Dust filter for integration with a conveyor skirting system

A system for handling dust on a conveyor transporting dry bulk materials comprising:

• a conveyor skirt having a top, a first wall extending downward from a first side of the top and a second side wall extending downward from a second side of the top;
• a dust filtering system having a filter containment unit, a plurality of filter elements secured in the filter containment unit, an air purge system, a mounting flange, and a plurality of magnetically operated magnetic switches coupled to and spaced around the mounting flange wherein the dust filtering system is magnetically coupled to the conveyor skirt top, over an opening in the top of the conveyor skirt, when the plurality of magnetically operated magnetic switches are switched to an on position, and magnetically decoupled from the conveyor skirt top when the plurality of magnetically operated magnetic switches are switched to an off position;
• the air purge system comprising an air purge manifold coupled at a first end to a supply of compressed air and at a second end to a plurality of diaphragm valves disposed over and spaced apart from the plurality of filter elements configured to pulse compressed air;
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• an air discharge plenum connected to the dust filtering system.