Making Industrial Vacuum Cleaners Safer and Vacuum Conveying Technology Safer and More Productive for 50 Years
Frank Pendleton knew the dust and lint surrounding oiled textile machinery was a time bomb ready to go off.
First hand experience taught him the fire hazard had to be safely and efficiently removed.
Existing electrical vacuums, however, were not only underpowered but also posed a real ignition risk due to sparking on start up.
And traditional compressed air hoses simply blew unwanted debris around.
So Pendleton teamed up with an inventor, and in 1954 introduced the first air-operated vacuum cleaner, or air vac, which was three times as strong as its electrical counterpart and posed no sparking hazard.
From his dedication to meeting industry's needs, Pendleton founded VAC-U-MAX, the world leader of industrial vacuum and vacuum conveying technology.
Now, celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Belleville New Jersey-based company continues its tradition of innovation to solve vacuum-related challenges in a wide range of manufacturing and industrial settings from powder coating and metalworking to chemical and pharmaceutical.Like a free safety on the football field defending against disaster, the venerable air vac remains one of US industry's most mobile and versatile pieces of equipment.
Sam Miller, for example, faced a labor-intensive, potentially dangerous problem in need of a solution, as many in the powder coating industry do."Static electric shock to our workers while vacuuming excess powder coating was a concern," says Miller, Vice President of Miller Welding and Iron Works, a custom job shop fabricator based in Washington, Illinois.
"We couldn't adequately sweep the fine powder residue from the floor, lights, booth walls, and components, and there were potential flammability issues with the powder and the electric shop vacuums we were using.
With the shop vacuums, our productivity suffered too since we not only had to vacuum but also clean by hand using wet rags to prepare booths for the next powder coating job."Miller sought out www.VAC-U-MAX.com, which offers the industry's only written static control guarantee.
To eliminate any shock, fire, or explosion hazard associated with electric or engine driven units, a Venturi compressed air-powered vacuum was installed with anti-sparking vacuum inlets and grounding lugs, static conductivity from end to end, including a static conductive hose with internal ground wire and grounded end cuffs that prevent static build up."The air operated vacuums were designed for powder applications like ours," says Miller.
"They eliminated both our static electricity problem and the spark concern we had with our previous electric shop vacuums.
Not only that, but they're also 30 percent faster than the old shop vac equipment, cover more area, and pick up finer material.
Smaller particles are trapped in the filter, which is safer for our staff."Clean filters thus translate into higher productivity, less operator exposure to contaminants, and higher accountability for controlled substances.
This can be vitally important for industries like pharmaceutical, which not only tracks every ounce of product for the FDA, but also needs to recover ingredients that may be worth hundreds of dollars per ounce, and safeguard operators from ingredients blowing around in the air that may affect them.
For applications like this, the company offers automatic off-line filter cleaning capability on its continuous vacuum systems as well.For safety, productivity, ergonomics, and other goals, www.VAC-U-MAX.com offers pre-engineered solutions and can manufacture industrial vacuum equipment to customers' specific applications..
Enzyme Cleaners - The Only Effective Cat Urine Odor Eliminator
The first time a feline owner encounters an out-of-the-cat-litter-box experience, she probably uses whatever cleaners she has on hand. Initially, it appears she's cleaned the cat urine odor and stain from the location. However, in a matter of hours or days, she still smells the cat urine odor in the "clean" spot and can't figure out why it's still there.You can effectively clean cat urine odor spots and get rid of the odor permanently, but you can't use the cleaners you have for other common household stain problems. This article outlines why only enzyme cleaners are effective in removing cat urine odor and stains.Cat urine is composed of five different bacteria strains. Two of the identified bacteria strains are in cat marking scent, while the others are in the cat urine, the spray, and the uric acid.
The bacteria is the main culprit responsible for the eye-watering, stomach-clenching cat urine smell. Cats usually don't lap up water in great quantities like other animals, so...
