Cremated Remains Vacuum

[stricklybojack]

Hmmm, no comment.

http://www.affordablefuneralsupply.com/cremation/crematory-equipment/high-temperature-vacuum-system/

 

[tolivac]

That vacuum looks so much like a "SootVac"that would be used by furnace,woodstove, chimney,fireplace,and boiler cleaners.Mine is Red in color.Its still "soot" or ash just the same!Mine uses a large blue colored paper multilayer bag.Got mine from "ReTool" several years ago.The ReTool folks said it was used by a chimney cleaning service.

 

[countryguy]

Why is there a cage around the top of the vac? Does it get that hot?

Gary

 

[kirbykid63]

Looks like my Oreck shop vac

This machine has the same tank as my oreck,The cage is for holding the hose.your vacuum has a bypass motor,a nice score.

 

[rugsucker]

as Oreck

I think this was in an 80s Oreck catalog as a Hotel Vac with long hose with strap cord and L shaped power nozzle.Same catalog had Hoover portapower labeled for Oreck as I recall.

 

[fanonthefloor]

This is used to vacuum out a Cremation unit as part of regular maintenance of a cremation unit. When a body is cremated I can assure you that remains are not vacuumed up.

 

[stricklybojack]

Another, with some description of intended use...

Click link scroll down to vacuum pic.

'Cremated Remains Vacuum'

"Our vacuum is a heavy duty high powered vacuum to clean up after cremations and keep your work area dust free. This vacuum also has a flame resistant filter and heat resistant bag."


http://www.blcremationsystems.com/HumanCremationProducts.html

 

[floor-a-matic]

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Great for vacing my fireplace!  But I'll just stick to the TriStar CXL.

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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I've been using just a regular fireplace broom & scoop, but I end up making a mess all the time.</span>


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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">When the ashes cool down, (2-3 days later) I use my TriStar CXL (with Micro-Lined paper bag & HEPA motor filter) to vacuum the fireplace; but the TriStar loses suction power with even 1/2" of fireplace soot.  The good thing is, the HEPA motor filter is still snow white & no soot comes out of the TriStar's exhaust.</span>


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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">So with my TriStar CXL, I change the bag after every use.</span>

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[caligula]

This is way too bizzare for me!!!

When my partner, Charles Hamilton Brookreson, was cremated back in July of 06, I was under the false impression that he was 'vacuumed up!' Not something I wanted to think about, no matter how much I like vacuum cleaners! Then, a few weeks later I learned thais was not so. I'm glad to know Charles did NOT end up in a vacuum bag, even if it was only for a few minutes!

As for the information contained in the first post, I looked at the picture, and topics. Personally, I don't want to go there! way too much info for me. I prefer to remember my late partner, Charles, alive, thank you very much, not like this.

I still have 30+ years ahead of me. Yes I can pass on this one!

Alex Taber, 62 years young, last September.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

I plan on being cremated, though

NOT ANYTIME SOON!!!!!  I think it would be great to be interred in a GENUINE HOOVER "C" bag!

 

[tolivac]

Come to think of it-at most cremation facilities-the cremated remains are too hot to be picked up with a vacuum cleaner-plus there is going to be large bone peices,metal hip insert parts.And there may be metal parts remaing from the casket the body was in.The cremated remains are swept out of the furnace while still hot into a cooling container.That way the furnace is preheated to process another body.It would take too long to allow the furnace to cool completly in between cremation runs-at least what I got from reading the crmeation equipment website that was linked.After the cremated remains are removed from the retort-and cooled-they go into an "ash processor" a machine that is like a large food processor-it is strong enough to grind the bone fragments up into the fine powder that is put into the urn or other container.And the cremationist will sweep a specialy designed magnet thru the ash to sort the steel parts-these could damage the grinder unit.And before a body is cremated-any pacemakers or similar devices need to be removed-they could explode in the furnace-and some pacemakers have radioactive batteries in them-not good to burn that!!!

 

[odle53]

What can I say?

Sorry. EEEWWWW!

 

[gsheen]

Gary
The cage is for keeping the hose and other attachments neatly on the vacuum when in storage

 

[tolivac]

On my SootVac-I used the cage just for that-the machine was in that condition when I found it at the ReTool store-hose neatly coiled in the cage around the motor.A pack of bags came with my machine.There were no attachments for the hose-and the hose is a thick,heavy flame resistant material.

 

[scvacuumguy]

Rex, you are correct. I was a mortician for 6 years prior to getting back into the vacuum business. Cremations are a lot more cleaner and less scary than most people imagine.

 

[tolivac]

Turned out the cremation equipment website had some good info in it as to how the process works-sounds pretty straightforward.Not what I would want to do-but good to know about it.Would have to imagine most of the cost of the cremation is for the fuel used in the process-since a body is mostly water.Also on one of the cramation website they show a remote start for the cremation furnace allowing a loved one to the deceased to start the process if they wanted to.And another site described a "chemical" cremation-the body was processed by chemical reactions rather than combustion-like from the heat all that was left of the body was bone and metal parts.

 

[caligula]

Thanks tolivac.

I know about that remote device, as I 'activated' one to start the process for my late partner Charles, on July 7, 2006. That was my the last act of love. It was his desire to be cremated, I will not be, and when the time comes his urn will be in my casket, till then, he's in my mom's china cabinet.

For me, there was nothing spooky about the cremation process, but that said, I'm glad to know his 'remains' were not vacuumed up.

Charles Hamilton Brookreson, May 25, 1958 - July 2, 2002.
Alex Taber.

 

[vacuumman206]

Or use for applications where you pop the cork on a wine bottle and it knocks over the in-law's mother's urn and then the cat does his business on it and then you need a cremated remains vac! (Meet the parents)

 

[gus]

Death, cremation, remains!

Oh boys! These topics are Sooo sad, and depressing, though sooner or later we all are going that way, 'cause anyone would keep for "semilla", but please let's think and talk about vacuums. Don't tell me I can change the thread and read another, yes, i KNOW but it hurts me. No offence on anyone, please.