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Disclaimer
Before proceeding with any Bag-In/Bag-Out undertaking, review this
Installation, Operation, and Maintenance Manual and all safety
procedures with your company’s safety personnel.
Camfil is committed to providing air filtration products, which meet or exceed our
customer’s expectations. We are dedicated to a corporate-wide policy of continual
improvements as a means of insuring our leadership position in the air filtration
marketplace.
The Camfil housings and filters are designed to protect personnel and the general public by
filtering dangerous materials. The filters you change can be contaminated with these
dangerous materials. In order for your complete protection and the protection of the general
public, it is imperative you follow these instructions as amended by your safety personnel.
The bagging method of changing a filter is not fail-safe, but it is the safest, pragmatic
method available for changing a contaminated filter. Since all types of housing designs and
configurations cannot be addressed by a single manual or set of safety procedures, we
propose a proven method of replacing contaminated filters with clean filters. Once this
method is understood by both maintenance personnel and safety personnel, they can adapt
the most suitable method to use, based on the housing, location, type of filter/adsorber, and
any other mitigating factor that can affect safety.
Carefully study this manual and your safety personnel’s amendments so that you have the
entire procedure in mind before initiating the change-out procedure. Before initiating this
procedure, verify you have all the necessary tools on hand.
Camfil describes the “twist and tape” method and banding method of sealing the bag in the
manual, but any method approved by your safety personnel is acceptable, including, but not
limited to, thermal sealing of the bag.
Please note: In order to prevent the operator or immediate environment from
contamination, use common sense, adhere to the instructions in this manual and consult
your company’s safety manual.
