Vacuum cleaners for cleanrooms, ATEX and special applications
Aspiration solutions for clean and sensitive environments are an absolute necessity for the pharmaceutical, chemical, biotech and food industries. The quick and easy recovery of small or large quantities of flammable liquids, or combustible or toxic dusts, is essential.
To this end, STERIGENE and its partner TIGER-VAC, a specialist in industrial vacuum cleaners, offer you a range of vacuum solutions that meet the strictest safety standards in force and are both user and environmentally-friendly. These industrial vacuum cleaners have been designed to be moved easily from one area to another.
ATEX certified industrial vacuum cleaner models
STERIGENE offers a range of ATEX industrial vacuum cleaners composed of several models with different and varied characteristics. With different sizes and suction characteristics, these ATEX vacuum cleaners can collect liquids and/or dusts in complete safety thanks to their explosion-proof certification.
Equipped with ULPA or HEPA filters, these ATEX industrial vacuum cleaners enable operator safety for the maintenance and general cleaning of hazardous areas.
Some tanks are also autoclavable for better adaptation to the critical conditions of controlled environments and cleanrooms in the pharmaceutical or chemical industries.
Each model has a wide range of accessories that make these ATEX industrial vacuum cleaners versatile and complete vacuum solutions to meet your varied needs.
ATEX regulations
The ATEX (ATmosphères EXplosives) regulations are derived from two European directives: 2014/34/EU (formerly 94/9/EC) for equipment intended for use in ATEX zones, and 1999/92/EC for employee safety. It applies in France pursuant to compliance with the requirements of the Labour Code.
CLASSIFICATION OF ATEX ZONES |
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| For gases
ZONE 0: Permanent exposure ZONE 1: In the immediate vicinity (approx. 1 m) ZONE 2: Subject to gas |
For dust
ZONE 20: Permanent exposure ZONE 21: In the immediate vicinity (approx. 1 m) ZONE 22: Prone to gathering dust |
Vacuum cleaner models for cleanrooms
A special range of industrial vacuum cleaners is designed for cleanrooms and controlled environment areas in the pharmaceutical, microelectronic or chemical industries.
These cleanroom vacuums are designed for liquid and/or dust collection with very high levels of ULPA or HEPA filtration. Mainly made of high-quality stainless steel, the tanks are autoclavable so as to be better adapted to the critical conditions of controlled environments and cleanrooms.
Specially designed for the microelectronics industry, some cleanroom vacuums are ESD certified or have EMI isolating filters that reduce electromagnetic and radio interference.
Each model has a wide range of accessories that make these cleanroom industrial vacuum cleaners versatile and provide complete vacuum solutions to meet your varied needs.
Special industrial vacuum cleaner models (acids, mercury, asbestos)
To complete the range and offer a vacuum solution for every requirement, STERIGENE and TIGER-VAC also offer industrial vacuum cleaners for the collection and containment of mercury, acids, corrosive liquids and asbestos.
Equipped with activated carbon tanks (Mersorb®, KINA 3 or MRAC), these industrial vacuum cleaners enable the collection, containment and absorption of toxic fumes and safe transport of the contents for the operators of the many industries affected by these products.
Each model has a wide range of accessories that make these industrial vacuum cleaners versatile and complete vacuum solutions to meet your varied needs.
Industrial vacuum cleaner models for sanding, as well as the nuclear and fuel industries
The collection of fine metallic or toxic particles is also at the heart of our range of vacuum solutions. STERIGENE offers many models that can be adapted to the most critical and regulated industries, such as the nuclear industry.
These industrial vacuum cleaners specialise in the collection and neutralisation of combustible dusts, various metals (aluminium, magnesium, zirconium and other alloys), fuel and dusts requiring total containment.
Each model has a wide range of accessories that make these industrial vacuum cleaners versatile and complete vacuum solutions to meet your varied needs.
