Specs
Vacuum Bed Kit specs
Setup notes and briefing numbers for Vacuum Bed Kit.
Vacuum zones, pumps, and spoilboard sizes
The Vacuum Bed Kit specs page lists the parts and setup details for the hold-down system. Use it when checking compatibility with your router table, sheet sizes, and the way your shop loads material.
Check the table size, spoilboard thickness, and pump requirement before comparing kits. Vacuum performance changes with porous board, gasket condition, sheet coverage, and the dust load your router creates. Workshops in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, and smaller industrial areas often need different sealing, filtration, and restart checks because power cuts, humidity, and fine MDF dust affect hold-down.
Check the plenum layout, gasket groove pattern, and port positions before drilling or sealing anything on the table. A quick fit-up with your common sheet sizes often shows where leakage starts, especially near edges and around damaged spoilboard sections. Keep the pump airflow figures next to the router table dimensions when comparing options.
What the specs page covers
Confirm bed dimensions, vacuum port sizes, zoning arrangement, and the parts supplied with the kit. These details show whether your current table can take the hold-down system without changing the whole machine base. Training discussions usually start with these numbers because poor hold-down shows up immediately in cut quality and sheet movement.
Use the figures here alongside the router table drawing and your normal material list before ordering pipework or changing the spoilboard thickness.
- Zone layout for sheet hold-down
- Pump and port size checks
- Related: Machines, Cells, Notes
- Gasket, valves, and fittings list
Workshop conditions that affect vacuum
Highveld dust loads filters quickly, so airflow losses need checking more often on busy router lines. Coastal air around Durban and Cape Town makes it worth paying attention to corrosion on exposed fittings, manifolds, and pump hardware. Where load-shedding is part of the week, restart checks should include vacuum level, sheet position, and any zone valves left open.
Thin sheet can leak badly if the spoilboard face is uneven or the gasket channels are not sealed properly. Full sheets of melamine, MDF, and plywood each behave differently under vacuum, especially once the cutter breaks through and opens more air. For small parts, the specs are only one side of the answer, because toolpath sequence and tab strategy still affect whether pieces stay put.
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Before fitting the kit
Measure the usable table area, note the existing vacuum connection size, and record the sheet formats you load most often. Photos of the current bed surface, pump location, and pipe route help when checking compatibility.
Keep the vacuum bed kit details with the router specification, bed drawing, and sample cutting results when you verify a setup. That gives the buyer the vacuum zones, connection sizes, and operating figures in one place when material sizes and loading methods are being checked.
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