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by 748 1242 days ago
What is that device normally used for?
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Dust cloud density estimation in a 24/7 running Rio Tinto primary crusher to tune dust suppresion measures.

Like how household smoke dectors have a small radioactive source, only scaled up for a hundred tonnes an hour of throughput.

X-ray on pipes
Civil engineering works