Capture spills before they spread.
Vacuum drops, hose reels, and floor inlets help operators clean around production lines without stirring dust into the air.
Food Processing & Packaging
Food-grade vacuum systems for cleaner, safer production.
TVD designs vacuum, recovery, and dust collection systems around the realities of ingredient dust, washdown areas, allergen separation, and short cleaning windows.
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Food-grade
Stainless, HEPA, smooth-bore hoses, and washable tooling options
NFPA-aware
Dust hazard objectives, grounding, isolation, and venting planning
Plant-wide fit
Portable, central, high-volume recovery, and point-source capture
The mess is operational. The cleanup system should be too.
Food facilities cannot rely on brooms or compressed air when flour, sugar, spice, grain, packaging debris, oils, and syrups create contamination risk, slip hazards, and combustible dust exposure.
Reduce dust and slip exposure.
Systems can support cleaner walking-working surfaces and reduce airborne ingredient dust when placed near the actual problem areas.
Clean inside tight windows.
Properly sized separators, filters, and piping help crews clean between runs or during production instead of waiting for long shutdown windows.
Built around the points where food plants actually lose time.
TVD maps vacuum layout, material handling, filtration, and operator access around the facility’s real dust sources and cleanup routes.
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Mixing & batching
Floor inlets and hose reels near mixers help crews respond quickly to powder leaks, overloads, and ingredient spills.
02
Packaging lines
Operator drops placed near bagging, filling, and sealing stations make cleanup more repeatable.
03
Recovery workflows
Food-grade containment and separators can support reclaim workflows when your sanitation plan allows product recovery.
04
Silos & conveyors
Vacuum points around transfer areas help prevent ingredient buildup around silos, conveyors, and bulk handling zones.
Choose the system type by fit, not by habit.
Food plants often need more than one approach. TVD recommends by material, operator count, run length, cleanup frequency, and compliance objectives.
Portable
Portable industrial vacuum
Cart-mounted units for spot cleanup, audit walkthroughs, retrofit installs, and single-operator workflows. Common fits include DuroVac DVR or DVP.
Central
Central vacuum system
Permanent piping with operator drops at mixing, packaging, sanitation, and ingredient zones. Common fits include DuroVac CORE CENTRAL or Eurovac.
High Volume
Vac truck replacement
For bag spills, silo cleanouts, ingredient recovery, and displacement of recurring outside vac truck service. Common fits include DuroVac PowerLift PL Series.
Dust Capture
Point-source collection
Cartridge or baghouse capture at mixers, sifters, and packaging machines. Supports NFPA combustible dust mitigation and indoor air quality objectives.
Wet Recovery
Liquid spill response
For oil, syrup, slurry, and washdown zones. Integrated separators, food-grade containment, and stainless contact surfaces pair with central or portable systems.
TVD Approach
Schedule Free Site Assessment
Engineering, installation, and service from one industrial team.
The right system depends on the ingredient, facility layout, operator behavior, washdown routines, filtration load, and whether the system must support separation by allergen or sanitation zone.
Design around compliance objectives
We plan around NFPA 652 and 654 dust hazard objectives, OSHA walking-working surface concerns, and sanitation or allergen control needs under FSMA.
Specify food-ready hardware where it matters
Stainless contact surfaces, smooth-bore hoses, HEPA filtration, grounding, separators, and washable tooling can be selected for the zones that require them.
Support the system after installation
TVD helps with filter schedules, operator training, pickup-point changes, and service windows that respect production demands.
Designed around the standards your auditors care about.
TVD does not promise blanket compliance. We design vacuum, recovery, and dust collection systems to support the compliance objectives your facility, insurer, and safety team are already managing.
NFPA 652
Combustible dust fundamentals and Dust Hazard Analysis planning
NFPA 654
Combustible particulate solids in food, agriculture, and chemical settings
OSHA 1910.22
Clean, orderly, sanitary walking-working surfaces
FDA FSMA
Preventive controls, sanitation, and allergen-control support
USDA Scope
Relevant for meat and poultry facilities, not every food plant
SCAQMD
California regional particulate considerations when applicable
Common Questions
What food plant teams usually ask first.
These answers keep the page focused on practical fit, audit readiness, sanitation, and cleanup operations.
Do vacuum systems help with OSHA and NFPA compliance?
They can support compliance objectives when designed around the facility’s dust hazards, walking-working surfaces, filtration needs, grounding, and source-capture points. TVD can coordinate with your safety team, insurer, or auditor during design.
Can we recover spilled food product for reuse?
Sometimes. If your sanitation plan allows it, TVD can design food-grade collection, stainless contact surfaces, and separation workflows that help keep recoverable product apart from waste.
Are these systems designed for washdown and sanitation?
Components can be specified for stainless construction, washable tooling, smooth-bore hoses, and separator layouts that are easier to clean and inspect.
Do we need portable, central, or point-source collection?
It depends on your material, cleanup frequency, number of operators, pipe runs, allergen zones, and whether the dust is generated at a predictable machine or across a wide area. TVD sizes the recommendation by fit.
Can this replace recurring outside vac truck service?
For some plants, yes. High-volume recovery systems can handle bag spills, silo cleanouts, and recurring bulk material cleanup while reducing dependence on outside truck scheduling.
Free Site Assessment
Schedule Free Site Assessment
Keep your facility clean, compliant, and moving.
Bring TVD into the facility early to review dust sources, sanitation zones, collection points, recovery goals, and maintenance needs before the next audit, expansion, or equipment change.