Fire & Explosion Mitigation – BOSS
Fire & Explosion—Isolation, Suppression, Venting and Diversion—All from One Source
Our Commitment to Dust Safety
The AST Group is committed to helping you meet and exceed today’s strict NFPA regulatory guidelines governing industry in Canada. We provide a full range of fire and explosion mitigation solutions to address potential hazards in the industrial filtration and process industries. AST Canada brings decades of experience to the design, engineering, and installation of containment solutions for multi-application industrial dust collection, bulk handling, and process systems. We believe BOSS Products has developed a family of SAFETY SMART solutions to work as individual components or as a seamless plantwide solution to meet the needs of industrial safety in Canada.
Prevalence & Costs of Combustible Dust
Combustible dust is present in nearly every manufacturing and industrial processing facility across the globe and serious accidents can occur if a manufacturing facility does not employ a proper Fire & Explosion Mitigation strategy. According to OSHA, the number of catastrophic fires and explosions caused by combustible dust has been significantly increasing in the past 25 years, causing loss of life and injury as well as a significant loss of property, production, and wages to the labour force.
BOSS Fire & Explosion Mitigation Products
Explosion Isolation & Diversion
AST Canada installs Boss Products explosion isolation and diversion valves; designed to contain an explosion to stop propagation downstream to other equipment through interconnected pipelines. Valves come in various sizes to fit your application, ductwork, dust type and airflow. Most valves are ATEX Certified and NFPA 69 Compliant.
Explosion Venting
We provide a large selection of BOSS Products NFPA 68 compliant explosion venting & flameless venting options for industrial dust collection and bulk material handling applications. Our panels and flameless vents are correctly sized according to NFPA 68 requirements and provide you with a unique solution for your specific application.
Fire & Explosion Prevention
We install Boss Products fire and explosion protection equipment in a wide array of industries to create safe working environments to protect your personnel, investments and property.
Dirty-side prevention is typically offered with a good, better, best approach for fire and explosion prevention. The ideal solution, and what we recommend for safe operation and minimal shutdown, introduces a physical barrier to the dirty side to ensure the hazard does not reach the collector.
Grain Elevator Hazard Monitoring
We have considerable expertise using Boss Products within the storage and bulk handling industry. We can design systems that include monitoring devices, motion controllers, dust-proof alignment systems, and a variety of sensors to ensure the safety and protection of your equipment and personnel.
