Horizontal downflow pleated cartridge dust collector
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WARNING!
Flammable or explosive dusts and solvents present a fire or explosion
hazard within the collector. Under no circumstances, those pollutants
should be filtered by the collector unless it has been designed to
that effect and equipped with an explosion relief venting system or
fire extinguishing device. This is the reason why special attention is
required with the handling of dust collecting equipment in contact with
flammable or explosive dusts and solvents. Any burning or flammable
material such as a spark created by metal grinding, lit cigarettes, spark,
etc. should not be introduced within the collector where it could cause
a fire or explosion.
5 OPERATION
During normal operation, the MAXIFLO unit vacuums dust laden air into the collector inlet. Smaller
particles are vacuumed toward the cartridges and larger particles fall toward the dust storage
section. Dust is trapped within the cartridge leaving clean air crossing the filter toward the collector
outlet.
5.1 Cartridge cleaning
The cleaning of the filter cartridges is performed using a reverse air pulse technology
(see figure 1). A solenoid and diaphragm valve system is aligned toward the cartridges and the
shock wave created by releasing air at high velocity cleans the cartridges. The cleaning cycle starts
from the upper cartridges and ends at the lower cartridges.
Figure 1
Cartridge cleaning operation
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ENHANCED CLEANING SYSTEM
DIRTY AIR INLET
COMPRESSED
AIR CONNECTION
DIAPHRAGM
VALVES
FILTER
CARTRIDGES
CLEAN AIR
OUTLET
NORMAL OPERATION
CARTRIDGE CLEANING
OPERATION