Centralised vacuum save time and money
September 1st 2005 Acentralised vacuum cleaning system has been installed by Dust Extraction International for an international metallurgical processing company in the UK. The requirement was for a multi-operator housekeeping or a single operator bulk removal system.
An in-house project manager undertook a feasibility study into centralised vacuum cleaning systems for certain areas of its plant. Several companies were then asked for quotations. Dust Extraction International was chosen for its speed of response, its detailed engineering and commercial tender and the fact that its systems had been used successfully in another of the company’s plants.
A graduated pipework system was installed to interconnect 20 hose connection points; fifteen 50mm points for general house- keeping duties and five 80mm hose connections for bulk product removal throughout the multi-floor building. These are connected back to a filter separator and exhauster located externally at ground level.
The system has been designed for two operators using a 50mm flexible hose and tool carrying out general housekeeping/vacuum cleaning duties or for one operator using an 80mm flexible hose and tool carrying out bulk spillage removal duties from specific areas.
Extracted products, generally powders, are separated from the conveying air within a filter separator that has filtration media cleaned by the reverse jet technique. Materials are dispensed from the vessel into an FIBC connected to the separator via a spigot and strap via twin pneumatically operated discharge valves.
The company says that the system was installed safely with no disruption to its manufacturing processes. More articles from Dust Extraction Ltd: | 
