High volume industrial vacuum assemblies and methods

A high-pressure vacuum and material collector assembly for removing waste material from a waste material source, the assembly comprising:

• a material collector comprising a high volume pressure vessel having an interior;
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• a high-pressure vacuum source pneumatically coupled to the pressure vessel, the high-pressure vacuum source operable to generate a high-pressure vacuum of a fluid flow through the interior of the pressure vessel to extract the waste material from the waste material source into the interior of the pressure vessel, the high-pressure vacuum source also pneumatically connected to the material collector, thereby to define a unified vacuum and collector assembly operable to be mounted on a single mobile chassis, the high-pressure vacuum source including a plurality of high-pressure vacuum generators, one or more of the plurality of high-pressure vacuum generators comprising a venturi mechanism configured to receive pressurized fluid from a fluid source of pressurized fluid and use a venturi effect to generate a high-pressure vacuum flow between the material source and the high-pressure vacuum and material collector assembly.

A vacuum and material collector assembly for removing waste material from a waste material source, the assembly comprising:

• a material collector comprising a high-volume pressure vessel having an interior, the pressure vessel comprising a housing positioned to define the interior of the pressure vessel and a vacuum port positioned on the housing to allow access to the interior from outside of the housing;
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• a high-pressure vacuum source pneumatically and directly connected to the pressure vessel via the vacuum port without the use of one or more tubular members between the vacuum source and the vacuum port, the vacuum source operable to generate a high-pressure vacuum of a fluid flow through the interior of the pressure vessel to extract the waste material from the waste material source into the interior of the pressure vessel, the high-pressure vacuum source operable to apply the high-pressure vacuum to the interior of the pressure vessel through the vacuum port, the high-pressure vacuum source including one or more venturi mechanisms operable to generate the high-pressure vacuum in the interior of the pressure vessel by use of a venturi effect, the high-pressure vacuum source also pneumatically connected to the material collector so as to define a unified vacuum and material collector assembly operable to be mounted on a single mobile chassis.