Bag Fabric Guarantee

1.2.3

Prior to manufacturing bags, test finished material lots to ensure fabric

meets paragraph entitled "Design Criteria." Material lot tests shall

include:

a.

Yarn weight:

ASTM D 578

b.

Permeability:

ASTM D 737

c.

Tensile strength:

ASTM D 1682

d.

Thickness:

ASTM D 1777

e.

M.I.T. flex:

ASTM D 2176

f.

Count:

ASTM D 3775

g.

Fabric weight:

ASTM D 3776

h.

Bursting strength:

ASTM D 3887

1.2.4

Bag Guarantee

Bags and hardware shall as specified in paragraph entitled "Design

Criteria" and paragraph entitled "Bags and Hardware," and shall be

guaranteed for two calendar years from startup during which time bags which

have abrasions, holes or tears, and hardware which have corrosion, sharp

edges, bends, bad welds, or burrs shall be replaced free of charge to the

Government. Damage to bags and hardware due to obvious operator negligence

is not covered by this guarantee. Do not use spare bags and hardware as

replacements. Should replacements exceed 10 percent in any compartment

during the two year period, replace bags and hardware in that compartment

free of charge to the Government. Guarantee replacement bags and hardware

for an additional two years.

1.2.5

Certificate

1.2.5.1

Certificate of Experience

Include:

a.

List of not less than three baghouses at separate facilities

meeting the conditions as specified in paragraph entitled "Quality

Assurance."

b.

Each installation owner's name, location, point of contact for

operation and maintenance, address, and telephone number.

c.

Date of owner's acceptance and startup of each installation.

d.

Baghouse design conditions at each installation: Inlet gas volume,

L/s acfm; inlet gas temperature, degrees C degrees F; inlet dust

loading, grams per liter grains per acf; efficiency, percent; and

net gas to cloth ratio, m/s fpm.

e.

Baghouse actual operating conditions at each installation: Inlet

gas volume, L/s acfm; inlet gas temperature, degrees C degrees F;

inlet dust loading, grams per liter grains per acf; efficiency,

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