OccupantRJ
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My large blast cabinet is in a corner of the shop to keep it out of the way as much as possible, but I needed to be able to service it when needed. It is mounted in an angle steel frame to unitize the blast cabinet and the filter bag house required for it. The whole rig is around 8 feet in length.
The unit has casters to allow it to be rolled out into the room as needed, and the exhaust hose, wiring, and air line is designed to stretch or unfold when the cabinet is moved out. The unit is pretty heavy to pull out, but even harder to push back into correct position.
To alleviate some of this I designed a simple guide system to blindly guide the cabinet system back into place properly. It consists of an angle steel guide rail anchored to the floor, along with two guide rollers and brackets to forcefully guide the cabinet as it is being pushed back into place. I used ball bearings for the guide rollers, which are installed in fabricated mounts.
It was definitely an improvement when putting the cabinet back into place, as one has to be on the end pushing, and guidance was difficult to accomplish before.
The unit has casters to allow it to be rolled out into the room as needed, and the exhaust hose, wiring, and air line is designed to stretch or unfold when the cabinet is moved out. The unit is pretty heavy to pull out, but even harder to push back into correct position.
To alleviate some of this I designed a simple guide system to blindly guide the cabinet system back into place properly. It consists of an angle steel guide rail anchored to the floor, along with two guide rollers and brackets to forcefully guide the cabinet as it is being pushed back into place. I used ball bearings for the guide rollers, which are installed in fabricated mounts.
It was definitely an improvement when putting the cabinet back into place, as one has to be on the end pushing, and guidance was difficult to accomplish before.
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