George Vondriska

Grit Automatic Blast Gates

George Vondriska
Duration:   2  mins

Description

Do you open the blast gates on your tools before turning them on? Do you remember to close each blast gate when you’re done? If your answers include two no’s, there’s a problem. Your dust collector can’t pull dust through a gate that isn’t open. And if you leave unneeded gates open you’ll diminish the performance of your dust collection system. Grit Automation has a very cool dust collection solution for you.

It’s automatic!

With the addition of a trigger and a blast gate control, you’re in business. The trigger is plug and play. Simply put it in line with the tool’s plug. 110-volt or 220-volt, they have them both. The trigger sends a signal when you turn the tool on and off.

No need to buy specialized blast gates. The Grit system works with your gates. The blast gate mechanism installed on your blast gate “talks to” the trigger, and takes care of opening and closing.

With an additional trigger installed on your dust collector (also plug and play) your dust collection system will be fully automated. All you have to do is run your tools, and dust collection will happen by itself.

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We know how important dust collection is in a shop, and part of what happens is, you turn on a tool. Did you remember to open the blast gate? Did you remember to close it when you were done? These guys are gonna take care of that for you, by- We have the problem solved, GRIT Automation. By plugging in each tool into our trigger, we are sensing the current that's flowing through each tool. And we know based on that tool, which of our gates would need to open. Our actuators bolt onto existing rail blast gates that work from two and a half inch all the way up to 10 inch. And with shops that have- Like multi lines. Branch installations, we have the ability to open and close multiple gates with, with one trigger. So right here, we have an example of it's our switch for floor sweeps or for a lathe. You can flip that switch on. Because I'm not turning a tool on I need to manually open the gate. Exactly. But for every other tool, we have a trigger. And the tool senses that that's on, and the gates open and close automatically. In addition, you get to use your existing metal blast gates that existing investment you already have, be it Nordfab or more of a, a normal traditional metal blast gate. So your system is the switch, the device that fastens to my existing blast gate. Exactly. And then just spitball us like, per tool price 110 volt tool to get this unit and the blast gate control. Each trigger is 120 and the actuator is a hundred. So you're looking at 220 per standard tool, and- And two 20 doesn't change that price point much. Two 20 goes up by $10. Okay. So what's cool about this is even if you're lazy and don't always find your way to the blast gate, the electrons are gonna find their way to the blast gate. They will. And they're gonna make this work. Then let's talk about some more automation. We have air quality control. We measure the particulate matter in the air and we can turn on and off air filters based on the level of dust that's in your air. It'll auto run as needed. Auto run as needed. And auto off, which is important. Absolutely. We do infrared and all the different remotes, as well as just a simple on off switch. Dust collection is hugely important. And just, 'cause you're not reacting to dust today, doesn't mean you're not gonna in the future. It's a cumulative thing, so you wanna really make sure you're taking care of your lungs, and this product is a great way to make sure that every time the tool comes on, you have a blast gate open. Every time the tool goes off, that gate closes. So you have good pickup at your other tools.
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