Powerful. Safe. Certified for Hazardous Environments.
EXAIR’s new ATEX EasySwitch Wet/Dry Vacuum System is here—engineered for facilities that demand both high performance and uncompromising safety in explosive dust or gas zones. Whether you’re cleaning dry debris or nonflammable liquids, this system makes it effortless to switch modes and stay productive.
Why Customers Love the ATEX EasySwitch
ATEX-Certified for Zone 1 & Zone 21 explosive environments
Fast wet/dry changeovers with the EasySwitch filter design
No electricity required—powered safely by compressed air
Built‑in grounding everywhere it matters: conductive hoses, bonded toolholder, grounding posts, conductive drum dolly, and more
HEPA filtration option captures up to 99% of fine particulates down to 16–523 nm
Low maintenance with no moving parts to wear out
Optimized for Real Industrial Challenges
From combustible dust to general production cleanup, the ATEX EasySwitch brings dependable suction, rugged construction, and clear compliance peace of mind. Every component is designed to maintain safe bonding and continuity—critical for preventing static discharge in ATEX-classified zones.
The Safety You Need. The Performance You Expect.
If your facility handles explosive dusts, gases, or sensitive materials, EXAIR’s ATEX EasySwitch Wet/Dry Vacuum System delivers the perfect combination of reliability, flexibility, and certification-required protection.
Contact one of our Application Engineers to discuss your application today! You can reach us by phone, fax, e-mail, online chat, video meeting,or through Social Media (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter) or check us out on YouTube. We would love to show you the difference EXAIR equipment can make in your work life.
In the demanding world of industrial maintenance, the “bucket and shovel” method or unreliable electric shop vacs simply don’t cut it. Whether you are managing floor spills, emptying coolant sumps, or recovering expensive fluids from deep pits, you need a solution that is as tough as your environment.
At EXAIR LLC, we’ve spent decades perfecting the Reversible Drum Vac™ (RDV) and High Lift Reversible Drum Vac™ to solve these exact headaches. Here is why our systems are the go-to choice for facility managers and maintenance teams worldwide.
1. Unmatched Reliability with No Moving Parts
Unlike electric vacuums that suffer from motor burnout or impeller clogs, our drum vacs are powered entirely by compressed air. This means:
Zero Maintenance: With no moving parts to wear out, these systems run nearly indefinitely.
Electrical Safety: Eliminating electricity removes the risk of shock in wet environments.
Quiet Operation: Our systems operate at significantly lower noise levels than traditional industrial vacuums.
2. Two-Way Action for Maximum Versatility
The “Reversible” in our name is a game-changer. With a simple turn of a knob, the same stainless-steel pump that filled your drum in under two minutes can reverse the airflow to empty it just as quickly.
Application Spotlight: Laboratory operators have used our Mini Reversible Drum Vac to pump waste from under-lab tanks and then easily discharge it into reclamation vessels.
3. Power When You Need It: The High Lift Advantage
For more “vertical” challenges, the High Lift Reversible Drum Vac provides the extra suction needed to move thick liquids (up to 1400 cPs) or lift fluids up to 15 feet.
Application Spotlight: A ferry operator uses the High Lift RDV to clean out engine room bilges, while a construction firm uses it to recover heavy slurry from concrete cutting—tasks that would kill a standard vacuum.
4. Built-In Safety & Speed
Our systems are engineered for industrial speed without sacrificing safety:
Auto-Shutoff: An internal float stops the vacuuming process once the drum is full, preventing messy overflows.
Rapid Filling: The High Lift model can fill a 55-gallon drum in just 85 seconds.
From cleaning up condiment spills in food processing to recovering hydraulic oil leaks in precast concrete plants, EXAIR drum vacs are the ultimate industrial housekeeping tool.
Feel free to connect with any of our Application Engineering Staff to answer your questions and address your concerns about giving one of these units a try. We are quite sure you will not be disappointed in our products’ performance.
In high-speed manufacturing, static electricity is rarely just a nuisance—it’s an invisible barrier to your success. Whether it’s a label that won’t stick, a sheet that won’t feed, or a “zap” that keeps your operators on edge, static problems are ultimately productivity problems.
At EXAIR, we’ve spent decades listening to customers describe these exact frustrations. We don’t just manufacture static eliminators; we engineer solutions that integrate into your specific process to keep your lines moving at full speed.
