This dust collection application is at a university wood working shop. They required a central dust collection system to replace their old outdated collector. The old collector was undersized and no longer performing well. The university decided to have a Belfab mechanical shaker baghouse dust collector installed. This style of dust collector utilizes a mechanical shaker to clean the filter bags. The dust collects on the side of the bags during operation. When the collector shuts down, the bags are shaken clean by a motor and linkage assembly. This style of collector is good for small wood working shops that do not run their process for long hours, since the collector must be stopped to be cleaned. This is a good economical solution for a small low production process in the wood industry. The clean air from the discharge of the dust collector is being returned to the building. An abort gate was put in the return air line to satisfy the National Fire Protection Agency code. This will prevent fire from being spread inside the building during the event of a fire or explosion. The filter is equipped with tilt cart dust containers. These can be lifted with a fork lift and dumped into a dumpster, making dust disposal easy.
Once the dust collector was installed outside, we turned our attention to the machine placement and ductwork installation inside. The customer had changed some of the desired locations of the machinery positions. The onsite engineer from Precision Industrial sat down with the customer and a list of all the ductwork that had been ordered. They were able to change around some of the branches and elbows to accommodate almost all of the changes requested. Only a few parts had to be ordered to accommodate the rest of the changes. The customer was satisfied and only had to purchase a few extra fittings. The clamp together style of ducting that was used made it easy to change the layout on the fly. It also made the installation fast saving on labor cost. In the end, this university has a clean and safe wood working shop for its students to use and enjoy.
