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Install the new cartridge and gasket. Tighten the retaining nut until the cartridge cannot
be moved by hand. Tighten the nut one additional full turn. Check the gasket between fan
housing and dust collector housing for any condition that will prevent the gasket from sealing.
Replace the gasket if necessary. Reattach the fan and lid, and attach the three hook-and-eye
closures. Season the cartridge per section 5.2.7.
5.2.7 Filter Cartridge Seasoning
New cartridges must be seasoned. Cartridges are seasoned by letting a dust cake
develop on the filter media before cleaning the filter cartridge. Operate the cabinet without
cleaning the cartridge for about two hours, or until visibility in the cabinet decreases,
whichever comes first. Only at that point should the dust collector filter be cleaned by opening
and closing the ball valve rapidly several times, thereby expanding a pulse of compressed air
onto the inner surface of the filter.
When fitted with an automatic pulsed air cleaned dust collector, reduce the pressure of
the pulse regulator to 0 bar. The timer will continue to pulse, but as the pulse pressure is null,
no cleaning of the filter will occur. Operate the cabinet without pulsing for about two hours, or
Pic. 5.2.6. Filter cartridge replacement