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Feb 01, 2015.

Dangers of Aluminum Powdered Tanks and Titanium Machining Shops
Experts have suggested that storage tanks that were formerly painted with products containing aluminum powder should be grounded. The aluminum powder was initially mainly meant to reflect heat from these tanks. Furthermore it was also recommended that only non-combustible material should be stored in these tanks since the aluminum powder is a pyrophoric substance. Grounding the storage tanks will help in avoiding development of static charges on the tanks which might cause an ignition of fire especially if combustible material is in the tank. Experts also suggest that grounding them will reduce the chances of a lightning strike. Meyer (2010) argues that if only nonflammable material is stored in these tanks, the risk of fire and explosions will be greatly reduced
Every machining or milling shop should have in place a plan for preventing and suppressing fires. Most businesses that close due to fires never reopen. In whole large sizes, titanium is not very dangerous. Lathe machines, during fabrication process, produces very fine grains of titanium. When titanium chips and grains get very hot, hey ignite readily. They pose a danger of fire and explosion to lathe machine operations. Such fires ignited by metals are classified under class D fires. They are considered fatal since the fires are of a high temperature and rapidly react with water and other chemicals. Titanium chips are also said to self-ignite in the presence of atmospheric moisture. The quick detection and suppression of these fires quickly before they can ignite the titanium chips from the lathe machine is of utmost consideration. It is therefore recommended that an automatic sprinkler extinguisher system that prevent the spread of fire be installed in all machine shops that use lathe machines to fabricate titanium parts (David, 2009).

References
David, W. (9 Nov 2009). The Case for Supplementary Fire Suppression. Modern Machine
Shop. Retrieved from http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/the-case-for-supplementary-fire-suppression
Meyer, E. (2010). Chemistry of hazardous materials. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.