The following list covers just a small sample
of the applications using vacuum or blower
technology to hold or move. The images below
the list show a few examples. |
Aeration
Air Sampling
Aquatics
Agitation
Air Knives
Air Beds (Medical)
Chemical Manufacture
Composite Moulding
Conveying
Air Bearings
Dental Vacuum
Drying
Dust Extraction
Extrusion |
Filling Machines
Food Packaging
Food Processing Machines
Fume Extraction
Printing
Sewerage Treatment
Backwash Filter
Gas Monitoring
Ground Remediation
Pharmaceutical Weighing/Sorting
Oxygenation
Hospital Vacuum
Impregnation
Laminating
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Modified Atmosphere Packing
Packaging Machines
Pharmaceutical Drying
Pick & Place
Pneumatic Conveying
Refrigerant Recovery
Centralised Vacuum Systems
Compounding
Labelling
Routing
Screen Printing Machines
Sewage Aeration
Vacuum Hold Down |
Blower applications
(see
below for vacuum aplications)
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| AIR KNIFE |
AGITATION
TANK |
PORTABLE BUILDINGS |
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| Air knives offer a more efficient way to
blow, clean, dry or cool parts, webs, conveyors
and other surfaces. |
Air is delivered to a plating tank via pipework
where it is blown through a pipe with small
diameter holes. The air agitates the plating
solution helping to ensure a consistent strength
of solution is in touch with the items being
plated. |
Small intermittent use unit is used to give
air to welded seamed inflatable structures. |
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| OXYGENATION/AQUATICS |
AIR ASSISTED
TURNER BARS |
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| Air assisted turner bars
provide a convenient and reliable method
of turning a web (usually through 90),
via the necessary 'lead-in' and 'lead-out'
path rollers, along with air blower
motors. |
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| Air is passed through difuser stones or
pads to give oxygenation to aquatic life in
pond or hatcheries. |
| LABELLING |
| Labels are blown from small bellows directly
onto product when air is diverted from vacuum
to pressure. |
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Vacuum
applications
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| DENTAL &
MEDICAL |
HOLD DOWN
TABLES |
AIR SAMPLING |
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| Waste anaesthetic gas is removed to filter
units from operating theatres and waste is
removed to collection vessels in dental practices. |
Vacuum is applied via a plenum chamber beneath
a perforated bed in order to hold a product
in place for restoration or laser cutting/shaping. |
Air is drawn through a set of filters then
tested to analyse the enzyme levels in the
local environment. |
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| PICK AND PLACE |
CENTRALISED VACUUM CLEANING |
LABELLING |
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| Small nozzles or pipes are positioned around
the table/ conveyor and vacuum is applied
and de-applied to pick then place the product
in a variety of positions for either packing
or processing. |
A centralised vacuum 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
spillages to a centralised collection point.
The vacuum cleaning systems can be designed
to extract from any number of points simultaneously,
improving feasibility when compared to individual
mobile units for each area. |
Labels are drawn from a roll via vacuum
for placement onto various items via small
suction bellows. |
