Sanitary, Safe and Sensible—Designing the Best Baghouse Discharge System

Topics: dust collection equipment, dust collector replacement bags, bag filter cleaning

January 13, 2023

Whether building a new facility or instituting renovation and updates, there are important considerations when selecting a baghouse discharge system. The baghouse discharge system does more than eliminate nuisance dust. It can help improve worker safety by eliminating hazards, helping comply with...

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Should I Replace My Filter Bags or Clean Them?

Topics: dust collector replacement bags, dust filters, bag filter cleaning

June 1, 2022

Since we’ve been in the dust collection business for close to 150 years, it’s not surprising that we hear questions covering all aspects of this field. For example, we are often asked about cleaning filter bags in dry dust collectors. Is cleaning your filter bags a more cost-effective solution than...

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Why Do My Filter Bags Keep Failing?

Topics: air filter, dust filters, fabric filters, filter cleaning, bag filter cleaning

June 2, 2021

If you have a baghouse, your filter bag can make or break the performance and efficiency of your dust collection system. When filter bags fail, it can cause avoidable downtime and force you to get costly bag replacements – all of which can have a major impact on your bottom line.

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How to Change-Out Your Sly Envelope Style Dust Collector Bag

Topics: Dust Collector Repair, dust collector inspection, bag filter cleaning

August 14, 2019

At Sly we often receive questions from callers about the right way to change-out the filter bags on their dust collectors. While it’s a detailed process, learning how to change-out your envelope filter bags will save you both time and money otherwise spent replacing them earlier than necessary....

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3 Reasons to Replace Your Dust Collector Filter Bags

Topics: filter cleaning, bag filter cleaning

August 8, 2018

Changing a dust collector’s filter cartridges or baghouse’s filters too early adds unnecessary expense and takes up maintenance time that could be better spent on more urgent tasks. Changing a filter too late runs the risk of exposing workers in the facility to hazardous dust and the potential for...

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Dust Collector Filter Cleaning: Compressed Air Requirements for Cleaning Bag Filters

Topics: dust collection system, bag filter cleaning

November 21, 2017

If you operate a pulse-jet dust collector system, you need to keep the filter bags clean. This requires a reliable source of compressed air to pulse-clean the bags. But how much compressed air do you need? This will depend on how many bags you are cleaning, their diameter and their length. 

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