There are three ways damaged or corroded cages cause filters to fail:
- When pulsed bent cages can cause the filters to rub against each other or against the sides of the collector causing the bags to tear open
- Bent, twisted, or broken cages will have many sharp edges that can cut holes in the fabric very quickly when pulsed
- Rusted or corroded cages will eat through the bag fabric and very quickly cause holes to appear.
Bent or warped cages can eventually wear holes through your bags and cause massive leaks.Using damaged or corroded cages along with new baghouse filters will damage your filters and lead them to fail. This means you will experience leaks or even total filter failure much quicker than normal. Such failures can have high costs in terms of maintenance, possible system shutdowns, lost production as well as the costs of buying replacement filters sooner than normal.