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W1808/W1809/W1810 Cyclone Dust Collectors
OPERATIONS
Figure 43. Initial sketch of shop layout.
System Design
Step 1. Decide Who Will Design
For most small-to-medium sized shops, you can design
and build the dust collection system yourself without
hiring engineers or consultants. We have included some
basic information here to get you started on a basic
design.
If you have a large shop or end up designing a compli
-
cated system, then we recommend additional research
beyond this manual, or that you seek the help of an
expert.
Step 2. Sketch Your Shop Layout
When designing a successful dust collection system, plan-
ning is the most important step. In this step, you must
sketch a basic layout of your shop.
Your sketch only needs
the basic details of the shop layout, similar to Figure
43
, including all your current/planned machines and your
planned placement of the dust collector
.
Step 3. Sketch a Basic Duct Layout
For the next step, sketch how you will connect your
machines to the dust collector.
Consider these general
guidelines for an efficient system:
1. Machines that produce the most saw dust should be
placed nearest to the dust collector (i.e. planers
and sanders).
2. Ideally, you should design the duct system to have
the shortest possible main line and secondary branch
ducts. See
Figures 44 & 45 for ideas of good duct
layouts vs bad duct layouts.
3. Directional changes should be kept to a minimum.
The more directional change fittings you use directly
increases the overall resistance to airflow.
4. Gradual directional changes are more efficient than
sudden directional changes (i.e. use the largest
corner radius possible when changing hose or pipe
direction).
5. Each individual branch line should have a blast gate
immediately after the branch to control suction
from one machine to another.
6. The simpler the system, the more efficient and less
costly it will be.
Figure 44. Good duct layout.
Figure 45. Bad duct layout.