Furniture Manufacturing
Mixed solid hardwood and panel stock moving through ripping, shaping, sanding and finishing on a continuous line.
- Dust
- Fine sanding dust plus coarse chip
- Load
- High, many simultaneous pickups
- Range
- Icon PRO Sleeve
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Dust Collection by Woodworking Application
Every wood operation produces a different dust profile. A sawmill throws coarse, high volume waste. A panel sizing centre produces fine, formaldehyde bonded MDF dust that behaves nothing like solid wood. Coral engineers the collector to the dust, not the other way around.
1958Filtration engineering since
8Wood applications served
9Collector models in range
FreeOn-site factory assessment
Where to start
Two ways in. One right answer.
Most dust collection suppliers ask you to shop by machine. That works if you already know your bottleneck, and fails if you do not. So we have organised this section both ways.
If you run a cabinet shop, start with your operation. If you have one CNC nesting cell choking the rest of the plant, start with the process. Both routes land on the same engineering assessment.
01
By Industry
Your business type: furniture, cabinets, millwork, sawmilling. Whole plant dust loads and multi machine extraction across a shared main.
02
By Process
Your machine class: CNC, edge banding, moulding, panel sizing. Single point capture, hood design and duct velocity at the tool.
Route 01
By Industry
Whole facility dust collection sized for your production type, machine count and shift pattern. Start here if you are extracting more than one machine.
Cabinet Making
Carcass and door production on panel saws, banders and drilling cells. Predominantly engineered board, not solid timber.
- Dust
- Fine MDF and particleboard
- Load
- Steady, batch driven peaks
- Range
- Icon Bag
Millwork & Joinery
Architectural work on short runs: staircases, doors, windows and bespoke mouldings, with frequent machine changeovers.
- Dust
- Variable, heavy shaving fraction
- Load
- Intermittent, hard to predict
- Range
- FM READY Sleeve
Sawmills
Primary breakdown and resaw handling green and kiln dried timber, where waste volume rather than particle size is the constraint.
- Dust
- Coarse sawdust and bark
- Load
- Very high, continuous
- Range
- MEC / D Sleeve
Route 02
By Process
Machine class extraction where capture happens at the tool. Start here when one process is generating the dust problem for the whole plant.
CNC Woodworking
Nesting based routers and machining centres. The spindle moves, so capture velocity has to follow the tool rather than sit at a fixed hood.
- Machines
- Routers, machining centres, nesting cells
- Challenge
- Moving point of generation
- Range
- Aircompact Cartridge
Edge Banding
Trimming, scraping and buffing units each throw dust at a different point along the bander, with adhesive loading the extracted stream.
- Machines
- Edge banders, trimmers, buffing units
- Challenge
- Glue laden dust, multi pickup
- Range
- Icon Bag
Routing & Milling
Moulders, planers, thicknessers and spindle moulders. Shaving volume, not fine dust, drives the duct diameter and the fan selection.
- Machines
- Moulders, planers, tenoners
- Challenge
- High shaving volume, duct velocity
- Range
- Aircom Sleeve
Panel Processing
Beam saws and sizing centres cutting MDF, particleboard and plywood. The finest and most respirable dust of any wood process.
- Machines
- Beam saws, panel sizing centres
- Challenge
- Respirable bonded dust, filtration grade
- Range
- Airalt Cartridge
Selection reference
Dust profile at a glance
The same collector will not serve a moulder and a beam saw. This is the shortest version of the sizing conversation we have on every factory visit.
| Application | Dominant particle | Typical volume | Primary challenge | Indoor / outdoor | Recommended range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Furniture Manufacturing | Mixed fine dust and chip | High | Many simultaneous pickups on one main | Indoor | Icon PRO Sleeve |
| Cabinet Making | Fine MDF and particleboard | Medium to high | Batch peaks overload a fixed system | Indoor | Icon Bag |
| Millwork & Joinery | Coarse shavings, variable | Intermittent | Load changes with every job | Indoor | FM READY Sleeve |
| Sawmills | Coarse sawdust and bark | Very high | Sheer waste volume, weather exposure | Outdoor | MEC / D Sleeve |
| CNC Woodworking | Fine dust plus router chip | Medium | Point of generation moves with the spindle | Indoor | Aircompact Cartridge |
| Edge Banding | Fine dust with adhesive | Low to medium | Glue blinds filter media early | Indoor | Icon Bag |
| Routing & Milling | Heavy shavings | High | Duct velocity to keep shavings airborne | Indoor or outdoor | Aircom Sleeve |
| Panel Processing | Respirable bonded dust | High | Particle size demands cartridge filtration | Indoor | Airalt Cartridge |
Not sure which applies to you?
Most plants sit across two or three of these. We will walk your floor, measure the actual load and size the system against what you really run, at no cost.