Engineered to Perform and Built to Last

Deliberate in-depth analysis coupled with years of feedback and research has culminated in the outstanding design features of the Triton™ Series. The following are some of the design features provided by the ASI Triton™ in order to provide a portable dental system capable of performing comprehensive dentistry in the same manner that can be performed with plumbed in dental equipment.

The Triton™ provides you with the utmost in quality components and designs with many proprietary features exclusive only from ASI to provide an outstanding self contained dental system that is in an exceptional class by itself.

Compressed Air System

The ASI compressed air system is designed to deliver clean, oil free air at the proper air pressure and flow to run your handpieces continuously. The compressed air system by ASI is truly an engineering breakthrough for mobile dental systems when you consider the small footprint, oil-less design, quiet sound level with the powerful output that it provides.

Air Compressor

A powerful one-half horsepower motor drives a two stage piston design that efficiently maximizes both the pressure and volume of air produced. Air is drawn into the first piston chamber where it is initially compressed and then sent into the second piston chamber where it is compressed further to 125 psi.

The pistons provide a medical grade air supply due to their oil-less design that requires no lubrication and no maintenance so you can feel comfortable about the quality of air you use for composite and bonding restorations being oil-free. This compact air compressor provides an incredible 1.5 cfm at 100 psi to properly run your handpieces from 35 to 45 psi.

The pistons are dynamically balanced to high tolerances that enable a smooth running and quiet by design dental air compressor. The high quality and dynamic balancing of the air compressor provides for an extensive operating life of 10,000 hours. If you compare this to some inexpensive models of air compressors found in hardware stores that only have an estimate life of 200 hours, you can easily determine the difference in design of a high performance portable dental air compressor.

The portable dental air compressor is controlled by an air pressure switch that senses when the pressure drops in the air tank to activate the motor and then once air consumption ceases, it will sense when the air pressure has reached a pre-set point and then will turn off the motor. This keeps the motor from running when the system is not in use.

The air compressor is mounted on special spring type isolators that allow it to almost “float on air” and substantially eliminates vibration to the chassis. A proprietary multi-stage intake muffler design precisely attenuates and muffles sound waves to effectively dampen sound.

Air Tanks and Dry, Clean Air

The Triton™ system uses a special two stage air tank design that helps remove condensation from the air stream to provide dry point of use air for dental procedures. The tanks are constructed of non-corroding aluminum that are lightweight yet strong. Aluminum tanks are much more superior to steel tanks which can rust out from condensation or cheap plastic tanks that can fracture from high air pressure.

Dental Suction System

The ASI dental suction system is designed to provide a high volume of suction measured both in strength and volume of air to properly perform dental procedures. The suction system by ASI represents an engineering breakthrough for mobile dental equipment when you consider the small footprint, oil-less design, quiet sound level with the powerful output that it provides.

Vacuum Pump

A powerful by design one-third horsepower motor drives a two headed oil-less piston suction pump that efficiently maximizes both the strength of suction pull and volume of air produced.

The pistons require no lubrication and maintenance due to their oil-less design so you can focus on your dental practice and not having to service your vacuum pump. The pistons are dynamically balanced to high tolerances that enable a smooth running and quiet by design dental air compressor. The high quality and dynamic balancing of the dental suction pump provides for an extensive operating life.

To effectively provide the right type of suction needed for dental procedures requires the right combination of strength of the suction and how much volume of air is being pulled through the tip. Volume is important in order to pull aerosols and quickly evacuate debris and liquid away from the preparation area and to keep the patient from feeling like they are drowning. Anyone who has tried to use a surgical vacuum with low flow for standard dental procedures can appreciate how important it is to have high volume of suction air. Additionally, the suction pump must also provide good strength in order to work. When a HVE or saliva ejector begins to fill up with liquid, the weight of the liquid can not be lifted unless the suction pump delivers good strength which is commonly measured in inches of mercury (Hg.) lift. The standard for dental suction is 10” Hg which easily pulls a full tube of liquid quickly through but not so strong as to bruise or pull the soft tissues of the oral cavity such as the cheek or tongue. When using small diameter suction tips such as for oral surgery that is pulling very viscous blood and saliva, the suction strength should be set higher up to 20” Hg.

This portable dental suction system by ASI provides an incredible 4.5 scfm when measured at the high volume suction tip and provides a regulated suction strength preset at 12” of Hg. for a variety of procedural applications. The vacuum strength regulator can be adjusted higher up to 20” Hg. for oral surgery type suction tips. The ASI suction system is the only mobile dental system that can operate both a High Volume Evacuator and Saliva Ejector simultaneously and effectively provide the “Right” type of suction needed for dental procedures.

Amalgam Separator and Holding Tank

Equally Important to the volume of suction in the design of mobile dental equipment is how the liquid contents are handled. The suction system should have a holding tank to provide an adequate capacity for a normal day of procedures without requiring frequent emptying, be able to handle caustic chemicals and sticky types of debris such as cements, adhesives, and pastes and be able to easily purge and clean at the end of the day.

Many states have passed laws or are in the planning steps to pass laws that will require amalgam separators be placed on dental suction systems to capture fine particles of amalgam that pass through the standard solids trap filters. All mobile dental equipment should have an amalgam separator in order to meet current or future regulations or the equipment may become quickly obsolete and rendered unusable.

The ASI Triton mobile dental system incorporates modern design capability with a unique combination suction and amalgam separator that effectively separates the air stream from the liquid without hampering suction flow and provides a large 3.5 liter waste holding tank made of select plastic to withstand many caustic chemicals and solvents used in dental procedures. The amalgam separator incorporates a settling tank to allow heavy metals including amalgam particles to collect in a sediment bowl that can be removed and sent in to recycling centers.

Float Switch

Built into the top of the Amalgam Separator is a float switch that prevent over filling of the canister. Once the liquid rises to a pre-set level, the float switch will cut off the power to the vacuum pump to prevent flooding of the system. An ideal "must have" safety feature for self contained dental equipment.

Purge System

The Triton system provides a convenient method for emptying the contents of the holding tank and disinfection of the suction tubes and holding tank. The system uses an electric purge pump that can be turned on that will siphon the liquid from the holding tank and empty out though the purge hose at the back of the system. At the end of the day’s procedures the purge hose can be simply unwound and placed into a sink drain or quick connected to a sink’s P-trap and then the pump turned on to purge the tank. Once complete, water with evacuation cleanser can be suctioned up through the HVE and saliva ejector to disinfect the tubes and the holding tank.

The ASI Triton Mobile Dental System uses a high quality tubing pump that squeezes the specially designed tubing to pull and push contents through the tube. The advantage of this pump is in its reliability due to the fact it can easily pull granular or sticky paste materials without plugging or coming into contact with any of the pumps inner components.

Powerful and Quiet

A critical aspect of mobile dental equipment is that not only should it have powerful performance and be full featured but it also needs to be very quiet for the comfort of the patient and the dental team that will use the equipment all day long. Since the air compressor and vacuum pumps are within the system and are right next to the dental team, careful engineering must be used to provide a very quiet system. The ASI Triton™ system uses a multi-level approach to eliminate sound and vibration that includes high quality dynamically balanced air compressor and suction pump with exclusive sound muffler and attenuators. Further these, utilities are mounted on special spring like isolators to allow the pumps to “float on air” to eliminate vibration and noise. The inner chassis then is lined with sound foam that is engineered to absorb the sound wave frequencies of the compressor and vacuum pump to further eliminate any noise. This in depth engineering enables the Triton system to not only delver powerful capabilities but quietly at an incredible 46 decibels when measured at only 3’ from the system.