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PrestiVac

Vacuum solutions engineered for data centers

The facility where dust is measured in failures, not fires — conductive zinc whiskers shed by raised-floor hardware, a subfloor plenum that doubles as the supply duct for every server intake, and uptime commitments that mean cleaning happens around running equipment, never instead of it.

  • HEPA Filtration

    Exhaust cleaner than the room

  • Live-Load Protocols

    Work around running equipment

  • Static-Safe Practice

    Grounded recovery near electronics

  • Uptime-First Scheduling

    Change windows, not shutdowns

  • Explosion-Proof

    Manufacturing specialists

  • 1000+

    Vacuums sold worldwide

  • USA

    Designed & manufactured

  • Direct

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  • NFPA 660

    ATEX / IECEx principles

Data Centers production process explorer

Every stage. Every challenge. The right vacuum solution.

A data center's dust geography runs from the void under the tiles to the staging dock — and its most distinctive hazards are invisible until something fails. Walk the stages to see where the program earns its keep.

Stage 01Raised floor & tiles

Tile lifting is the disturbance event — electroplated tiles and understructure can shed zinc whiskers, so tile work pairs with HEPA recovery at the opening, never a dry wipe-down.

Key challenges

Failures, not fires — the sensitive-environment problem

  • Zinc Whiskers

    Electroplated floor tiles and understructure can grow microscopic conductive filaments — disturbed, they ride the airflow into equipment and short circuits. Documented since the early raised-floor era.

  • The Plenum Is the Duct

    Underfloor voids supply the cooling air — whatever settles there is queued for delivery to server intakes.

  • Uptime Is the Metric

    Particulate causes thermal and electrical faults long before any fire code takes interest — the consequence ledger here is availability.

  • Live-Load Work

    Halls don't shut down to be cleaned — protocols, change windows and static discipline replace the luxury of an empty room.

  • Construction Migration

    Build-outs shed concrete, drywall and packaging dust into rooms that cannot absorb it — containment and recovery travel with the work.

  • Measured Cleanliness

    Operators set particulate targets and inspect against them — housekeeping here is a measured deliverable, not an assumption.

Dust & materials knowledge center

Know the contaminants. Match the recovery.

Common Data Centers materials and recovery approaches
MaterialCombustibleRecovery approachDeep dive
Zinc whiskersNo — conductive metal filamentsSpecialized HEPA recovery during any tile or understructure work; never dry-sweep
Concrete & subfloor dustNo — inert mineralHEPA recovery; silica rules apply when drilling or cutting
Drywall & construction dustNoContainment plus HEPA recovery during build-outs
Cardboard & packaging dustCombustible — but contamination is the issue hereRecovery at staging; packaging never enters the white space
Toner & printer residuesYes — combustible organic finesHEPA-retained recovery with sealed disposal
Battery-room residuesVariesHEPA recovery with exposure-aware, sealed handling

Combustibility and severity are material- and particle-size-specific — testing and your Dust Hazard Analysis govern. Full directory: the full materials directory.

Talk to the manufacturer

Get the right explosion proof vacuum for your application.

Tell us what you need to vacuum and where. Our technical team will recommend the PrestiVac model best suited to your material, your classification and how hard you will work it — and because we build every unit ourselves, we can modify it to fit.

  • Legally certified explosion proof
  • Solid stainless steel construction
  • Industry-best 3-year warranty
  • Designed & manufactured in the USA
  • 200+ vacuum versions