Understanding the Toll of Static
We’ve found that many of our customers struggle with static in ways that aren’t always obvious until they stop production. As we’ve discussed in our previous technical deep dives, static is the “silent thief” that steals your efficiency by causing:
Dust Attraction: Ruining high-quality finishes or contaminating food packaging.
Product Misfeed: Causing jams in printing, folding, or bagging operations.
Safety Hazards: Leading to painful shocks for personnel or even fire hazards in volatile environments.
Blemishes on Product: Static discharges can leave a mark on otherwise pristine material as it process through your application.
Your Problems, Our Solutions: Examples from the Field
We believe in a “problem-first” approach. Here is how EXAIR brings value to the specific challenges you face every day, with insights pulled from our long history of application solving:
1. When Static “Glues” Your Material Together
In many web-processing applications, material can become so charged it practically welds itself to the rollers. In our analysis of web cleaning and static, we highlighted how the Gen4 Super Ion Air Knife provides a dual-action solution. It doesn’t just neutralize the charge; it uses a laminar sheet of air to physically separate the material and blow away any clinging debris.
2. Reaching the “Hard to Reach” Places
Not every process happens on a flat conveyor. For customers dealing with complex 3D shapes or deep cavities—like car bumpers or molded containers—standard bars won’t work. As we noted in our post on the versatility of the Ion Air Cannon, we provide focused, long-range neutralization that can reach up to 15 feet away, ensuring that even the most tucked-away surfaces are static-free.
3. Protecting Sensitive Electronics
Static doesn’t just move things; it destroys them. For our customers in the electronics industry, a single discharge can ruin a batch of circuit boards. Our Gen4 Ionizing Points and Bars are designed to meet the rigorous demands of these environments, providing a “shroud” of ionized air that prevents discharge (ESD) before it starts.
The EXAIR Partnership: Why We’re Different
When you call EXAIR, you aren’t just talking to a salesperson; you’re talking to an Application Engineer. Our value to you goes beyond the hardware:
The Efficiency Lab: Not sure which product you need? You can send your materials to us. We will test them in our lab and provide a full report on the best way to neutralize the charge.
Rapid Response: We know that when a line is down, every hour costs money. That’s why we maintain a huge inventory for same-day shipping.
The 30-Day Unconditional Guarantee: We want you to be 100% certain. If our solution doesn’t solve your static problem in your facility, you can return it. No questions asked.
Don’t Let Static Dictate Your Speed
You’ve worked hard to optimize your process; don’t let a physics problem like static electricity hold you back. Whether you are dealing with a “shocker” of a problem or a subtle quality issue, we have the tools and the expertise to help.
Many times EXAIR products are used to help sort materials based on their weight or their density by providing a consistent force against a series of targets that should be of the same density or weight, but when they are not, the airflow can be “tuned” to remove the non-conforming parts.
Model 6042 Aluminum Adjustable Air Amplifier rejects empty pouches.
In this case, our customer (a packaging automation specialist) was working with a form fill and seal machine that was dedicated to making pouches 2” x 8” and filling them with a food product. In some cases, the pouches would not become filled with product and needed to be removed from the line. So, our customer devised a way to mount model 6042 2” Adjustable Air Amplifier along-side the travel of the pouches and set the input pressure and air gap setting to get optimum vacuum capture velocity to suck away empty ones and leave the full ones in-tact. Above you can see a photo that the customer took while mocking up the application at their facility. You can see the hose connected to the output to direct the empty pouches to a wire basket below.
A couple of things in this application made use of the Adjustable Air Amplifier the best choice. The first was the funnel-shaped suction area on the back side of the Adjustable Air Amplifier. This optimizes the Air Amplifier’s ability to draw in ambient air to propel it to the outlet. In doing this the un-filled, light-weight, plastic pouch becomes caught in the high velocity stream and thus gets carried away as desired. The second thing is that since compressed air is the source of power, the customer has infinite adjustability over the amount of suction force that they can apply to the pouch in the application. They can adjust the air gap opening on the Adjustable Air Amplifier to have a coarse adjustment of air consumption as well as vacuum level. Then, they have a finer adjustment that a pressure regulator can provide to really dial in the suction force as they need it to be for removal of the empties.
The idea here is that while Air Amplifiers are generally used for their output flow to cool targets and provide a significant Blowoff force, they can also be used to draw in not only smoke and fumes but also other lightweight items like the empty pouches above.
If you have a need to set up any kind of sorting process, maybe just to separate two different recycling streams or perhaps it is a need to perform a quality control function as shown above, think about EXAIR and our many solutions in this area.
