Compressed Air Best Practices - February 2008 - (Page 24) | 02/08 Focu Industry BULK HANDLING cus | Industrial Vacuum Cleaners Use By Lisa Zocco Compressed Air Por Portland cement companies combat heavy dust, reclaim product and enhance quality control using a variety of vacuum cleaning applications. In an industry that has its roots in ancient Roman times, and turns mountains into dust with rugged equipment that pounds, crushes and grinds, a vacuum cleaner seems almost unnatural — a little domestic. However, with recent supply shortages and tighter EPA and OSHA regulations, Portland cement manufacturers are finding vacuum cleaners to be the ideal solution to reclaim product and comply with health and safety regulations. As a result, industrial vacuum cleaners are being used in nearly every step of the manufacturing process, from the cement plant to the lab, in loading and unloading terminals, as well as in bagging operations. Each step in the manufacturing and distribution process has its own pains and thus requires unique solutions. In the lab environment, a little dust is a big problem and may require a dedusting system for quality control measures, but a cement plant that spans many floors and produces one thousand pounds of dust per day may require a central vacuum system with a piping network to each floor. For bagging operations where dust is difficult to control, a continuous duty vacuum system is ideal; and in areas where spillage is minimal, like loading and unloading stations, a single portable air-operated vacuum may be sufficient for periodic clean up. Buzzi Unicem USA’s Pensacola terminal reclaims between 500 to 600 lbs. of Portland cement every other day using VAC-U-MAX air operated vacuum cleaners. Without VAC-U-MAX’s air operated vacuum cleaners, heavy cement must be shoveled away from boot seals and adjacent areas. 24 www.airbestpractices.com http://www.airbestpractices.com
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