Enzyme Cleaners - The Only Effective Cat Urine Odor Eliminator
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Vacuum casting machine features ultra-fast casting speed and simple maintenance
Vacuum casting machines for the lost-wax casting of metal alloy are today widely used in fields like rapid prototyping, jewellery, protesys and dental application, aircraft engine parts.Following suggestions from real users, Topcast Engineering? TVC vacuum casting machine offers new features for a wide range of metal alloys. Alloys based on gold, silver, brass, bronze, aluminium, tin and other metals can be melt.Melting and casting can be made under vacuum or inert atmosphere.Pressure may be differentiated between the melting chamber and the flask chamber up to 3 bar. Maximum process repeatability is ensured by adoption of ceramic sealing materials.Elimination of materials like cement, plasters, pastes, glues carries to a very simple and fast maintenance.Other features:Ultra fast speed: less than 3 minutes for a complete melting/casting cycle of 2kg gold alloy.Simple and cheap graphite crucible. It can be changed in less than 1 minute.Fully programmable: 100 user programs for setting...
Vacuum casting machine features ultra-fast casting speed and simple maintenance
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Getting the Right Vacuum Cleaner for your Home
There are a lot of vacuum cleane rin the market out there, just suited to your needs. With upright, canister, HEPA filtered, bagged and bagless, there is always one that you can count on.
There are 2 ways in which a vacuum cleaner works.
First, and the way we rate a vacuum on most is how debris and dirt is picked up off of a carpet and the floor.
When searching for a vacuum cleaner, the power of the suction motor, is very important for getting good performance.
The second reason, which often left out, is about how well the vacuum filters the air and puts it back into the home. Those with allergy problems will find a HEPA vacuum to be the best choice.
There are many models of HEPA vacuums that can filter out 99% of pollens, dust, and other common household allergens.
There is also the choice of canister or upright vacuum, as this is more or less based on the personal preference.
Both vacuum types have their...
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Carpet Cleaning Machines
There is a wide variety of carpet cleaning machines to choose from. The most commonly used is a vacuum cleaner. Most people prefer an 'upright' vacuum cleaner over a 'canister' for convenience. Some people also like to use a 'hand-held' for stairs and other carpeted areas that don't offer maneuverability.
An 'upright' vacuum cleaner can be used with one or two motors, depending on the type of dirt that accumulates and the type and frequency of cleaning required. Some people also like to use 'spotters' for spot cleaning.
These usually have rotating brushes to scrub the stain off the carpet. In order to select the right carpet cleaning machine, we also need to be sensitive to the fabric that the carpet is made up of.
Another type of carpet cleaning machine is called the 'carpet cleaning extractor'. The extractor is ideal for deep cleaning. Use a regular 'carpet cleaning extractor' or a 'self-contained' one.
A 'carpet cleaning extractor' is suitable...
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Online Florist Beyond Blossoms Announces New Blog About Flowers
(ContentDesk) October 15, 2005 -- Online florist Beyond Blossoms (http://www.beyondblossoms.com) has started a blog to talk about what else, but flowers. The blog is not just for people who want to send flowers, but as a place to provide unusual and interesting information about all things floral, from flower gardening tips to art exhibits featuring flowers, to fun facts about flowers. With all the talk recently about blogs, Beyond Blossoms...
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Litigation Financing Companies
A person involved in litigation of any kind, say a malpractice or an accident, is rarely a lawyer. He or she does not have the least idea as to ?how to go about the situation and recover the losses'. To top it all, often, their savings will not suffice in any way to fight the case.
Hence, they seek the help of an expert attorney. The hired attorney is one who is an experienced expert in the kind of case the person is involved in.
For instance, if it is a case of dental malpractice,...
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Firebird Sounds Inc. Present New CES Innovations 2005 Award Honoree- Wireless Digital Amplifier/Speaker Stand at CES 2005
Las Vegas, NV January 4, 2005 -- Firebird Sounds Inc. is introducing FreenixTM BS Series: High-end wireless (hybrid) digital amplifiers / speaker stands, featuring uncompressed wireless digital CD quality signals; and transforms regular speakers into wireless powered speakers. Firebird Sounds Inc., located in Room 2601, Alexis Park, is demonstrating this CES Innovations 2005 Award Honoree, along with other high-end wireless speakers solutions, its current line of high end home theater speakers,...
Vacuum cleaners speakers Firebird Sounds Inc. Present New CES Innovations 2005 Award Honoree- Wireless Digital Amplifier/Speaker Stand at CES 2005 Making Industrial Vacuum Cleaners Safer and Vacuum Conveying Technology Safer and More Productive for 50 Years
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