While this technology provides essential protection and augments safety features, the company emphasises that it is not a substitute for proper system design and competent installation. Instead, Spark Suppression works as a final layer of defence, playing a vital role in an overall well-designed dust control strategy to protect a company’s infrastructure and personnel.
Briquetting
As part of their commitment to comprehensive wood waste management, O’Brien Dust Control offers efficient Briquetting solutions, particularly for businesses such as joinery manufacturers, furniture manufacturers, and those in the kitchen manufacturing industry. This process involves compacting wood waste, such as sawdust and shavings, into dense, uniform fuel briquettes. Briquetting is an excellent option for clients looking to monetise their by-products and reduce disposal costs. O’Brien Dust Control acts as an agent for the German manufacturer, Zerbrik Briquetting Technology, ensuring that clients receive robust and proven machinery capable of transforming bulky waste materials into a valuable, easily handled, and sustainable energy source.
Kiln Dryers
O’Brien Dust Control supplies and installs advanced Kiln Dryers that are essential for quality timber processing, offering robust and reliable solutions specifically engineered for the fast and efficient drying of both softwood and hardwood. The operation of these kilns is precisely controlled, automatically adjusting to the wood’s species and thickness, with drying speed determined by the high air-flow capacity and the size of the heater battery. Designed for operational efficiency, the kilns are equipped with features like fan speed control for energy saving, computer-driven intake and exhaust dampers, and sophisticated control valves for heating and humidification. They accommodate various logistical needs, allowing for both forklift or carriage loading and unloading, and utilise wood heating as the most economical heat supply. Furthermore, these versatile systems are capable of providing the necessary heat treatment for timber products, such as pallets, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
Please get in contact or visit O’Brien Dust Extraction’s website to see how they can assist with your business.
| Address | Dust Systems Whitestown Road, Tallaght Business Park, Dublin, D24 N520, Ireland |
| Telephone Numbers | (01) 451 2833 |
| Website | www.obriendustcontrol.com |
