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Vacuum Cleaning
The Control of Substances Hazardous to
Health Legislation states that the sweeping of dusts
from surfaces must be avoided at all times. The use
of vacuum cleaning technology prevents surface dusts
from becoming airborne and subsequently inhaled via
a trouble-free process. This means that as well as bringing
health benefits to your employees and improving cleaning
times, vacuum cleaning systems are now a legal requirement.
From chemical plants, laboratories, clean
rooms, food facilities, aggregate plants, packaging
plants, and general factories, MECHON are able to provide
centralised vacuum cleaning (CVC) systems that are designed
to meet the specific requirements of individual clients.
A centralised vacuum cleaning system comprises
a series of interconnected hose connection points, located
in optimum positions throughout the workplace. The operator
simply connects carefully selected tools to the intake
points, allowing rapid cleaning of surfaces or extraction
from piles. The vacuum cleaning systems may be designed
to extract from any number of points simultaneously,
improving feasibility when compared to individual mobile
units for each area.
Extracted dusts and powders are conveyed
through a system of high pressure pipework to a single
dust filtration plant. The material is then separated
from the air stream and collected in a suitable container
for disposal or recovery.
Roots, side channel, or multistage exhausters
are utilised to create the vacuum required at the connection
points. The exhausters are installed complete with all
safety devices including pressure relief valves, secondary
filters, in-line silencers, and acoustic housing.
The key benefits of centralised vacuum
cleaning systems include:
- No moving around of heavy cleaning
equipment
- Reduced airborne and surface dusts
within the workplace
- Rapid and efficient system of cleaning
– central vacuum cleaning systems are able to
clean at a faster rate than equivalent mobile units
due to larger tools and extraction rates
- No electrical extensions within the
workplace (as with mobile vacuum cleaning units)
- Reduction in labour costs (operators
are able clean their own areas)
- Vacuum cleaning systems can be designed
to handle hazardous dusts and explosive dusts
- Large dust collection capacities available
- mobile systems are required to be emptied frequently,
increasing handling times and creating dust clouds
(defeating the object of vacuum cleaning )
- High efficiency filtration with automated
cleaning – filters on mobile vacuum cleaning
units usually recirculate large amounts of dust back
into the workplace and require constant replacement
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