FIELD: dust collection equipment.SUBSTANCE: present invention relates to wet dust collection and can be used in chemical, textile, food, light and other industries for purification of gases. Gas washer comprises a body composed of upper and lower sections, a nozzle for introducing a dusty gas, a branch pipe for the outlet of the purified gas, a splash trap with a centrifugal swirler and a branch pipe for draining liquid from the splash trap, irrigation device, plates with a stabilizer, a nozzle for periodic irrigation of the swirler and a slurry tank. Plate is additionally equipped with a vibrator made in the form of a peripheral part of the plates and fixed directly on the plates, or the vibrator is formed in the shape of a central part of the plates and fixed directly on the plates. Irrigation device is made in the form of a nozzle with a screw conical swirl, and coaxially located and rigidly connected to it in the upper part of the fitting with an inlet cylindrical hole connected to the diffuser, which is