COMPOUNDING, EXTRUSION, RESIN PRODUCTION & MASTERBACH
The Plastics Industry demands equipment that will handle bulk powders with maximized focus on continuous throughput, machine uptime, safety, productivity, and end-product quality — while minimizing downtime, dusting & degradation.
Whether scaling up existing systems, adding production lines, or automating processes, we bring unparalleled engineering expertise to every project, with rapid turnaround times, responsive support, and a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. We can adapt equipment, supply ancillary equipment, and offer alternative technologies to create the ideal solution for your process.
DUST-FREE MATERIAL TRANSFER
- Material is drawn directly from drums, super-sacks, storage containers, totes, or other process vessels — without manual lifting, stair-climbing or messy dumping.
- Automated systems can be completely sealed minimizing fugitive and combustible dust.
- Any potential leakage will be inward — no materials or combustible dust discharged into the work area.
- Filtration based on application requirements — Uni-filter, Multi filter (sock), Multifilter (pleated bag), or cartridge filter
- All systems are available with secondary HEPA filtration located ahead of the vacuum producer.
WHY VACUUM CONVEYING?
- Eliminate hand scooping & messy dumping
- Any potential air leaks are inward, not outward
- Powders/Granular materials delivered in a closed process
- Material easily & safely delivered from point A to point B
- Material is discharged into the process with control
- Ideal for large containers, reduces frequent container changes
- Long service life and lower cleaning costs
- Minimal maintenance due to few moving parts
- Reduced downtime, reduces operating costs
- Vacuum conveying lines can be routed between floors, through partitions, around machinery — and can be easily re-routed to accommodate process modifications.
- Ideal for Toll Processors – adaptable, easily integrated, automated, and reused.
- Allows floor-level loading, no manual lifting, ladder or stair climbing, trip/fall hazards, heavy lifting, or messy dumping.
- Mobility brings vacuum conveying to the extruder
DILUTE PHASE MAXIMIZED
- Material entrained in the air stream
- Handfuls to 25,000 lbs/hr (11,000 kg/hr)
- Less then 300 ft (90m) convey distance
- Up to 6” (150mm) convey line
SAFETY & CERTIFICATION
- Explosion protection available based on the application
- Rupture Discs, Flame-less Venting, Chemical Suppression, Pressure Containment, Inlet & Outlet Isolation Valves
- Conveying with inert gas
- In-House Passivation & Dye-Penetrant Testing
- For Medical Extrusion, FDA Documentation, Passivation Certificates of Compliance and Mill Certifications
- Bag-in-Bag-Out Filtration
- Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) available at VAC-U-MAX’s 6,000 sq/ft customer test lab in Belleville, NJ.
CONTROLS
- UL and C-UL certified control panel designer and builder for General Purpose, Class 1, and Class 2 environments
- VAC-U-MAX controls with local PLC or remote plant system including Allen-Bradley, Siemens, RTU, Modbus +, Modbus/TCP, Allen Bradley DF1, Device Net, Ethernet/IP & Profibus DP.
OTHER CONVEYING TECHNOLOGIES
- AERO-FLEX – Flexible Screw Conveying Solutions
- AEROCON – Aero-Mechanical Conveying Solutions
