Air Dynamics develops solutions where needed to support most resource recovery challenges using engineering expertise, applications expertise, and vacuum aspiration, as a utility to accomplish the task. Vacuum aspiration alone has been proven to fail as evidenced by the myriads of commercial and industrial vacuums sitting unused in the corner of the plant.
One successful example included a GE incandescent lightbulb manufacturing plant where powdered tungsten accumulated in significant amounts throughout the plant floor. The site had a centralized vacuum system which failed to recover the resource. Powdered tungsten has a minimum bulk density of approximately 156 pounds per cubic foot and a tapped bulk density of 625 pounds per cubic foot.
A super sucker truck was brought in to get the job done. This too failed to accomplish much needed resource recovery of the powdered tungsten. Although the customer laughed at the Air Dynamics equipment initially, the results produced a letter of recommendation from GE as an enormous success for the quick removal of over eighty 55-gallon drums of powdered tungsten.
Industrial facilities require efficient vacuum systems to recover materials, reduce waste, and ensure compliance with safety standards. Air Dynamics’ dry and wet resource recovery central vacuum systems provide, efficient, powerful solutions for material recovery across industries such as manufacturing, chemical processing, food manufacturing, and power generation.
