At the Aggregate Industries Callow Rock Quarry, thousands of tonnes of limestone are quarried and processed down to dust and up to 20 mm for aggregates and concrete products.
The Need
The resulting dust and spillages need to be cleaned out every week from around the plant and equipment, especially the secondary process plant, most of which can then be re-cycled into market-ready product. As the dust settles everywhere, anything above floor level presents a serious H&S problem if it was brushed or swept rather than vacuumed away. This is highly relevant to the operation at Callow Rock Quarry as some of the plant goes up to five storeys.
The Result
The Callow Rock Quarry operation has been using a DISAB BagVac for 10 years, and with regular servicing, the unit’s still going strong and helping the team remove around a tonne or two a week of limestone dust and spillages from around their plant and site.
When the BagVac was first rented, it was soon realised a fixed pipework system was needed along with multiple inlet valves, so that the BagVac could power the pipework system with the vacuum, and operatives only needed to plug in their flexible hose and cleaning head to deal with the dust wherever they found at whatever level.
Consequently, all the waste material collected is sucked down into a handy one tonne collection bag, and can be tipped back into the process that turns the materials into finished product.
“It’s easy to use, and as we’ve been using our BagVac for over 10 years and it’s incredibly reliable as well.”