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Vac & Air/Industries

Industries

Each industry connects to its applications, requirements, technologies, equipment and manufacturers.

CNC router gantry cutting a sheet on a nested table

Woodworking + CNC

Nested-based CNC routers hold sheet goods with vacuum; plant air drives tool changers, clamps and finishing.

Automated can packaging line in a modern factory

Packaging

Vacuum seals, forms and picks; compressed air actuates the line.

Food sorting conveyor in a processing plant

Food + Beverage

Hygiene and air purity shape every decision, from vacuum packing to oil-free process air.

Plastic bottle on an automated production line

Plastics

Thermoforming, extrusion calibration, degassing and material conveying all depend on vacuum.

Automated handling machinery on a production line

Printing

Sheet feeding, transport and drying use both vacuum and pressure from the same machines.

Stainless process vessel and valves in a clean production room

Pharmaceutical

Drying, distillation and solvent recovery need clean, documented, process-tolerant vacuum and air.

Pressure gauge on stainless equipment in a sterile room

Medical

Hospital suction and medical air are life-safety systems with their own codes and redundancy rules.

Stainless gas manifold lines on a clean-room wall

Semiconductor

Dry vacuum from load-lock to process chamber, and ultra-clean dry air throughout the fab.

Machine printing a circuit board, close up

Electronics

Pick-and-place, reflow and assembly need clean, steady vacuum and dry air.

Process plant piping, pumps and valves

Chemical

Distillation, evaporation and reactor service with corrosive, condensable gases.

Technician servicing an air compressor in a workshop

Automotive

Leak testing, robotics, paint and plant air across body, powertrain and assembly.

Three pressure gauges on a process line

Metalworking

Heat treatment furnaces, degassing and high-demand plant air.

Process skid with pumps and controls in a plant room

General Manufacturing

Most plants run both vacuum and compressed air, usually without one place to see them together.

Oil refinery towers and piping at dusk

Oil + Gas

Vapour recovery, dehydration and refining on the vacuum side; instrument air and process gas compression on the air side.

Turbine hall interior in a power station

Power Generation

Condenser vacuum and turbine seal systems in power plants, with instrument and service air throughout.

Paper rolls moving along a converting line

Pulp + Paper

Paper machines depend on large liquid ring vacuum systems for forming and pressing, and on plant air throughout converting.

Aerial view of a wastewater treatment plant

Water + Wastewater

Aeration blowers are often a treatment plant's largest energy user; vacuum priming and sewer systems use pumps too.

Wheel loader working a rock quarry

Mining

Compressed air drives drills, tools and flotation; vacuum filtration dewaters concentrate.