Fab-Tex offers a complete line of superior quality replacement and custom filter bags designed to fit most manufacturers dust collector baghouses.

Fab-Tex air filter bags

Explore high-performance filter bags for Pulse Jet (Top and Bottom load), Shaker and Reverse Air collectors in a variety of materials and finishes for your specific application.

All filter bags are carefully fabricated and sized to ensure easy installation and change-outs. Fab-Tex offers many different bag media options with coatings and finishes that can be used in the design of the filter bag surface to enhance cleaning and prolong the service life of the bags.

Air Filter Bags For All Baghouses

Bag type dust collecting systems generally fall into one of the following categories:

  1. Pulse Jet or Plenum Pulse Cleaning Systems
  2. Shaker or Reverse Flow Cleaning Systems

  • Pulse Jet or Plenum Pulse Cleaning Systems

    In Pulse Jet and Plenum Pulse systems, the dust is collected on the outside of the filter bag and the clean air exits through the inside of the bag. The bag is supported by a wire cage to prevent the bag from collapsing during operation. These systems generally utilize needlefelt medias.

    In a ‘Top Load’ system, the filter bag and cages are installed from the clean air side of the cell plate while with Bottom Load, they are installed from the dirty air/hopper side of the unit.

    Pulse Type

    Pulse-Type Filter Bags

    1. Sewn-in Circular Disc Base
    2. Sewn-in Circular Disc Base with Bumper Cuff Reinforcement
    3. Snap Band Top to Fit
    4. Flange Top with Wire Ring
    5. Plain Open Top
    6. Open Top with Cuff and Cord
  • Shaker or Reverse Flow Cleaning Systems

    In Shaker and Reverse Air cleaning systems, the dust is collected on the inside of the filter bag. Since the bag is inflated by the air/dust stream, support cages are not required. The filtered air exits through the outside surface of the bags. Shaker and reverse air systems mostly use woven filter medias. Many configurations are available to suit the needs of most dust collectors.

    ShakerType LargeShaker-Type Filter Bags

    1. Strap Top
    2. Loop Top
    3. Open Top with Cuff and Cord
    4. Compression Band Top with Cap
    5. Grommet Top
    6. Sewn-In Wire Hanger Top
    7. Snapband with Grooved Profile to Fit Cell-Plate Hole
    8. Snapband with Flat Felt to Fit Wheelabrator Style Cell-Plate

Replacement filter bags are available for these dust collector units

  • AAF
  • Aget
  • Buell/Norblo
  • Carter-Day
  • DCE Volkes
  • Dustex
  • Dusty Dustless/Griffin Env.
  • Farr
  • Flex-Kleen
  • Guzzler
  • Hoffman
  • Mac Equipment
  • Mikropul
  • Murphy-Rodgers
  • Pangborn
  • Parsons
  • Pneumafil
  • Procedair Ind.
  • Research-Cottrel
  • Scientific
  • Semco/Keystone Intl.
  • Torit/Donaldson
  • UAS
  • Wheelabrator
  • WW Sly

Finishing Treatments

A number of treatments are available to improve dust discharge on the cleaning cycle, improve the filter efficiency of the media, to add flame retardant qualities and other specialized applications.

  • Acrylic Coated  
  • Flame Retardant
  • Glazed  
  • Napped
  • Oleophobic  
  • PTFE membrane 
  • Silicon  
  • Singed  
  • Teflon membrane 

Filter Bag Media Options

As a general rule, Pulse Jet and Plenum Pulse cleaning systems utilize needle felt medias, while Shaker and Reverse Air systems use woven medias. Medias are manufactured from a variety of man-made fibers and are selected based on a number of factors including: operating temperature, chemical components in the dust stream, abrasiveness of the dust being handled as well as other characteristics of the particular systems usage.

  • Aramid  
  • Copolymer Acrylic  
  • Cotton Sateen
  • Dacron  (Polyester)
  • Epotropic – PE with blended carbon filters  
  • Fiberglass  
  • Nomex ®  
  • Nylon
  • P-84 ®  
  • PE with blended stainless steel  
  • Polyester (PE) Woven, Needlefelt, Knitted 
  • Polypropylene (PP)
  • Ryton  
  • Teflon ® 

Filter Bag Fiber Characteristics

Fiber Max Cont. opre. temp.(°F) Acid Resistance Alkali Resistance Flex Resistance Support Combustion Special Properties
Acrylic
Co-polymer
248° Good Fair Good Yes Perform well in moist heat
Cotton 180° Poor Excellent Good Yes Low cost can be treated with a
flame retardant agent
Polyester 275° Good Fair Good Yes degradation may occur in hot
humid conditions
Acrylic
Home-polymer
284° Good Fair Good Yes An acrylic, but for higher
temperature application
Fiberglass 550° Fair Poor Poor No Finishes limit maximum
temperature range
Nylon 200° Poor Excellent Excellent Yes Excellent tensile strength and
flex life
Polyproplene 200° Excellent Excellent Excellent Yes Excellent cake release
Nomex* 400° Fair Excellent Good No High temperature Aramid
Teflon* 450° Excellent Excellent Fair No Expensive-excellent chemical
resistance
P-84** 500° Good Poor Excellent No Non-flammable and thermostable
organic fiber
Ryton*** 375° Excellent Excellent Good Yes Ability to perform at high
temperature
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