High Vacuum Transport Services
Vacuumation
FIS has always placed high priority on investment in specialist vehicles and equipment. Such investment is considered essential to the maintenance of high safety standards for its operatives and for its client's operatives and plant. Only by the continuous availability of effective and efficient tools can the highest levels of service quality be sustained.
Vacuum Tankers
These vehicles are central to FIS core business, and the fleet is maintained to a high standard in order to provide reliable service. For liquid waste FIS have a fleet in excess of 20 petroleum-regulated tankers of 30,000 litre capacity.
The barrels are built from a range of materials: glass, for transporting acids and other highly corrosive substances; stainless steel, for less corrosive liquids; and mild steel for non-hazardous liquids /solvents. All tankers have on-board high pressure water jetting facilities, often used for cleaning tanks which have contained oil.
Where locations have access problems or there are small volumes of waste to be removed FIS have highly manoeuvrable mini-tankers with 3000 litre barrels and onboard jetters.
DISAB Units
For dry waste, or heavy sludge and solids, there are DISAB units in the fleet, able to take on loads at 7500cfm. These specialist artic units can carry 12 tonne payloads and can safely load fine powders with all dust being collected in cyclone dust traps.
The load can either be bagged using our mobile hopper units or tipped utilising the opening back door of the tipping tanker unit.
Super Sucker Tanker
Similar to the "DISAB" unit these units carry 18 tonne payload units but have additional suction capacity pulling 8500cfm. Loading through 6-8 inch hoses these specialist artic tipping units are unique in the UK.
These units can be utilised to suck sludge and soil that heavy that most would consider only JCB type diggers as the only solution. However, with the suction system it is possible to convey solids/sludge's from the most inaccessible locations such as tanks, interceptors or coal shafts.
Tipping Tankers
Tipping tankers are standard vacuum tankers that work alongside the DISAB or Super Sucker tankers. These units increase the payloads of heavy sludge that can be moved to 22-25 tonne are either independently loaded for lighter sludge or assisted loaded by the DISAB. - Such heavy wastes would not come off a normal tanker but the tipping makes this possible.
HIAB
This unit is used for heavy lifting duties and can lift up to 16 tonnes at 3 metres and 2.8 tonnes at 16 metres. It is typically utilised for a variety of uses, not excluding the movement of our 6 tonne bagging hopper / carbon filters and assorted storage tanks.
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