Abstract
This article relates to a presentation given at the 11th International Ceramics Congress of CIMTEC 2006, Acireale, Sicily, Italy, June 4-9, 2006, and discusses early work carried out on a 3-year European framework VI Collective Research Project entitled “Studies aimed at assisting legislation and encouraging continual improvement in the field of Respirable Crystalline Silica”. This project was ultimately completed in September 2007. The article provides an overview of the project before discussing the development of novel equipment for sampling airborne factory dusts. The envisaged role for the equipment in achieving the project objectives and so assisting SMEs is emphasized.