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In a flour processing plant, the air is not only filled with the aroma of wheat flour, but also with a large amount of dust that is difficult to detect with the naked eye. These tiny particles dancing in the light are not only byproducts of production, but also hidden health hazards between workers' breaths. Therefore, it is crucial to take professional respiratory protection measures, and KN100 level masks are scientific protective equipment designed to cope with such high-risk environments.
The health risks of flour mill dust far exceed imagination
Many people may think that flour dust is harmless, but the opposite is true. Long term inhalation of flour dust can cause serious damage to the respiratory system:
Risk of pneumoconiosis: Flour dust belongs to organic dust, but long-term and high concentration inhalation can also lead to fibrosis of lung tissue, causing "pneumoconiosis" (commonly known as "flour lung"), leading to symptoms such as cough, chest tightness, and difficulty breathing, and this damage is irreversible.
Respiratory diseases: Dust can irritate the respiratory tract and easily cause chronic bronchitis, asthma, and other diseases.
Explosion risk: High concentration flour dust poses a serious safety hazard of dust explosion when exposed to open flames or electric sparks. Although masks cannot prevent explosions, this indirectly illustrates the high concentration characteristics of dust in space.
Allergic reactions: Many people are allergic to the protein components in flour, and inhaling dust can cause allergic rhinitis, rash, and even more severe allergic reactions.
Why are ordinary masks not enough?
The ordinary masks or medical surgical masks we use in our daily lives are mainly designed to block droplets and large particles, and their filtration efficiency is far from sufficient to cope with high concentrations of fine dust in industrial production environments. Flour dust particles are very small, especially inhalable respiratory dust (particle size less than 7 microns), which can easily penetrate the filter material of ordinary masks and directly enter the alveolar area, causing the deepest level of health damage.
KN100 Mask: A Protection Standard Designed for High Risk Environments
KN100 "is the highest protection level specified in the Chinese national standard" Respiratory Protection Self suction Filter Anti Particle Respirator "(GB2626-2019).
KN "represents protection against non oily particulate matter (such as flour, dust, microorganisms, smoke, etc.).
'100' represents a filtration efficiency of over 99.97% for non oily particles larger than 0.075 microns under standard testing conditions.
This means that the KN100 mask can almost perfectly block fine harmful particles, including flour dust, ensuring that the air inhaled by workers is almost dust-free, thereby providing the highest level of protection for the lungs.
The necessity of flour mill workers wearing KN100 masks
Providing ultimate protection: Faced with high concentrations of fine dust in flour mills, only high-level protective masks like KN100 can effectively protect workers' long-term respiratory health and prevent the occurrence of occupational diseases.
