Cyclone Dust Collectors
Cyclone dust collectors, or centrifugal collectors, use centrifugal, or cyclonic, air movement in order to minimize air particle contamination in workshops, plants and manufacturing facilities. The most commonly known type of inertial separators, cyclone dust collectors are highly efficient as well as being the simplest and least expensive dust collection devices for industrial air pollution control applications such as filtration and separation. Used for pre-filtering for
baghouses and cartridge collectors, cyclone dust collectors are ideal for abrasive large particle dust collection that would damage standard filter media. Cyclone dust collectors serve industries such as ore processing, pharmaceutical, cement fabrication, metal fabrication, mining, chemical processing, recycling and agricultural industries. Cyclone dust collectors are often utilized in applications with high dust loads including paper converting, product recovery, scrap metal recycling, chemical processing, steel sintering and general gas cleaning.
Cyclone dust collectors are cylindrically-shaped inertial separators that use centrifugal, or cyclonic, air movement within a hopper-shaped chamber to separate particles from the air. Cyclone separators have an involute entry, meaning the dirt enters via a spiral, and clean air exits through a counterflow, coaxial clean air outlet. Once the contaminated gases enters the dust collector the particles, being heavier than air molecules, are thrown against the outer wall of the hopper by the centrifugal force caused by the rapid spiral motion of the inner helix and fall to the bottom, where they are collected. The inner helix is driven by an electric motor mounted on top of the cyclone dust collector. While the dirt is collected at the bottom, clean air moves upward through the cyclone outlet and is blown outward through the blower outlet. Multi-cyclone dust collectors are also available, consisting of a numerous small diameter cones set-up parallel to one another with vane spinners. These cones have a common air inlet and outlet and are also longer than single-cyclone dust collectors making them more efficient. Both single-cyclone or multi-cyclone dust collector designs are common.
Cyclone dust collectors are available in a wide range of sizes and configurations for increased efficiency for different applications. One example is cyclone dust collectors with ceramic tile liners. This type of cyclone dust collector is designed for use in the cement industry, with specific applications such as loading sports, ball mills and belt transfer points. Another example would be "lab-scale" mobile cyclone dust collectors are specifically designed for use in pharmaceutical pull and tablet manufacturing. In addition to stand-along cyclone dust collectors, facilities usually incorporate cyclone dust collectors into large dust collecting systems, with overhead ductwork and capture arms (suction hoods) which hang over the workspaces where dust is formed. In large facility applications, the cyclone dust collector is often located outside, connected to the interior through ductwork. The benefits of employing effective, efficient cyclone dust collecting systems in one's facility can be seen in equipment longevity and worker health, saving companies significant maintenance and worker compensation costs.