When Should A HEPA Vacuum Be Your Weapon Of Choice?
There are all sorts of vacuum cleaners available in the commercial and industrial world – wet/dry, soot and powder, machine shop and heavy-duty, to name just a few. In most cases, it seems fairly clear which sort of vacuum cleaner you use for which application. But one kind of vacuum – the HEPA vacuum – carries with it more than a little uncertainty about when it should be used.
“When should we use a HEPA vacuum?” we often hear you, our readers, ask. The answer is – a HEPA vacuum is like the old “roach hotel”. Dirt goes in but it doesn’t come out. So, you should use it when you want to fully contain everything that enters the vacuum cleaner.
A true HEPA vacuum cleaner has been tested to a specific standard, usually MIL-STD 282 – and has been proven to capture 99.97% of particles .3 micron or larger. It takes a pretty good filter to capture all but 3 of every 10,000 particles that pass through it.
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ULPA Vacuum Cleaner – How To Keep A Cleanroom Clean
Cleanroom operators face a variety of operational challenges, not the least of which is the ongoing battle to keep the cleanroom clean – a battle in which their number one weapon could be the ULPA Vacuum Cleaner.
The greatest challenge in cleaning a cleanroom and keeping a cleanroom clean (try saying that fast five times in a row) is removing particulate matter without spreading it around and contaminating everything inside the room.
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