Case Study
Dura-LifeTM Filter Bags Handle Moisture in Glassmaking
Dura-LifeTM Filter Bags Handle Moisture in Glassmaking Glass manufacturing is a particularly challenging application for dust collection, because any moisture can turn the soda ash & silica into a cement-like coating on the filters bags—quickly plugging them up. One leading U.S. manufacturer of glass containers for the food and beverage industries knows all about these challenges. Their soda ash was housed in 100-ft outdoor silos with Flex-Kleen® dust collectors—but the bags in the collectors were “cemented up solid” with hardened soda ash from continual moisture contamination. After spending close to a million dollars trying to fix their existing system, this customer finally gave Donaldson® Torit® a try. Donaldson Torit Dalamatic® Insertable (DLMV) dust collectors with Dura-Life® filt