Baghouse.com Announces the Launch of its New Website

Announcing the launch of the new Baghouse.com, the online home for the most trusted name in dust collection.

To further cement its place as the leading online source of information regarding the dust collection industry, Baghouse.com has launched a completely redesigned version of its website http://www.baghouse.com. With many new and improved features, Baghouse.com is looking to increase its already substantial online presence.

With a completely redesigned look, the new site presents clean and efficient visual experience for new and returning visitors. New sections such as Products, and Services give users an opportunity to browse Baghouse.com’s extensive catalog of products with thorough descriptions of each item. You can also view information on the wide ranges of Baghouse services that they offer as well. The feature that is gaining the most attention however, is the entirely new, first of its kind, Dust Collection Blog.

With the new Blog the creative team at Baghouse.com is looking to establish itself as the leading source of industrial dust collection information. This new section contains articles relating to dust collector selection, design, maintenance, performance, efficiency as well as industry news and trends, environmental technologies, emissions regulation & compliance, safety, and more.

When asked why Baghouse.com decided to expand their operations in this way, Dominick DalSanto, Baghouse.com’s online operations & marketing executive commented: “We feel that we are filling a void in our industry by launching this new feature of our website. We are part of a global industry that is integral to almost every single industry process currently employed. It would make sense that in such a large, and critically important industry as ours, that you would be able to find a wealth of information online or in print regarding these systems. The truth however is that already after only 1 month of producing content, our site already has more dust collection related news, articles, product reviews, and case studies, than most of our competitors websites combined. In time we expect that our online resources will grow to be an invaluable assist for not only our customers, but also plant managers, maintenance workers, sales associates, and other industry professionals.”

While attention is being given to its news, articles, and other media, Baghouse.com maintains that its main focus is still offering the very best in dust collection equipment, and service work. As such, one can now find a large cache of information that help customers to learn more about specific products, and help them to choose the correct product and/or service for their particular application.

About Baghouse.com

After more than 30 years in the industry, Baghouse.com continues to set the standard for excellence. With an expansive catalog of dust collection products, and a complete line of dust collector services, Baghouse.com offers complete solutions to industrial dust collection needs.

Baghouse.com is led by a team of executives experienced both in the front office, and in the field. In addition, the backbone of Baghouse.com’s quality service programs is its team of seasoned felid service technicians. For 30 years Baghouse.com has worked hard to gain the trust, and confidence of its customers, and the respect from the industry. Its goal is to not only continue to measure up to its past also press on to bigger and better in the foreseeable future.

One of the More Efficient Filters On Earth - Found In Whales

With advances and fabrics, construction, and implementation, current filtration technology is among some of the most advanced sectors of industrial engineering today. However for all of man's research, and achievements, sometimes nature still comes out on top in terms of who has the best "technology".

A recently released study has found that Blue Whales which are the largest animals ever to live, could very well also be the most efficient animals ever. By using a method called Filter-Feeding, the Blue Whale can take in more than 90 times more energy than it uses.

 

These truly gigantic animals, (at over 33 metres (108 ft) in length and 180 metric tons (200 short tons) or more in weight), dive up to 500 meters beneath the surface, then lunge into the swarms of tiny Krill (A type of Shrimp) above them at several meters per second. With their large mouths open they are able to catch large amount of the tiny Crustaceans. As they strike, their massive mouths fill with huge volumes of water, including plenty of Krill. The water is then pushed out through large filters,  called Baleen, in the Whale's mouth, trapping the Krill.

 

But recently a team of scientists lead by Robert Shadwick of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and Jeremy Goldbogen of the University of California, San Diego wondered how such a feeding process could be energy efficient. This feeding technique takes a lot of effort due to the energy needed for the lunges. "We wondered how they coped," says Robert Shadwick. They led a team who set out to track blue whales as they fed. In small boats they zoomed up alongside surfacing whales and attached tracking devices to them using suction caps.

How Energy Efficient?

The team followed 265 Blue Whales over the course of 200 foraging dives and 654 lunges. Based on the data they collected, the team estimated that the Whales expend about 3200 kilojoules of energy (About 13.3 million calories) with each dive. This astronomical number at first seems quite high, but it is drawfted when you consider how much energy the Whales get from their food. Using data on known Krill densities, the team estimates that with each lunge, the Whales collected between 34,000 (142,256,000 Calories) and 1,912,000 kJ (7,999,808,000 Calories) – up to 237 times the energy used. That is an efficiency factor of nearly 237 times more energy received than expended. Even when taking into account the dives, the Whales still netted nearly 90 times more energy.

A close up of the Blue Whale's Baleen, or Whalebone

Shadwick went on to explain how during the course of the Whales migratory lifestyle this great efficiency is needed when the Whales have to deal with seasonal starvation. 

All of this is thanks to the Blue Whale has Baleen, or Whalebone, in place of teeth. These narrow vertical plates, which hang inside the mouth cavity, are fringed on the inner edges to trap the Krill engulfed by the whale in a mouthful of water. It is easy to see why these are being called "Natures most efficient Filters".

So next time you think your Filtration system is world class, just remember that you have a long way to go, before you can match efficiency with natures Blue Whale.