Vacuum
Excavator Systems
Potholing with
an Air-Vacuum Excavator offers many advantages over doing the same
job using high-pressure water for locating underground utilities.
Two significant benefits are:
- Reduced
costs and increased production.
Air
can dig faster than water in most cases, automating the potholing process.
Using a VACMASTERS Air-Vacuum system, you can dig a 12" x
12" x 5 pothole in just 7 minutes in most soils.
- Significantly
reduced damage claims and substantially lower risk of physical
injury to
the operator.
Air
won't damage the utilities you're trying to expose. A pick or shovel
or high-pressure water can damage the utilities you are trying to
protect, and since air is non-conductive, it's much safer for the
operator as well.
Air-Vacuum
Excavation turns a backbreaking, messy, and dangerous job into a
fast, simple, and safe process. Listed below are some of the other
advantages of using an Air-Vacuum Excavation System. Air
vs. Water Utility
professionals rely on Air-Vacuum excavation for locating underground
utilities, and VACMASTERS is the leader in the industry. Compared
to systems that use water, air offers higher performance in most
soils, greater efficiency, lower cost, and is less invasive than
water, which reduces damage claims. Water, even at low pressures,
can damage utility cables. All VACMASTERS systems allow you to select
high-pressure air or water, whichever is best for a particular job;
however, you'll find that air is preferable 95% of the time. Experience
the benefits of potholing with air:
- Air
is faster in most soils, averaging 7 minutes per pothole
- With
air, spoils stay dry for backfilling, eliminating
mud disposal problems
- Air
is much safer (for the operator and the utilities)
- Air
won't damage the roadbase (DOT friendly)
Pipeline
Maintenance Using Keyhole Technology Operators
performing pipeline maintenance, such as joint encapsulation and
cathodic protection, enjoy yet another advantage offered by Air-Vacuum
Excavation: reduced costs and increased profits. Small hole
techniques, where work is done from above ground through a small
opening called a keyhole, can easily triple productivity compared
with conventional open pit repair methods, and are far safer as well. Air-Vacuum
Excavation Applications
- Underground
utility locating
- Natural
gas pipeline bell joint leak repair
- Cathodic
protection installation
- Gas
or water line service terminations or installations
- Manway
and valve box cleaning/maintenance
- Environmental
deep-soil sampling
VACMASTERS
Air-Vacuum Excavation Systems With
more than 250 companies around the country and abroad using VACMASTERS
Air-Vacuum Excavation Systems, VACMASTERS offers you experience,
training, and the technical support to help you locate underground
utilities. VACMASTERS
is the leader in Air-Vacuum Excavation and is proud to offer you
the industry's broadest and most comprehensive line of systems to
meet your specific potholing needs. Our product roster includes the
following systems: SYSTEM
4000 This
is the world's most powerful Air-Vacuum Excavation
System. It will allow you to pothole using air in the most difficult
soils 95% of the time, while still having water available as a back-up.
Its fast-acting interceptor canister allows you to keep dry and wet
spoils separate. The SYSTEM 4000 represents the state-of-the-art
in Air-Vacuum Excavation Systems for underground utility locating. SYSTEM
3000 The
SYSTEM 3000 offers powerful Air-Vacuum Excavation with
water back-up. Installed on a compact Ford F-550 diesel chassis,
the SYSTEM 3000 is a mid-priced system with big-time power. SYSTEM
1000 Small
size but big performance. The perfect entry-level
Air-Vacuum Excavation System. Like the systems above, it offers
selectable air or water digging. It is designed on a skid for trailer
or truck installation and is very affordable. Vacuum
Excavation Video See
a VACMASTERS Air-Vacuum Excavation System in action potholing for
locating utilities underground. Click here to
view or download a video demo. |