Hi All,

I am wondering if anyone has success or tips on ways to reduce the total special (blocked hopper) loads from hopper type dust collectors.

We have a dust collector with side gas flow in between the bags...ie side flow....with some partial hopper underflow.

I have seen some units with gas flow to the side walls of the hopper with a baffle plate > makes good for dust re entrainment but they seem to work

Gas inlets into the hopper with gas chamber up towards the bags.

Offset hopper with gas flow coming down one side into the hopper and then up to the bag nest.

I was thinking of hopper inserts to subsitute volume ie displacement type. But am wary of interruptions to the gas flow in the hopper area

I need to get the maximum blocked hopper weight down as much as possible...it is mounted on the end of a shiploader boom.

Any comments or suggestions welcomed

Thanks

James ■