Bag filters v cartridge filters – which is better? It’s a bit like The Rumble in the Jungle, which pitted Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier, or on the silver screen Rocky taking on Apollo Creed. Bag filters versus cartridge filters – what is the better technology?
Melbourne – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread worldwide and devastate healthcare systems in many countries. Businesses and individuals alike are planning what steps they can take once lockdown restrictions are relaxed. Defending oneself from respiratory disease, leading to serious health issues should be a main priority. Further than the measures that most governments are requiring, such as, social distancing, wearing face masks and frequent hand washing. Preventative measures should be taken by manufacturers to protect their workers from severe health consequences. Should a person get infected.
To ensure your machinery is operating at optimal performance you need to ensure that all fluid systems are clean and unworn. With several fluid systems contributing to the operation of machinery, you need to minimise foreign bodies and the effects they can have on your engine. Foreign bodies such as dust or grit can adhere to surfaces, where it can
-block tubes restricting fluid flow
-cover surfaces reducing thermal conductivity for cooling
-embed between moving surfaces causing abrasion in the engine
Keeping your diesel particulate filter (DPF) clean will save you thousands in the long run. Did you know just under 1kg of unburnt ash can be stuck inside a dirty DPF? When your filter is full, it can cause a series of major problems for your vehicles, including: increased downtime for regeneration (the burning of ash in your DPF), reduced fuel economy, loss of horsepower, serious damage to your DPF and eventually damage to your engine.
As powerful as the moving parts of mining machinery are, a small amount of dust can damage them, yet the movement of ore creates a huge amount of dust. Therefore, air filters are used within this equipment to filter out the dust and pollutants to avoid impeding their performance. Air filters are used in crushing and grinding machinery, loaders and trucks to name a few. Considering the amount of dust that these filters see, they need replacing pretty regularly. The replacement has to be incorporated into maintenance schedules, which is costly. Installing new filters is expensive and timely, not to mention the strain that they put on the environment when going into landfill.
