Magnesium furnace baghouse.
The plant was generating visible emissions from a furnace collector every time the collector underwent a cleaning cycle. The fine-metal fume was migrating through the conventional woven-polyester fabric. The local, air-control agency informed the plant that it must stop this visible emission.
The plant installed more than 1,000 GORE® membrane/woven polyester filter bags.
After the GORE® membrane filter bags were installed, emissions through the bags ceased. The initial set of bags continues to provide excellent filtration performance after more than 10 years of service.
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