iVACPBG04 4" Pro Blast Gate for Automated Dust Collection

Love these for certain tools that are awkward to reach a manual blast gate. They’re expensive for what they do so I only have four. All of my tools use amperage sensors to turn on vacuum and for these four they also open the gate. The others I put a switch on the manual blast gate so the vacuum only comes on if the gate is open and the tool is running.

Replaced the blast gates for my table saw and miter saw with these since they are the most commonly used tools in my shop. They were very easy to install and set up. No more looking across the shop from one saw to see that i forgot to close the gate at the other saw after the last use. I will be ordering more for the planer, jointer, and router in the future (once my checking account recovers a bit). As others have noted, these are pricey but worth it to me.

I have a 1HP dust collector with a distribution pipe, and I always either forget to open the gates OR I think 'it's only a single cut'. Then the shop is full of dust. I put these in (6 in total) and I always use dust collection, and the shop is not dusty anymore. These things are reliable and you can see if they are opened via the colored cut out at the end of the gate.Well made, this is a must if you generate a lot of dust.

I had been thinking about automating the blast gates on my dust collection system for some time now and finally made the purchase. The iVac system seemed to be pretty straight forward to setup so I purchased the system. As soon as it arrived I began the setup following the instructions provided and it went pretty smooth. I ran into one issue which was the number one position gate did not stay open and close when it was suppose to when I opened other gates. This was explained in the manual that was provided. After several changes to the program switches on that blast gate with no success I called technical support. The gentleman gave me easy to follow instructions and solved the problem. The system is working great and has made working in the shop more efficient and a lot more fun.

Not sure how I got buy these years without automating my dust collection. IVAC is the perfect suplotion. I found it to be a bit a a learning curve (that's just me) but once I got th gist of it, it became a piece of cake. Now ever piece of equipment and smaller hand tools run using my IVAC system. Cannot recomend more highy.

I have dust collection on two sides of garage, manual gates I had to use a long stick to switch the side. These gates allowed a switch to perform the switch. Some what over priced considering the capability but configurable for remote or manual opertation, remote has limitations that manufacture indicated would be resolved in later releases. They do not clog like some of my manual gate.

So easy to use. Mounted a switch on the front of the CNC to open and close the gate. We reduced the flex hose length by 1/2 and the suction is probably twice what it was.Spoke too soon. It works fine with my router unplugged. When I plug in router to a different power receptical it starts opening and closing. Haven't figured out why yet. Works OK if I unplug switch from gate. Some kind of shielding issue??? Will let you know when I figure it out.

Well designed. Love it. If you have multiple tools connected to a 4" dust collector, this will work for you. Important - read the manual for the blast gate several times. It will save you a lot of time. There are features to solve problems you didn't think about. Reading the manual explains this well. So, read it!

Transformer stop working after 3 hours of use on the blast gate. My fault - system was not grounded. The supplier sent me replacement transformer in a timely manner and everything works great now . Really appreciated the after service from supplier.

nice product but with out a remote it is useless