Services & Maintenance
In Africa, environmental legislation is strict. Emissions can lead to government-imposed penalties which can result in the complete shutdown of operations until the plant comes back into compliance. Taking a proactive approach with preventative maintenance has become a necessary part of the system operation.
To assist your organisation in meeting this challenge, our crews specialise in customised preventative maintenance programmes and perform services all over Africa. Our crews are trained to install bags, cages and components in a such a way that existing and new products are unaffected and undamaged. Our service team performs thorough inspections and can refurbish equipment in order to reduce potential problems before system malfunctions occur.
Our crew understands air pollution control equipment and how it affects your process and we maintain complete job documentation, providing consistency and job familiarity from project to project.
Our services include:
- Baghouse / Dust Collector inspections
- Filter bag installations
- Start-up Procedures
- Preventative Maintenance & Refurbishing
- Laboratory testing & services
- Training
Baghouse Inspections:
We have inspection programs that give valuable insight towards understating dust collection problems and finding solutions.
Our crews are experiences, knowledgeable, diligent and thorough and we can help you identify and solve any challenges and needs that might arise from your system.
We have been helping operators and managers like yourself to resolve issues and improve the bag filter life as well as the performance of their systems. We help you identify any challenges and needs and whether your equipment needs routine, preventative, or emergency maintenance services, the experienced team of EFT will be able to assist.
Filter bag installations
We provide industrial filter change-out services to meet your specific demands including emergency and expedite change out needs.
Our installation crews put safety first, and are still able to meet outage timelines and ensure a leak free installation on all types of filters for pulse-jet, reverse air, shaker and all types of baghouses.
We are here to help you make your next filter change-out a success. Let us know how we can help you.
Start-up Procedures
Proper star up procedures are critical to ensure the integrity and life expediency of the filters.
Start-up procedures will vary from application to application and different types of baghouses. We can help you get off to a great start with our expertise.
Preventative Maintenance & Refurbishing
Whether you decide to repair, rebuild, replace units or want to convert the current units we can help with the execution of the plans ensuring the plans delivery the results.
Sometimes simple changes can solve persistent baghouse filtration issues or in some cases help the systems to become more reliable and efficient. A pre-inspection from well-informed, experts are vital to ensuring the changes you make to your system achieve your operational and business objectives.
Laboratory testing & services
Used filter laboratory tests can give valuable information regarding the condition of the filters. A representative filter can be beneficial in assessing the performance of the baghouse and mitigating baghouse issues.
- Standard Filter Analysis:
- Visual Inspection – Including images of filter conditions including failures, wear patterns and any other abnormalities observed.
- Microscopic Analysis is performed to determine the following:
- Level of Dust Penetration
- Potential Fibre Degradation
- Condition of the ePTFE Membrane
- Analytical Testing: (ASTM Guidelines)
- Air Permeability
- Mullen Burst / Strength Testing
- Weight
- Additional Testing if applicable:
- Mechanical Testing
- Digital Scanning Calorimetry
- Loss On Ignition
- ePTFE Membrane Adhesion Test
Training
We are often asked if we can assist maintenance personnel to make them more aware of baghouse systems and operational procedures. We can tailor a training program to meet your needs and expectorations.