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publication_id: "OT-2026-000000606"
title: "A dust extractor with one or more load sensors"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:03:08.994299Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000606"
categories:
  - "manufacturing-assembly-equipment/machining-systems"
keywords:
  - "b23q11/0046"
  - "a47l7/0095"
  - "a47l9/102"
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# A dust extractor with one or more load sensors

## Abstract

A heavy-duty dust extractor ( 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 ) comprising a dust separator ( 110 ), wherein the heavy-duty dust extractor is arranged to be supported on a ground surface ( 101 ) by one or more support members ( 150, 160 ), where one or more load sensors ( 210, 220 ) are arranged in connection to the one or more support members ( 150, 160 ) to measure a load on the one or more support members ( 150, 160 ), the dust extractor comprising a control unit ( 170, 900 ) arranged to receive data indicative of the load measured by the one or more load sensors ( 210, 220 ), where the control unit ( 170, 900 ) comprises means for measuring time, where the control unit ( 170, 900 ) is arranged to determine a dust extraction rate ( 740 ) in terms of a weight of extracted dust per unit of time based on the received data, and to control an operation of the heavy-duty dust extractor based on the determined dust extraction rate.