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CORPORATE PROFILES
VAC-U-MAX INDUSTRIAL VACUUM CLEANING SOLUTIONS – AIR-DRIVEN, ATEX-CERTIFIED
Since 1954 VAC-U-MAX has provided bulk material handling and industrial vacuum cleaning solutions to industries worldwide. Following the dreams of founder Frank Pendleton, VAC-U-MAX designed the world’s first industrial vacuum cleaner operating only on compressed-air to service the highly combustible textile mills industry of New Jersey. In addition to servicing niches for combustible dust handling, in 1970 VAC- U-MAX designed and engineered compressed-air powered industrial vacuum clean- ers for Pam American Airlines for the evacuation of highly flammable jet fuel from the wing tanks of the first Boeing 747 aircraft. Since 1954 VAC-U-MAX designed, manufactured and marketed a full range of compressed-air driven industrial vacuum cleaners for combustible dusts, flammable liquids and reactive powders with product range expanding to include explosion-proof electric-powered vacs used in agricul- ture, chemical and food industries, as well as portable, continuous-duty, and central vacuum cleaning systems. In 2018 VAC-U-MAX designed the first renewable-energy lithium-ion vacuum cleaning system for high volume recovery of post-consumer waste for municipal transit track cleaning applications.
Product range includes a portable, continuous duty (1-3 operators at one time), and central vacuum cleaning systems. VAC-U-MAX combustible dust vacs (CD-Series) are compressed-air operated and are ATEX-certified for Class II, Division 2 hazardous area locations. VAC-U-MAX explosion-proof electric-powered industrial vacs feature 55-gallons of collection capacity for Class II, Groups F & G combustible dust environ- ments. VAC-U-MAX flammable liquid (FL-Series) and submerged recovery (SR-Series) for reactive powders are ATEX-certified with the SR-Series rendering reactive and metal powders inert. Additionally, VAC-U-MAX product range includes process auto- mation systems for bulk material transfer of over 10,000 various powders, flakes, fibers, pellets and other granular materials. For more information about VAC-U-MAX www.vac-u-max.com.
VAC-U-MAX
www.vac-u-max.com
69 William Street Belleville, NJ USA 07019
Tel: (973) 759-4600, (800) VAC-U-MAX
Contact Information
info@vac-u-max.com
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