• Testing & Evaluation of Inflatable Temporary VCD

  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in partnership with Strata Products tested the sealing capability of Ventstop®™ as part of an ongoing mine fire control and suppression research program.  Ventstop®™ is a multi-purpose, inflatable device that is produced by Minvent Solutions and is available world wide for use in the metal and nonmetal mining industry.  Ventstop®™ is also used in the Australian coal industry as a temporary ventilation control device.  The device can be quickly deployed, is reusable and can be placed in horizontal and vertical mine voids to control dust, fumes and smoke.  Deployment, multi-day inflation and air leakage tests were conducted at the NIOSH Lake Lynn Laboratory to determine the capability and limitations of Ventstop®™ in a simulated coal mine setting.  During the tests, Ventstop®™ was also subjected to low level forces of a nearby methane gas ignition.  It is thought that Ventstop®™ could be used by the US coal mining industry to temporarily close an underground mine area in response to a fire or spontaneous combustion heating event, to temporarily redirect mine ventilation during longwall equipment moves or during stopping construction.  This paper describes this inflatable temporary mine sealing technology and presents the results of the NIOSH tests.
  
  Disclaimer: The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of NIOSH.

  Ventstop Post Field Review with Watermark (2,906 KB)

• Overhead Refractories

  A white paper describing control measures in Overhead Refractories.

  refractory-white-paper.pdf (8,616 KB)

Latest News

• 09.08.2010

  Clarksville Tennessee OPS

  Minvent Solutions has been awarded the service contract to provide, install and monitor an Overhead Protection System for the furnace at Nystar's Clarksville Tennessee site in September 2010.

• 03.08.2010

  New Premises!

  Minvent Solutions have moved to new premises in Bassendean Western Australia. Update your data bases with new contact numbers and physical address. 115 Broadway Bassendean WA 6054 Phone +61 8 93771129 Fax +61 8 93771164

• 26.05.2010

  Expanding horizon!

  This month Minvent Solutions have increased their international customer base with Ventstops for metal/nonmetal applications going to Nevada USA, Huelva Spain and Overhead Protection Systems(ore bin) to Chile

• 17.05.2010

  Another successful Shaftplug installation!

• 12.03.2010

  New Website Online!

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