Choosing the Right Industrial Vacuum Cleaner

Before choosing an industrial vacuum cleaner, we recommend considering several factors:

• Your vacuum cleaner needs to be suited to its intended application. You’ll need to know the type of waste you need to vacuum (wet or dry dust, shavings/chips, hazardous dust, etc.). There are two main types of industrial vacuum cleaners: dust fume extractors and wet/dry vacuum cleaners. The former sucks up dust, contaminants, and dirt. Wet and dry vacuum cleaners absorb liquids and damp or dry dust.
• The power and number of motors required for your vacuum cleaner: More motors available means the vacuum cleaner will be able to better adapt to your needs. The motors must also be suited to your use; for example, a three-phase motor is better suited to long use than a single-phase motor.
• Ideal tank size: The larger the tank, the greater the storage capacity of your vacuum cleaner.

Nilfisk vacuum cleaner

Oil and chip vacuum cleaners are indispensable in the metalworking industry. They are designed to vacuum chips and liquids resulting from the use of machine tools. They are used to clean around and inside machines. These vacuums are designed to separate chips from liquids. This means you can recover and reuse liquids such as coolants and cutting fluids.

DEPURECO vacuum cleaner

A hazardous dust vacuum cleaner is an essential tool for ensuring the health of professionals in certain trades, such as construction. These workers use extremely polluting machines that produce a lot of dust (wood, stone, plaster). To prevent occupational illness, it is the company’s responsibility to take steps to ensure that this dust is reduced to a sufficiently low level so that it is no longer a health hazard. This is why we recommend hazardous dust vacuum cleaners. Hazardous dusts are classified according to their level of danger, determined by the Occupational Exposure Limits (OEL). There are three categories under standard EN 60335-2-69:

• Class L: Dust with moderate risk (OEL> 1 mg/m³). Example: plaster, household dust
• Class M: Dust with medium risk (OEL> 0.1 mg/m³). Example: dust from wood or metal
• Class H: Dust with high risk (OEL< 0.1 mg/m³). Example: asbestos

Therefore, we recommend you determine the Occupational Exposure Limits for the hazardous dust that poses a health hazard for your company’s employees and choose a suitable class of vacuum cleaner.

Delfin vacuum cleaner

You should choose a power supply for your vacuum cleaner depending on how long you want to use it continuously. Note that this may depend on the work surface. If it will be used for more than three hours, we recommend a vacuum cleaner with a three-phase motor, which is both more reliable and more stable. Conversely, if you’re going to be working for less than three hours, a single-phase motor will suffice. Finally, if you’re working in an ATEX classified zone, we’d recommend a pneumatic vacuum cleaner. This equipment does not use electricity or produce sparks. As a result, the risks of fire and explosion are limited, and they are explosion-proof vacuum cleaners.

The main advantage of a two- or three-motor vacuum cleaner is its ability to adapt to the required airflow. If the airflow is low, the vacuum cleaner can work with a single motor; if it’s high, it works with several motors. The more motors your vacuum cleaner has, the more it will be able to adapt to your needs.

Because some dusts are hazardous, industrial vacuum cleaners must comply with certain standards. Hazardous dusts are classified according to their OEL (Occupational Exposure Limits). Standard EN 60335-2-69 distinguishes three types of dust: Class L (dust with moderate risk, with OEL greater than 1 mg/m³), Class M (dust with medium risk, with OEL greater than 0.1 mg/m³), and Class H (dust with high risk, with OEL less than 0.1 mg/m³). Explosive zones are standardized according to their level of danger. You need to define the risk zones on your site, according to the standards listed below. We recommend that you choose an ATEX vacuum cleaner according to these standards:

• Gases/vapors: Zone 0 (1,000 hours/year) = permanent, long-term or frequent hazard
• Gases/vapors: Zone 1 (between 10 and 1,000 hours/year or more) = occasional hazard
• Gases/vapors: Zone 2 (less than 10 hours/year) = rare or short-term hazard
• Dust: Zone 20 (1,000 hours/year) = permanent, long-term, or frequent hazard
• Dust: Zone 21 (between 10 – 1,000 hours/year) = occasional hazard
• Dust: Zone 22 (less than 10 hours/year) = rare or short-term hazard