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A Guide to Industrial Vacuum Cleaners
Industrial vacuum cleaners are designed with
two basic functions in mind – the removal of debris of all types
from the floor and the removal of debris of all types from the air
in the working environment. The first application was tricky, to say
the least, but the specific needs were dealt with until systems and
units were produced that could handle almost any type of debris from
the floor of a manufacturing company.
At first, the size of the debris was a question to be dealt with.
Then there were wet and dry items that needed to be dealt with
simultaneously. Extremely hot or corrosive elements were added to
the mix and then radioactive debris had to be taken into account.
All of this debris, a bi-product of some sort of manufacturing or
large-scale commercial operation, had to be dealt with by vacuum
cleaner manufacturers. Often, the special requirements of a company
were dealt with on a case-by-case basis at the same time as the new
plant was being constructed.
Similarly, airborne debris, dust and microscopic particles of
whatever was being produced in the shop had to be removed from the
air, either to protect the workers or to gather and store the
valuable materials to keep from losing them. Huge vacuum cleaners
were mounted on rooftops, and behind the factories themselves, that
resembled air-conditioning units more closely than vacuum cleaners.
But they performed precisely the opposite function. Where
air-conditioners cool and then pump air into the factory to keep
temperatures comfortable and controlled, these huge vacuum cleaners
are sucking the air out of the factories, either from the ceiling
levels or from beneath the floor, filtering out the debris and
keeping it accessible during cleaning.
Factories that produce fine particulate debris as part of their
manufacturing process need to maintain a safe breathing environment
for their workers and those companies that are refining a valuable
metal need to collect the particulates for later re-use. Both
functions are amply served by today’s industrial vacuum cleaners.
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