On this panel saw, combination air jets extract dust from the machine table, blowing it to the side vacuum collection units to keep the work surface clean. The Holzma dustEX technology is available from Stiles Machinery Inc.

CNC routing gets cleaner with the new dust extraction tool from Royce//Ayr.

O2 Filtration introduces the Höcher Polytechnik Vacuumobil Series with Briquetter, technology that combines efficient, powerful dust extraction with a briquette press.

Turbotec from Royce//Ayr is engineered to provide maximum dust extraction for CNC router applications.

Tooling development has made major steps forward in the last 25 years. Manufacturers have come up with sophisticated tool design and cutting materials, as well as improved quality and reliability of tools. These developments greatly expanded options for manufacturers in their choice of workpiece materials; noise levels could be reduced and tool performance was pushed. Tooling producers even researched peripheral areas such as the interface to the machine, which brought new tool holders (e.g. HSK tool holder and hydro sleeves) and spindle designs with accuracy and efficiency never seen before (high precision HF spindle). In their effort to optimize tooling performance, R&D departments widened research beyond the tool to include teams comprised of universities, machine manufacturers, raw material producers and tool users to find solutions for very complex problems like dust extraction.

This is a continuation of a series of blogs on the subject of sanding. Today's discussion is about dust extraction as it applies to white wood (bare wood) sanding as well as scuff sanding between coats.