Sanitising playland balls

Pneumatics & Hydraulics

March 2007 Pneumatics & Hydraulics

Restaurants and fun centres often have a cage full of plastic balls for children to romp around in. The balls are periodically cleaned by a service using truck-mounted sanitising equipment. Service personnel scoop the balls into buckets or nets, carry them to the truck for washing, then lug them back to the cage - a tedious and time-consuming job.

A compressor powering a 102 mm aluminium Line Vac was installed onto the truck. With hose attached to the first Line Vac, the balls were vacuumed out of the cage and into the washer. Once sanitised, a second Line Vac and hose transferred them back into the cage. Cleaning time and expense were reduced dramatically.

The compact design and simplicity of the operation was the key to success in this application. The Line Vac also features large throat diameters for maximum throughput capability - like the large plastic balls. This application was also used to harvest nuts for a nut farm.

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