{"id":33035,"date":"2026-03-16T08:43:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/?p=33035"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:26:42","slug":"case-study-designing-a-large-scale-dust-collection-system-for-wonderful-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/case-study-designing-a-large-scale-dust-collection-system-for-wonderful-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study \u2014 Designing a Large-Scale Dust Collection System for Wonderful Foods"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What does it really take to build a dust collection system that performs reliably from day one and holds up for the long haul?<\/strong><\/h3>

This case study looks at how early collaboration between Wonderful Foods<\/a><\/strong> y Baghouse.com<\/a><\/strong>, with expert engineered design and careful installation came together to support a demanding food processing environment.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\"Pistachios<\/p>

Wonderful Pistachios and Almonds<\/a><\/strong> is known as the \u201cworld\u2019s largest grower and processor of almonds and pistachios.\u201d<\/em> …And we can centainly confirm this! The Lost Hills facility is the company\u2019s primary processing site, housing the firm\u2019s largest pistachio and almonds processing facility.<\/p>

Their Wonderful Pistachios brand is widely distributed across the U.S. and commonly found in grocery stores, airports, and retail outlets nationwide. To support continued growth, the company invested in a new pistachio processing facility in Lost Hills, California.<\/p>

\"PistachioAs with many large-scale food processing operations, the expansion introduced significant dust control challenges. Matt Coughlin, Owner of Baghouse says: “Pistachio processing generates large volumes of fine organic dust that can quickly become an indoor air quality issue and a combustible dust hazard if not properly managed.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

Wonderful Foods<\/strong><\/a> engaged Baghouse.com<\/strong><\/a> early in the project to design a dust collection system that could scale with production while meeting safety, operational, and maintenance requirements.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\"My experience working with Baghouse.com was very good. The design aspect was excellent\u2014really well done. The installation itself was good as well. It was very easy to work with Matt and Dominick from the design aspects to the final installation.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The project scope covered the complete design, supply, and installation of a centralized dust collection system serving approximately 25 process machines, including aspirators and mixers, distributed across the facility.<\/p>

In total, the system consisted of three rotary arm valve reverse air style baghouses<\/strong><\/a> (also sometimes called reverse jet). This style of baghouse is generally a good fit for applications containing nuts and grains, since its easier for the dust to blow off and remove off the filters, and this cleaning method is gentler on the filters. It is also a little cheaper to run a fan to blow air back into the bags than to maintain an air compressor like in the Pulse Jet cleaning system. Pulse jet style baghouses can also be used for this application, but Wonderful chose to go with a reverse air style baghouse, since they had many more of these collectors at the facility and they were comfortable using this technology.\u00a0<\/p>

We also installed ground-mounted system fans, combustible dust safety equipment<\/a><\/strong> and a fully engineered ductwork system tailored to the process, providing a combined airflow capacity of approximately 170,000 CFM. Baghouse.com<\/strong><\/a> also provided a 51,000 CFM makeup unit to maintain neutral pressure inside the processing facility.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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