Coarse Particle Cyclones

Cyclones which are used as a component of a dust collecting system to capture large particles (chips, shavings, large/medium dust). Consisting of an attached or detached blower (impeller and motor), cyclone and collection container(s). The cyclone filters out the large particles into the collection container(s) with the outlet air either exhausting to the atmosphere or being further filtered by a baghouse or cartridge filter.

Aimed primarily at medium/large wood shops these units are typically housed outdoors in a fixed location with plastic or metal ducting running to each machine center. Usually with few size restrictions and with horsepower ratings of 2 to 50HP they can handle dust/chip collection from one to many machine centers at a time. As is the case with most dust collecting equipment, proper sizing and design is important. For maximum efficiency and safety, special attention should be paid to motor HP, impeller size, blower capacity, cyclone design, duct sizing, duct types, duct lengths, air speed, air volume, filter quality and sizing.

- Donaldson Company Inc., Trion Inc., FARR Air Polution Control, N.R. Murphy Ltd. images.