Vacuum solutions engineered for mining & minerals
The industry that wrote the first chapters of occupational-dust regulation — where dust is measured by the ton and the same fugitive cloud is two hazards at once: an explosion risk in the case of coal and sulfides, and at the respirable scale a slow-motion health catastrophe. In crushing, screening, milling and bagging facilities, that dual hazard is managed where the dust is generated.
Dual-Hazard Aware
Explosion and chronic disease
Respirable Silica
The deadliest occupational dust
HEPA Filtration
Fine and respirable fractions
Built for Processing
Crushing, screening & bagging
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Mining & Minerals production process explorer
Every stage. Every challenge. The right vacuum solution.
A mineral operation reduces raw rock to sized, packaged product, shedding dust at every crush, screen and transfer — at a scale few other industries match. Walk the processing and handling stages where a vacuum earns its place.
Stage 01 — Crushing & primary reduction
Primary and secondary crushing liberate the first, coarsest dust and the fine respirable fraction beneath it; recovery targets fugitive accumulation around crushers rather than the raw stream.
Key challenges
Two hazards in one cloud, at scale
Respirable Crystalline Silica
Silica-bearing minerals produce the deadliest occupational dust — respirable crystalline silica carries a 50 µg/m³ exposure limit and demands HEPA-retained, exposure-controlled recovery.
Explosive Coal & Sulfides
Coal, lignite and metal-sulfide dusts deflagrate — the explosion side of the mineral cloud, handled with grounded, rated recovery where those materials are processed.
Dust By The Ton
Scale is the defining challenge — fugitive accumulation builds on structures and equipment at massive tonnage, faster than in almost any other industry.
It Settles Everywhere
Transfer points, structures and overhead surfaces accumulate combustible and respirable dust between cleanings — the fugitive fraction is the one that matters.
Two Hazards, One Program
The same dust is an explosion risk and a chronic-health hazard, so the housekeeping program is specified to satisfy both at once.
Electrical & Control Spaces
Settled mineral dust in electrical and control rooms is both an ignition source and a cause of equipment failure — a priority for scheduled recovery.
Dust & materials knowledge center
What mineral processing generates
Combustibility and severity are material- and particle-size-specific — testing and your Dust Hazard Analysis govern. Full directory: the full materials directory.
Applications in mineral processing
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Explosion Proof Vacuums
Grounded, bonded recovery for combustible dust
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HEPA Vacuums
99.99% filtration for fine and hazardous dust
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Industrial Vacuums
Continuous-duty recovery for demanding plants
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Central Vacuum Systems
Facility-wide housekeeping from fixed drops
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Representative case study
Coal and Biomass Dust Housekeeping at a Power
A representative scenario: controlling carbonaceous dust and its tendency to smoulder across a fuel handling and boiler house operation.
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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.
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