I went out last night on the planers interlocks and there was a small wood dust fire near one of the electrical contactors.
It was not a fire risk for the facility due to it being a sealed metal enclosure but it did bring up significant concerns to me as many of the tools within the woodshop also use contactors. I will be looking for better ways to seal out wood dust on the interlocks but it opens up a conversation on dust mgmt.
I took the opportunity to inspect the other machines and they all had significant dust within the enclosures which creates an opportunity for a larger fire.
I have seen a similar fire on the Sawstop within the electrical connector that connects the mains to the machine.
What I would like to do is create a process for cleaning out these electrical junctions as part of routine cleaning so I will work on building a document that I will get published to the woodshop wiki.
I also wanted to look into better ways to seal these junctions.
I started looking at
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Gardner-Bender-1-lb-Plug-Duct-Seal-Compound-DS-110/100212441
https://www.duraline.com/accessory/hydra-seal®-s-50
Etc.
Would anyone like to assist me with this research as well as identifying a long term solution for DMS that is sustainable for an organization like DMS?