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Extend Your Baghouse Life

Tarmac Cyclones


Cyclones are sometimes called Primary Dust Collectors. They remove from 60 to 85 percent of the fine dust leaving the dryer. As its most important job, a cyclone saves wear and tear on your baghouse and bags. This not only extends your baghouse life, it reduces the maintenance and service costs to your baghouse.

Not to mention, with no moving parts, a cyclone type dust collector is simple to install and maintain. This keeps maintenance and operating costs low.

Ceramic tile can be quoted as an option for high abrasive applications, such as frac sand.

How a Cyclone Works

Centrifugal force throws the heavier dust against the outside wall of the cyclone type dust collectors as dirty hot gas enters. The dust then falls out the bottom of the cyclone and passes through an air lock.

Typically, in an aggregate plant, augers or a pneumatic system transports the dust back to the production line. The use of a cyclone dust collector adds, depending on efficiency, 3 to 4 inches of water column pressure drop to the fan. Therefore, we must include the additional pressure to overcome the restriction caused by the cyclone sizing the fan. Your account manager will help you determine the correct size cyclone and fan for your project.

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Tarmac Cyclone Type Dust Collectors Features

Tarmac uses one inch ceramic lining on your cylinder and cone for high abrasive material like frac sand.

Our ductwork features replaceable T1A sections on elbows between your dryer to cyclone and cyclone to baghouse.

Tarmac builds cyclones from 5โ€™ diameter to 12โ€™ diameter.

Cyclone Type Dust Collector at work on a sand plant.

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