This highly advanced system uses a vacuum type underground pipe network to load household refuse from underground refuse storage tanks by way of a loading station into a dedicated refuse collecting vehicle, called refuse collector.

(FEATURES)

 1. Improved working condition Since the collecting work is carried out free
    from direct contact with the refuse that threatens contagions, ensuring a 
    better working condition.

 2. Reduced collecting costs A vacuum refuse collector operated by a single person
    automatically collects the refuse by way of an loading station thus minimizing
    the collecting costs.

 3. Satisfactory customer service Residents are allowed to put refuse into
    disposal chutes or posts at any time.  It is not necessary to keep a refuse
    container or to remember the date of disposal of household refuse anymore.

 4. Good urban landscapes Refuse-free streets provide a sanitary and good looking
    landscape and foul odors emitted from the rotting refuse in the past are 
    entirely eliminated.

 5. Low maintenance costs Simple design and components employed remarkably 
    reduces maintenance costs.

 6. Adaptability This system is flexibly adaptable for use at a single building 
    as well as at huge apartment complexes and extensible depending on the needs 
    and budgets.

"TECHNOCUUM" Refuse Collecting and Transporting System
Refuse is disposed of via an indoor disposal chute provided on each floor of a building or outdoor disposal posts in front of the building and then temporarily stored in underground storage tanks. The stored refuse is loaded, by utilizing vacuum suction force, into a refuse collecting vehicle through an underground pipe network and a loading station.

Microcomputer-controlled vacuum type refuse collecting vehicle

(OPERATION PROCESS)

a) Household refuse is directly disposed of either by putting it in an indoor refuse 
   disposal chute or outdoor refuse disposal post.

b) All refuse that have been disposed of via disposal chutes and posts are temporarily
   stored in storage tanks.

c) To load the refuse from a storage tank into the refuse collector, a suction hose 
   is to be connected to the loading station which is provided at a proper location
   and intervals so as to fully cover all storage tanks belonging to the system.

d) IN or OUT gate of the storage tank opens or closes as a control signal is so sent 
   from the refuse collector.

e) To suck refuse from the selected storage tank, a negative pressure of approximately 
   minus 3,500 mmAq is to be applied from the collector so that an air intake valve 
   of the tank is open and refuse in the tank is swirled away into the collector.

f) When the refuse contained in one of the tanks has been fully evacuated, the OUT 
   gate of the tank is to be closed to proceed to the next tank to repeat the same
   procedure.

g) The refuse collection from each of the tanks belonging to a loading station is
   automatically controlled by the refuse collector connected to the station.  In
   this event, electrical power supply from the building side is not required.

h) After completing all of the refuse collecting works, the suction hose is to be 
   disconnected from the station and the refuse collector is ready for onward
   transportation.

Input post

Refuse storage bin

Pipe line