Ceramic, Manufacturing & Industrial Cleaning — Stoke-on-Trent

Ceramic, manufacturing & industrial — Stoke-on-Trent

V-TUF supplies H-Class dust extractors, food-grade hot-water cleaning systems and heavy-duty industrial vacuums to the ceramic manufacturing, fine china and advanced industrial sectors across Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire. Stoke's ceramic manufacturing sector is unique in the UK — Steelite International at Festival Park produces tableware for the global hospitality industry, Portmeirion Group at Burslem manufactures fine bone china, Churchill China at Tunstall produces foodservice tableware, and the wider advanced ceramics and technical ceramics cluster across North Staffordshire generates some of the most specific COSHH requirements in UK manufacturing. Clay dust and crystalline silica from ceramic body preparation, spray drying, press operations, kiln maintenance and grinding generates exposure risk well above the COSHH RCS WEL of 0.1mg/m³ — H-Class extraction is the correct specification for ceramic manufacturing dust, not M-Class. Tableware and foodservice ceramic production also requires food-grade hot-water cleaning for production equipment hygiene. These manufacturing cleaning requirements connect directly to facilities and property maintenance demand across Stoke's commercial and industrial estate.

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V-TUF MIDI H-Class — 21L H-Class dust extractor

H14 HEPA at 99.995%. The correct and legal specification for ceramic clay dust and crystalline silica extraction across Stoke's pottery and advanced ceramics manufacturing operations. Sealed filtration prevents cross-contamination between filter changes — critical in food-adjacent ceramic tableware production environments. SKU MIDIH110 / MIDIH240.

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V-TUF RAPID VSC 240V — stainless hot water, food-grade

240V, 100 bar, 12 L/min, stainless body. Correct specification for tableware and foodservice ceramic production environment cleaning at Steelite International, Churchill China and Portmeirion — production line hygiene, glaze application equipment cleaning and production floor wash-down where food-grade stainless construction and validated temperatures are required. SKU RAPIDVSC240V.

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V-TUF MAMMOTH 240V Stainless — 80L heavy-duty wet/dry

3.5kW twin-motor, 80-litre stainless tank. Clay slip and liquid ceramic waste pickup, production floor wet/dry maintenance and workshop cleaning across Stoke's ceramic manufacturing facilities. The 80-litre tank capacity handles the heavy wet ceramic waste generated during production floor cleaning without frequent emptying. SKU MAMMOTH240-STAINLESS.

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V-TUF TORRENT2 — 200 bar pressure washer

200 bar, 15 L/min. External yard, hard standing and loading bay cleaning across Stoke's ceramic manufacturing and industrial estate. SKU TORRENT2.

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Typical use case — Steelite International, Festival Park

A facilities and maintenance team at Steelite International's Festival Park manufacturing facility runs MIDI H-Class units for clay dust and silica extraction during kiln maintenance, grinding and ceramic body preparation operations — H-Class is the legal minimum under COSHH 2002 for ceramic dust, not M-Class. RAPID VSC 240V stainless units handle production area wash-down across the tableware manufacturing lines where food-grade construction is required. MAMMOTH 240V Stainless handles clay slip and liquid ceramic waste pickup from production floors. All machines on a corporate trade account — next-day parts delivery to ST1 postcode.

Compliance — ceramic manufacturing, Stoke

COSHH 2002 — clay dust and crystalline silica from ceramic operations exceed the RCS WEL of 0.1mg/m³ during dry processing, grinding, spray drying and kiln maintenance. H-Class extraction (H14 HEPA, 99.995%) is the correct specification — M-Class (H13, 99.9%) is not sufficient for ceramic clay and silica dust control.
Severn Trent Water — trade effluent consent required for all production wash-down water and clay slip discharge to the public sewer. Clay-laden water has a high suspended solids load and requires pre-treatment before sewer discharge in many ceramic manufacturing facilities.
Environment Agency Midlands — environmental permits required for any discharge to the River Trent catchment or surface water drains from ceramic manufacturing wash-down operations.

COSHH Regulations 2002 → Environmental Permitting guidance →