Portable vacuum makes a clean sweep
A glass panel manufacturer acquires a portable industrial vacuum to eliminate airborne dust.
Techneglas, headquartered Columbus, Ohio, manufactures glass panels for television screens at its plant in Pittston, Pa. In the past, operators would manually sweep up dust and broken glass that accumulated beneath the company's large annealing ovens [or lehrs]. However, this created airborne dust that caused panel defects. To solve this problem, the company worked with an industrial vacuum supplier install a portable industrial vacuum the Pittston plant.