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Effectively control dust when performing your demolition works

Protect you and your team from hazardous crystalline silica dust which can impact worker health & productivity

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Long term exposure to silica dust can lead to multiple health issues

The working exposure standard in Australia is 0.05mg per cubic meter in an 8 hour shift, but greater than 0.025 is deemed high risk

Crystalline silica is a common mineral found in most construction materials such as soil, sand, granite and many other minerals. Crystalline silica becomes respirable when it is broken down into very fine particles through drilling, cutting, grinding or breaking of these materials. Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) dust is a hazardous material which has been known to cause lung cancer and other serious respiratory diseases. New regulations have been enforced to protect workers from prolonged exposure to silica dust.

As a safety partner in the industry, Hilti can support you in ensuring you have the right engineering controls in place. You can be assured that our systems have been tested for their effectiveness according to EN-50632.

Get the right control in place to support your demolition applications

Diamond coring & cutting controls

  1. Dust is reduced by wet processing and slurry managed by water recycling unit
  2. High torque = Increased speed and performance
  3. Easy to use tools = Control your project timeline & cost savings up to 30%*

Jackhammering controls

  1. Reducing hazardous dust in the working environment
  2. More breaking power = Increase up to 3 times more performance*
  3. Lighter tools = Less fatigue & more productive workforce
     

Concrete grinding & finishing controls

  1. Dust control by combining grinding cup wheel / tool / vacuum cleaner in a tested system
  2. Tool designed for concrete grinding = Increase productivity up to 50%*
  3. Dedicated cup wheels & accessories = Optimised performance
     
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Remove fine airborne particles with the new air cleaners

Designed to extract residual respirable dust during construction and renovation work

Airborne dust is produced during construction work, such as grinding, finishing, demolition and cutting. The AIC air cleaner is an additional engineering control suitable for removing residual crystalline silica dust particles, which have escaped on tool dust extraction. It creates negative pressure areas which help to contain dust within a specified confinement zone.

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Health & safety trainings offered by Hilti

Hilti offers access to online training courses related to essential health & safety topics which contributes to building your crew’s knowledge of safer and more efficient tool use, especially when protective measures are required.

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