Design your dust collection system

Rough out airflow, duct sizing and collector requirements in about ten minutes — using the same ACGIH Velocity Pressure Method our engineers use. Free, and the draft is yours.

6 guided steps~10 min start to draftFree — no strings

Have these handy

01What the dust is — wood, metal, plastic, mixed…

02Machine count and hood/pickup points

03Rough duct run lengths and elbows

04Where the collector could live

05Whether your dust burns (we’ll flag NFPA)

Answer the guided questions below and the designer builds a draft system spec — airflow by hood, duct velocities, and collector sizing, with combustible-dust flags where they belong. Every result is a starting point, not a stamp: final designs are reviewed by ACT Group engineering, because a calculator can’t walk your plant and this tool does not replace a certified Dust Hazard Analysis. When your draft is ready, our team turns it into a fully engineered system — or tells you honestly that your situation needs eyes on site first.

Design Your Dust Collection System Online

Our free dust collection system designer helps you rough out a dust and fume collection system in minutes. The tool uses the ACGIH Velocity Pressure Method to estimate airflow, duct sizing, and collector requirements. It even flags combustible-dust (NFPA) considerations as you go.

Keep in mind that every result is a draft starting point. A final design must be reviewed by ACT Group engineering, because the tool does not replace a certified Dust Hazard Analysis. When you are ready, our team will turn your draft into a fully engineered dust collection and industrial ventilation system. Contact us for a free consultation, or call us toll free at (888) 480-0680.

Dust Collection System Designer — The ACT Group

THE ACT GROUP

Dust & Fume Collection System Designer

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Preliminary design tool (ACGIH Velocity Pressure Method). All results — including any NFPA / combustible-dust suggestions — are a DRAFT starting point and must be reviewed and confirmed by ACT Group engineering before any equipment is ordered or installed.

Industrial ventilation
Surveys, capture design, install and balance — the service behind this math.Dust Collection 101
Baghouses, cartridges and the specs that make or break them.Suppression vs. collection vs. ventilation
Make sure a collector is even the right tool first.Toolbox Talk: Combustible Dust
If your dust burns, read this before you build anything.

The draft is free. The engineering is the part we do in person.

Send us your draft — or skip the tool entirely and tell us the plant, the dust and the problem. Either way you’ll get a real person, and a system designed by people who will also build, install and service it.

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