Case Study
Dura-LifeTM Filter Bags - Grain Facility Achieves Greater Cost Savings
Dura-LifeTM Filter Bags - Grain Facility Achieves Greater Cost Savings Replacing conventional polyester filter bags with Dura-LifeTM filter bags in this grain facility’s baghouse collector resulted in lower pressure drop, resulting in lower fan energy consumption and lower energy costs. Dura-LifeTM bags contributed to significant savings in energy usage, filter bag replacement, and labor costs. Industry: Grain Handling Problem: Short filter life and excessive energy consumption. Solution: Donaldson® Torit® Dura-LifeTM filter bags proved, in a side-by-side test with conventional polyester filter bags, to be the key to a potential $60,000/year savings! A large grain handling and oil seed processing facility on the U.S. Gulf Coast had 35 baghouse collectors of various sizes equipped with con