Health and Safety hazard are present in the Automotive / Body Repair Shops. During auto body repair, sanding removes paint from surfaces and makes body panels smooth repaired with body filling compounds. Airborne dusts produced during these operations may contain hazardous substances, such as lead and chromium from surface coatings and abrasives from sanding discs that are harmful to the lungs and nervous system of workers.
Reactive and highly combustible powder metals are also present in the Automotive / Body Repair Shops. Finely divided metal powders, such as aluminum, magnesium and titanium can spontaneously combust causing a fire and/or explosion.
PrestiVac Vacuum Cleaner Systems are specifically designed to safely vacuum and collect the hazardous dusts generated in Automotive / Body Repair Shops. Here is a list of different applications. Please click on your application so you can see the different models we have available for you:
- Acids
- Alloys
- Aluminum
- Beryllium
- Body Shop
- Brass
- Bronze
- Carcinogens
- Chromium (Hexavalent)
- Combustible Dusts
- Coolants
- Epoxy Resins
- Fuels / Biofuels / Biodiesels
- Glass
- Hydrocarbons
- Magnesium
- Metals
- Metal Working Fluids
- Powder Coating
- Sandblasting
- Sanding / Grinding
- Solvents
- Steel Shot / Blast Media
- Titanium
- Toxic Dusts