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How Downdraft Tables Work

Learn how a downdraft table draws sanding dust through a perforated work surface, traps it in filters and keeps the unit mobile.

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Dust-Pro how downdraft tables work
Step 01

Draw

A blower creates downward airflow through the perforated work surface while sanding takes place above it.

Step 02

Trap

Air carrying sanding dust moves into pleated panel filters mounted in a slide-out drawer.

Step 03

Return

After passing through the filters, the air returns to the shop.

Step 04

Maintain

Loaded filters slide out for replacement with standard-size pleated panel filters.

Self-contained by design

Dust-Pro places the blower and filtration inside the mobile cabinet. This avoids installing a dedicated branch of central ductwork just to add a sanding station.

Locking casters make it possible to move the table to the work and secure it in place. A built-in switched outlet keeps the sander connection at the station.

Dust-Pro belt-driven blower and motor assembly