ACD vacuum cleaner

Depureco PUMA 15S ACD

  • Heavy industry with three-shift duty and high dust volumes
  • Foundries and forges with continuous fine sand and metal dust
  • Military and police shooting ranges with high lead-collection demands
  • Metalworking houses with plasma, laser and water cutting
  • Powder-metallurgy plants with sintered powder and fine dust
Depureco PUMA 15S ACD
Certified to
  • IEC 60335-2-69 Annex AA (ACD)
  • Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU
  • EMC Directive 2014/30/EU

Depureco PUMA 15S ACD

The Depureco PUMA 15S ACD is the suction variant of the PUMA 15 range: same 11 kW motor as the 15P, but calibrated to 440 mbar vacuum with 550 m3/h as the flow budget. Sized for heavy dust and long hoses -- for example foundry sand, powder-metallurgy powder or lead collection from shooting-range chamber emptying. 175 L tangential cyclone retains the bulk of the mass before the filter.

Applications

  • Heavy industry with three-shift duty and high dust volumes
  • Foundries and forges with continuous fine sand and metal dust
  • Military and police shooting ranges with high lead-collection demands
  • Metalworking houses with plasma, laser and water cutting
  • Powder-metallurgy plants with sintered powder and fine dust

Technical specifications

ATEX markingACD EX 1/- D (intern konstruktion svarende til Zone 20 per IEC 60335-2-69 Annex AA)
Internal / external zone20 / ikke-ATEX
Motor typeSidekanalblaeser 3-fase (11 kW, sug-prioriteret) med cyklon
Duty cycleContinuous
Airflow550 m³/h
Vacuum440 mbar (4488 mmH₂O)
Container175 L
Sound pressure74 dB(A)
Filter classM class
Filter typeStjernefilter antistatisk polyester klasse M, 45,000 cm2 (HEPA H14 som tilvalg, relief valve og vacuum remote control inkluderet)
Primary filterStjernefilter antistatisk polyester klasse M. 45.000 cm2
Collection systemDetachable container
MaterialLakeret staalkonstruktion, AISI 304 stoevbeholder
IP classIP55
Power11.0 kW
Voltage400 V / 50 Hz
InletØ 100 mm
Dimensions (L × W × H)850 x 1550 x 1980 mm
Weight310 kg

Questions and answers

Why is the Depureco PUMA 15S ACD a better choice than a standard industrial vacuum?

Because heavy industry and three-shift duty require a vacuum built to hold up for years in 24/7 operation without breakdown. The PUMA range has a reinforced frame, tangential cyclone inlet that preserves cyclone effect throughout filter life, and a drivetrain sized for continuous heavy load. The ACD certification per IEC 60335-2-69 Annex AA keeps the internal Zone 20 capacity intact.

Why this specific motor and phase configuration?

A three-phase side-channel blower at 7.5-18.5 kW is the only motor configuration that can handle the air quantities and vacuum levels heavy industry demands. The PUMA range offers different calibrations (P for flow, S for suction), so you match exactly your plant's profile. The 175 L container with tangential cyclone inlet ensures coarse dust does not burden the filter.

What types of dust is the Depureco PUMA 15S ACD actually intended for?

Heavy industrial dust in production volumes: fine foundry sand, magnetite dust, metal swarf and slag particles from plasma cutting, powder-metallurgy fractions, shooting-range lead dust, fine metal particles from light-metal rolling. For smaller volumes choose the TX range; for reactive metal dust choose the INERT models.

What is the difference between ACD and ATEX?

ACD is the certification for combustible dust in non-ATEX-classified industrial plants. Most steelworks, foundries and powder-metallurgy plants are not formally ATEX-classified even though the dust is combustible -- because the duty or dust concentration does not reach the classification threshold. ATEX is for formally classified zones per 2014/34/EU.

Which filter is fitted as standard, and can I upgrade to HEPA?

The standard is an antistatic polyester star filter class M at 45000 cm2 with relief valve and vacuum remote control. Options are HEPA H14 for class H plus Longopac collection for hygienic emptying without dust exposure. The PUMA range is prepared for compressed-air cleaning retrofit so filter maintenance can be automated.

How mobile or stationary is it in practice?

The Depureco PUMA 15S ACD weighs 310 kg and measures 850 x 1550 x 1980 mm -- a heavy stationary production vacuum with wheels for service relocation out of the hall at maintenance. It is placed fixed at a production station or in a central collection room with permanent hose routing. Noise level is 74 dB(A) at 1 metre.

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