Now that’s is just funny but unfortunately is sometimes typical for a technical committee.
Happy Memorial Day weekend. John John August Denhardt, P.E. Vice-President Engineering and Technical Services American Fire Sprinkler Association 301-343-1457 > On May 22, 2020, at 3:49 PM, Sprinkler Academy - C Bilbo via Sprinklerforum > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > To lighten the mood as we go into Memorial Day weekend.... > > Sometime around 2007, there was a rather large discussion on the size of a > piece of combustible dust. The standards are not aligned (see 'combustible > dust' in the Glossary of Terms). The argument, I mean debate, of the floor > of the worldwide NFPA Technical Meeting was intense. People got very > emotional about how many microns it takes to be an official dust particulate. > From all sides of the room came shouts of "360 microns", "400 microns", "500 > microns", and what seemed HUGE: "600 microns"..... for the record a micron is > about the thickness of a sheet of paper. > > The debate went for what seemed like hours! (it was about 60 minutes) And the > vote failed to change anything........ > > I could listen to hours and hours of fire sprinkler debate, but I was dyin' > that day!! > > > > > > > It should be recognized that the above is my opinion as a member of the NFPA, > and has not been processed as a formal interpretation in accordance with the > NFPA Regulations Governing Committee Projects and should therefore not be > considered, nor relied upon, as the official position of the the NFPA, nor > any of their technical committees. > > Sincerely, > > > Cecil Bilbo, president > Academy of Fire Sprinkler Technology > Champaign, IL > 217.607.0325 > www.sprinkleracademy.com > [email protected] > ?? > OUR STUDENTS SAVE LIVES!! > > > From: Sprinklerforum <[email protected]> on > behalf of Ron Greenman via Sprinklerforum > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 12:36 PM > To: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > Cc: Ron Greenman <[email protected]> > Subject: Dust Collection > > Does anyone know the NFPA references for dust ducting and collection for > compressed paper laminate production? I am home (of course) and my books are > 75 miles away. Thanks. > > > Ron Greenman > > [email protected] > > 253.576.9700 > > The Universe is monstrously indifferent to the presence of man. -Werner > Herzog, screenwriter, film director, author, actor and opera director (1942-) > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
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