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DST® Dust-Suppression Technology

Enhance Worker Safety

Whether for construction or glass industries, companies are choosing our breakthrough technology as part of their engineering control plan to significantly reduce potential exposure to silica dust.

DST Dust-Suppression Technology enhances worker safety by significantly reducing potential exposure to silica dust. We are committed to creating products and services that enable you to work with the highest professional and environmental standards. 

See DST In Action

This video is an air quality simulation showing a simultaneous view of untreated vs. treated sand with DST Technology. This demonstration shows how Covia’s DST Dust-Suppression Technology improves air quality and increases worker safety.

As part of our commitment to enhance safety, we’ll send you a sample at no cost.

Construction Materials & Building Products

Enhance worker safety, increase production efficiency.

  • Significantly reduce potential exposure to silica dust
  • Increase time spent on production
  • Reduce plant, equipment cleaning downtime
Conveyer belt in glass factory of glass container bottles made with GLASSIL high purity glass sand that has been treated with DST dust suppression technology to provide less dust and a safer working environment in accordance to OSHA silica restrictions.

Glass Products

Dust-suppressed glass sand for safer, cleaner operations

  • Reduce total airborne dust throughout the entire manufacturing process
  • Sand melting characteristics require no change to the glass batch formula
  • Maintain the current production process
  • Reduce maintenance downtime and cost associated with special housekeeping
  • Additive meets U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) requirements for incidental food contact
Rail way worker is working on rail road where TRACSAND traction sand that has been treated with DST dust suppression technology is being used on rail tracks to create a safer environment for the employee.

Road & Rail Products

Minimize the risk of silica dust exposure, achieve performance goals without disturbing operations.

  • Improve air quality throughout the entire manufacturing process
  • Rely on the additive's integrity regardless of number of transfers or amount of handling
  • Maintain current production process

Contact Covia today at 1.800.243.9004 or Sales@CoviaCorp.com, or click to fill out this form.