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EXAIR Industrial Housekeeping Product Line: A Complete Guide to Cleaner, Safer Facilities

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Maintaining a clean, safe, and productive industrial environment is critical to operational efficiency. From managing metal chips on the shop floor to recovering liquids from pits and reservoirs, effective housekeeping directly impacts worker safety, equipment longevity, and overall plant performance.

EXAIR’s Industrial Housekeeping product line is engineered to meet these challenges using compressed air–powered solutions that are rugged, reliable, and designed specifically for industrial environments.

Industrial facilities generate a wide range of waste—dust, debris, metal chips, coolants, and liquids—that must be removed quickly and safely. Poor housekeeping can lead to:

  • Slip, trip, and fall hazards
  • Equipment damage or contamination
  • Reduced productivity
  • Increased maintenance costs
  • OSHA and safety compliance risks

Industrial Pneumatic Vacuums

At the core of the line are EXAIR’s air-powered vacuum systems, which use the Venturi principle to create strong suction with no motors or moving parts. This reduces maintenance while allowing safe use around liquids.

Key systems include:

  • EasySwitch® Wet-Dry Vac – Quickly converts between liquid and solid cleanup; ideal for coolant recovery and spills.
  • Chip Vac™ – Designed for machining environments to collect chips directly from mills and CNCs.
  • Heavy Duty Dry Vac™ – Handles abrasive materials like steel shot, sand, and sawdust.
  • Heavy Duty HEPA Vac™ – Provides 99.97% filtration for fine or hazardous dust.
  • High Lift Chip Trapper™ – Systems recover coolant while filtering out chips. They can lift liquids from pits or tanks, helping extend coolant life and reduce disposal costs.
  • Chip Trapper™ – Systems recover coolant while filtering out chips, helping extend coolant life and reduce disposal costs.
  • Reversible Drum Vac® – A two-way liquid transfer system that can fill or empty a 55-gallon drum in under two minutes using compressed air. Ideal for coolant pits, wastewater, spills, and liquid transfer without pumps or electricity.

EXAIR’s Industrial Housekeeping line delivers rugged, low-maintenance solutions for removing chips, dust, and liquids—helping facilities operate cleaner, safer, and more efficiently. They all deliver several key benefits: safer cleanup without electricity, minimal maintenance (no motors or impellers), fast debris and liquid removal, coolant recovery and cost savings, OSHA-compliant safety and noise levels.

If you think an EXAIR vacuum can help your facility but don’t know which one, give me a call. I’d be happy to help get the right solution pick out with you.

Jordan Shouse, CCASS

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Maximize Efficiency and Safety: Why Your Facility Needs an EXAIR Drum Vac

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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.

Ready to upgrade? You can explore our Model 6196 Reversible Drum Vac System for standard needs or the Model 6195 High Lift System for your most demanding pits and sumps.

Still Not Sure?

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.

Neal Raker, Application Engineering Manager
EXAIR LLC

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Accessories for Your Compressed Air Products

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Here at EXAIR we are very proud of our Intelligent Compressed Air Products. We have spent a lot of time discussing their many benefits, including their efficiency, the fact that many have no moving parts, little to no maintenance, meeting or exceeding OSHA safety standards for noise or dead end pressure. One thing we don’t talk as much about is the accessories that go along with and complement our products. Several of these accessory items are the reason why our compressed air products can boast about having little to no maintenance, or reduced noise levels. In this blog I want to cover some of these unsung heroes.

From left to right, a few value-added accessories for your Vortex Tube: Hot Muffler, Cold Muffler, Automatic Drain Filter Separator, Oil Removal Filter, and Solenoid Valve/Thermostat Kit.

Some of the most popular accessories we offer are our compressed air Filters and Regulators. We suggest using these with all our products (or even with ones that aren’t ours).

The Filter Separator is designed to remove moisture, dirt, and rust from your compressed air system. The 5-micron filter element ensures that contaminants don’t clog or harm your compressed air equipment.

An Oil Removal Filter (which should always be installed after our Filter Separator) provides even more precise filtration by getting rid of oil and solid particles with a 0.03-micron element.

Our Pressure Regulators let you choose the operating pressure. At EXAIR, we always advise running at the lowest pressure necessary to complete the task. Pressure Regulators help you achieve that, reducing unnecessary air usage and fine-tuning the performance of EXAIR products for your specific application.

We have some accessories designed specifically for certain products. For our Line Vacs, there’s the Line Vac Hose. You can also find Thermostats and Solenoid Valves that work great with our Cabinet Coolers, and if you’re using Vortex Tubes, we suggest checking out our Mufflers.

When it comes to our Air Knives, we offer a variety of fantastic options:

If you’re looking for a simple and dependable way to mount your Air Knife, our Universal Air Knife Mounting System is just what you need.

If your project needs something longer than our stock Air Knives, or if you want to manage different sections of the air flow separately, our Coupling Bracket Kits are ideal.

And if you want to simplify the plumbing for your Air Knife, don’t miss our Air Knife Plumbing Kits. They’re suitable for all Air Knives that are longer than 24 inches.

If you’re looking for plumbing options, we’ve got a range of compressed air hoses and fittings that will simplify things for you.

Our Coiled Hoses work great with our Safety Air Guns, giving you more freedom of movement while you work.

Our Compressed Air Hoses are often used alongside our Industrial Housekeeping products to provide the necessary reach for the drum and dolly.

Finally, if you’re looking for a way to mount or position your Air Nozzles, check out our Magnetic Bases, Stay Set Hoses, and Swivel Fittings that can help create a complete setup.

No matter what your application requires or the product you need, we’ve got a variety of complementary accessory products that will simplify installation and adjustments. If you have any questions about these or any other EXAIR products, don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

Al Wooffitt
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November’s Press Release: EXAIR Filter Bags Get an Upgrade

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At EXAIR we are constantly trying to find ways to improve our products or services. One recent improvement we have made is to our filter bags, or more specifically, the material that they are made from.

Our Model 6804 Filter Bag is used with our Chip Vac, and Heavy Duty Dry Vac systems. We have written several blogs about these product lines, but in summary, they are compressed air-operated industrial duty vacuums designed specifically for vacuuming up chips or shavings. Both are powerful options that are perfectly suited for the most demanding industrial environments.

Our Model 6584 Vacuum Bag with shoulder strap is used with ourVac-U-Gun Systems. These systems create a versatile and efficient option for lightweight material transfer and vacuuming. The new filter bag material for both the Chip Vac and Vac-U-Gun can be seen in the video below.

The previous Filter Bag provided all-around performance, but we wanted to do better. Our new Filter Bag is now constructed from a 10oz. Singed Polyester Fabric. This upgrade provides several notable benefits including:

  1. Improved dust capturing performance
  2. Improved dust release — less prone to clogging from dust buildup
  3. More durable fabric — sturdier, less prone to tearing due to regular use
  4. Purpose-built filter material — this fabric is engineered to be used in filtration applications
  5. Particle filtration as small as 30 microns

In addition to these great benefits, the new material will not impact performance; so our Chip Vac and Heavy Duty Dry Vacs are just as powerful, efficient, and quiet!

Al Wooffitt
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