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DUSTEXTM CYCLONE & MULTI-CLONE

DUSTEX^TM CYCLONE & MULTI-CLONE

Cyclone Basics

Have you ever been on “the scrambler” at the amusement park? If your answer is “yes”, then you have experienced first hand the principles of a cyclone. By spinning around on the ride, the person on the outside gets squished by the person on the inside. Why? Because of centrifugal force. This is a form of artificial gravity. In fact, the faster the spin the more “gravitational force” or “g-force” is created.

In a cyclone, a fluid, oftentimes a process gas, is caused to spin. This creates a “g-force” on everything in the gas. This force causes particles and dust to be moved to the outside of “the ride”. Then when the gas is turned to exit the cyclone, the momentum of the particles allows them to be separated from the gas stream! Now you will never look at a cyclone the same.

The longer/taller the cyclone is, the longer the particle is “on the ride”. Therefore, the separation is more efficient. And as we said before, the faster the spin, the more quickly the particles move to the outside.

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We design and manufacture five distinct cyclone collectors, to include:

• The Dustex^TM ST Series of high efficiency single tube cyclones
• The Dustex^TM PC Series of heavy duty primary pre-cleaner cyclones
• The Dustex^TM ST-10 Series of steel high efficiency multiple tube cyclones
• The Dustex^TM M-40A cast aluminum multi-clone cyclone
• The Dustex^TM series of cast iron multi-clone cyclones (as shown)