Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1916 — Thresher Protection [ARTICLE]

Thresher Protection

As a result of a study of explosions in threshing machines, the department now recommends that one or more of three measures be adopted to prevent loss from-this cause. These are. <1) The installation of an efficient grounding system foY the removal or t static electricity from the machines' I ''; • 2)the installation of a suction fan I to remove smut and dust and to pre- ' vent the formation of an explosive ; mixture of dust and air while \ the i hreshing is being carried on, and (3) t the installation of a device to act as an automatic fire extinguisher which | m the event of fire will not only save the machine but prevent the flame.* f’-om spreading to the surrounding grain. » \ t