For over twenty-five years, VecLoader vacuums have provided solutions to industry and contractors alike for the recovery, removal and transport of a wide range of materials - from cement, petrochemical products, sand, activated carbon, fly ash and roofing rock to liquids, waste water and slurries. Other solutions include recovery and reclassification systems for steel grit, and other abrasives and hazardous materials like lead dust and asbestos.

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About Vacuums

VecLoaders are the best high powered vacuum systems available in the world today. Organizations considering use of a vacuum system should benefit from Vector Technologies' thirty plus years of experience in solving a variety of conveyance and clean-up problems in numerous industries.

Vacuums are not a panacea for all problems. Sometimes vacuums can be more costly or less productive than mechanical alternatives. VecLoader vacuums are recommended when other means are not feasible due to limited space, the nature of the product (weight, dust, liquid content or health, safety, and environmental risk) or lack of a viable mechanical alternative, especially front end loaders, conveyors or pumps.

The following are representative of situations where Vector has provided vacuum solutions. Hopefully these examples provide insight into our corporate capabilities and the use of our products.

Steel mills use VecLoaders to clean ingot molds and furnaces. VecLoaders are utilized because pit cleaning by hand is not cost-effective and space constraints restrict use of a front end loader or other mechanical options. Gold mines also benefit from VecLoader use. In addition to ore conveyance, VecLoaders are used to fill blast holes since a VecLoader can be easily moved by a one ton truck and the discharge design allows a controlled dump to the blast hole. Using a conveyor or front end loader to fill holes undoubtedly results in overfill. Copper mines also use VecLoaders for conveyor spill clean-up as do foundries. Coal producers clean dust and fly ash spills operating VecLoaders. Carbon processors choose VecLoaders because vacuum conveyance does not destroy the granular nature of activated carbon as would manual or mechanical alternatives.

Asbestos removal contractors use VecLoader Hepa Vacs due to the hazardous nature of the product. VecLoaders reduce the time workers are exposed to asbestos fibers and are far more cost effective than hand labor. Further, a VecLoader provides additional savings to the contractor. A VecLoader fills bags more compactly, thereby reducing waste burial costs.

Carbide plants operate VecLoaders to clean their rafters since the product is extremely expensive and the carbide dust can be reprocessed. Brillion plants and brass foundries clean all parts of their facilities using VecLoaders due to the hazardous nature of the dust and the value of the raw materials. Wastewater treatment plants select VecLoaders to clean filter beds since sludge cannot be effectively collected by hand.

Abrasive blasters operate VecLoaders to recover sand, steel grit or other blast media used for cleaning bridges and other steel structures. The hazardous nature of lead dust preclude use of a front end loader, so VecLoaders are called upon to convey very heavy blast media distances up to 360 meters.

VecLoaders are often deployed to clean oil and other hazardous spills. They were used on both barges and land after the Valdez spill. VecLoaders recover spilled bulk solids, liquids and slurries.VecLoaders clean sump pumps and evacuate radioactive sites and gunnery ranges.

VecLoaders clean hard to reach crawl spaces when soil is contaminated with trace minerals, asbestos, and other assorted elements. Contractors use VecLoaders for "soft trenching" of optic cables whenever a digging devise may penetrate the cable.

VecLoaders are selected for barge and railcar filling, bulk and final clean out. VecLoaders remove roofing rock from built-up roofs and clean petroleum based resins embedded in processing machinery or spilled during transport or processing. VecLoaders also dig around the perimeter of oil pipelines and water mains where a pipe rupture would be catastrophic.

Vector vacuum systems make up part of process systems in cement plants, food plants and glass plants.

And of course, VecLoaders are called upon for general plant housekeeping and clean-up.

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