Sense production demand
Activity sensors detect when a machine or collection point requires ventilation, so the system responds to real production demand.
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On-Demand Control for dust, fume, and mist collection
Make industrial ventilation respond to production.
Ecogate makes industrial ventilation demand-based by directing airflow to active workstations and adjusting fan speed in real time. This cuts dust-collection fan electricity by about 66% on average while maintaining required minimum transport velocities.
Video: Ecogate demand-based industrial ventilation This video introduces how Ecogate demand-based industrial ventilation responds to production activity.
66%Average reduction in dust-collection fan electricity
1–3 yrTypical ROI, often under two years
25+ yrProven on-demand industrial ventilation experience
Ecogate System Sequence of Operation
Sensors, gates, the greenBOX controller, fan-speed regulation, measurement, and reporting operate as one coordinated system. Each layer receives or confirms the same demand signal as production changes.
Direct airflow where it is needed
The corresponding automatic gate opens to direct airflow to the active workstation. Smart and Precision Airflow Gates can also report pressure, velocity, and volume.
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Calculate and protect total airflow
The greenBOX combines demand across the duct system, calculates the required fan airflow, and protects the configured minimum transport velocity.
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Match fan speed to demand
Power Master follows the airflow command from the greenBOX and regulates fan speed as the combination of active workstations changes.
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Measure, document, and improve
System measurements and Ecogate Analytics make airflow, pressure, fan power, savings, utilization, and performance visible.
Explore Ecogate Analytics →Workstations are active only part of the shift. Fan power can fall much faster than airflow.
The utilization data shows why total airflow demand changes throughout production. The fan curve shows why even modest airflow reductions can produce disproportionately large theoretical energy savings.
Average active cutting utilization
- Ima Edge Bander80%
- Shelling Saw78%
- Alberti CNC75%
- Selco Saw72%
- Glaze Downdraft Table68%
- Small Door Machines65%
- Venjakob60%
- Morbidelli55%
- Accord CNC50%
- Voorwood Shaper45%
- SCM Sander42%
- Heeseman Sander38%
- Quickwood30%
- Friulmac28%
- P. Bacci22%
- Table Saw20%
- Jointer15%
- Radial Saw13%
- Cooper Table Saw10%
- Belt Sander8%
- Small Table Saw5%
Actual workstation-utilization data from a U.S. woodworking facility.
Air volume and fan power
77% minimum airflow
Maintains the 3,500 FPM transport-velocity floor100% design airflow
Maintains the 3,500 FPM transport-velocity floor100% design airflow
Air volume77%
Fan power46%
Power saved54%
The curve illustrates Fan Affinity Law physics. Actual savings depend on fan efficiency, pressure losses, production demand, system condition, and the final engineered configuration.
Fan power ≈ airflow³
See how Ecogate balances airflow while maintaining conveying velocity.
Select a production scenario or individual workstations. Watch the greenBOX continuously recalculate demand, direct airflow through Smart Gates, open additional gates when needed to protect minimum transport velocity, and command the Power Master VFD as production changes.
Interactive greenBOX and Smart Gate logic simulator
Visitors can select production scenarios or individual workstations and observe how the greenBOX recalculates airflow demand, directs airflow through Smart Gates, protects configured minimum transport velocity, and commands the Power Master VFD.
This simulator is an educational representation. Displayed airflow, fan power, and velocity thresholds are illustrative. Actual requirements and performance depend on the collected material, connected equipment, configured air volumes, duct conditions, commissioning, and calibration.
Metrie discovered Ecogate at IWF Atlanta.
What began at this trade show became a three-system dust collection upgrade at Metrie's Ferndale, Washington facility.
1.6M kWhProjected annual electricity savings
70%Of total system cost covered by utility incentive, including duct replacement
~25%Early facility-wide peak-demand reduction
3 systemsTwo 250 HP fans and one 200 HP fan
THIS PROJECT STARTED AT IWF.
Projected savings, incentive coverage, and early operating results are specific to the Metrie Ferndale project.
Read the Metrie Case Study →One platform for dust collector monitoring. Full motor control when you need it.
Choose full motor control with the Dust Collector Controller, or add collector-side monitoring with the Dust Collector Interface. Both bring operating data into the Ecogate system.
Dust Collector Controller
Adds coordinated VFD control for collector motors, automatic operating sequences, fault protection, and real-time monitoring.
Video: Dust Collector Interface wired as a Dust Collector Controller See how the DCI sensor platform is paired with VFDs and wired to provide full Dust Collector Controller functionality.
Dust Collector Interface
Adds collector-side airflow, pressure, environmental, alarm, and operating-status data without controlling the collector motors.
Video: Overview of Ecogate's Dust Collector Interface See the DCI sensor suite, its connection to the greenBOX, and the collector information it makes available in real time.
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