Filter bags, dust collector bags, dust bags, filter socks, bags, tubes, socks - they all mean the same thing: An industrial grade fabric filter made from heavy duty material, all textile based, used in dust collecting systems, in either process filtration or pollution control. Dust bags come in 5 basic designs:
Pulse jet bags (bottom loader or bottom removal)
Pulse jet bags (top loader or top removal)
Shaker design
Reverse air design
Envelope bags
Pulse Jet Bag: Bottom Load Design
Pulse jet bags are cleaned using compressed air to mechanically "pulse" or snap the bag periodically so that the built up filter cake is discharged and the flow through the media is returned to its higher “in service” permeability. Pulse jet bags are installed on wire cage supports and filter from the o