The article considers the problem of continuous monitoring of the concentration of dust flow in air ducts at enterprises in the production of building materials. A spectral-timbre methodology for estimating dust concentration based on the analysis of acoustic emission signals is proposed. Two stages of adaptation of the simplified assessment of dust concentration on the bench model and in production conditions were carried out. In the process of adaptation, a piezoceramic sensor is used, an acoustic signal from which using a preamplifier is fed to a recording device called potentiometer with a circular daily diagram . The reference weight method was used to measure the actual dust concentration and simultaneously record the readings of an adapting dust meter.

Keywords: building materials, dust concentration, dust measuring equipment, acoustic methodology, acoustic emission signals, Fourier spectrum