The PlastiVac™ System - Centurion Medical Products

The PlastiVac System
™
Bag-to-Baler™
Simplify Workflows,
Increase Efficiencies,
and Reduce Costs
Centurion Medical Products
It’s called the PlastiVac™*.
has developed the most
It’s an automated bag-to-baler
efficient process for the
system that is changing the
collection and recycling
way commercial laundries
of soiled linen liners in
approach staffing, space
healthcare environments.
and their efficiency levels
from start to finish.
* Patent Pending
PlastiVac
Changes
Everything
Look into most laundry processing facilities
• Simplifies and reduces repetitive motions
and you’ll see a large work area with lots of
by encouraging ergonomically friendly
employees sorting laundry, moving bins,
movement for sorters
cleaning work areas and tending to balers.
However, facilities using the PlastiVac System
look different. There are fewer tasks, fewer
bins and no one is needed to stand next to
a baler. That’s because the PlastiVac creates
a hands-free solution to move discarded bags
directly to the baler.
• Increases break up, processing and
sorting speed
• Shuts off automatically when not in use
• System can be configured with multiple
intakes on one line if needed
• Strong enough to pull cart covers
• Creates a less cluttered sorting area
The benefits of using the PlastiVac include:
• Increases sorting efficiency compared
to a normal laundry
• Easy to install
• Reduces space needed for the sorting area
• Promotes sustainability
• Baler can be placed anywhere in the
facility – even outside
• It is a continuous, one touch system
• Eliminates tasks such as moving bins and
monitoring or tending to the baler
The PlastiVac System directly affects
the bottom line by reducing costs and
increasing efficiency to levels that were
not previously attainable.
No maintenance needed
to clean clogged pipes
(tested at 300 feet)
Closed system: all air
is vented outside
Venturi
Negative to positive airflow
ensures that bags do not
get stuck in the system
Continuous, one-touch system
promotes intelligent movement
by encouraging ergonomic
motions which decrease the
likelihood of employee injury
No monitoring
required – bags
are automatically
compacted
into bales
Sorting Station
Creates clean sorting
area with the fewer bins
needed – allows easier
and faster clean-up of
sorting area – if any is
required at all
More bags
in each bale;
reduces time
spent removing
bales and the
space needed
to store them
Baler
Safety gate protects
employees from injury
Before
PlastiVac…
• Messy sorting area, with large amounts of empty plastic
bags cluttering the floor
• Full time employees spending time:
- Removing and replacing carts when full of plastic bags
- Picking up plastic bags from floor
- Baling full large bags of small used plastic bags
- First cleaning sorting area of plastic bags, then actually
sorting and processing linens
• Sorting operator uses poor ergonomic motions
• 2.5-5 Hour clean up process needed at end of day
After
PlastiVac…
• One-touch system moves used plastic bag from sorting
area to baler with ease
• Cleaner sorting area
• Significant labor savings due to task elimination – data
from current locations show labor savings ranging from
$35,000 to $75,000 annually
• Break-up of linen is faster
• Ergonomics of operator greatly improved
• Shorter clean up time at end of day
• Baler produces a larger bale, resulting in fewer bales to handle
Photos courtesy of COMTEX Laundry Inc., Columbus, OH
Not Just a
Plastic Bag
The system works because
That means :
of our bag. It’s not just any
• they can hold more linens
ordinary bag. Centurion’s
PEERLESS Bags are made
• t hey require less raw
material to manufacture
of prime virgin resin which
• you’ll save on freight
allows them to be the lightest,
Plus, Peerless Bags are
strongest, most durable bags
recyclable so less waste
on the market today.
goes into landfills.
™
Peerless Bag
Features
™
uncture and tear resistant,
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sustain rough handling
Designed to hold heavy
loads effectively
Superior strength, yet
tear open easily for sorting
with no need for heavy
overhead lifting – sorting
can be done very quickly
and efficiently
Won’t burst open
when dropped
through chutes
Reduced static electricity
allows linens to empty
smoothly from bag
Unmatched Strength
and Durability
• Made with prime virgin resin
– the highest quality material
in the industry
• Meets OSHA regulations
• Our bags improve your cost
outcomes by decreasing
your freight, raw material
costs and landfill waste
• No more need to repair,
replace or maintain
reusable bags
Approximately
70 lbs of
wet linen
Worry-free
Hampers
Our maintenance-free hampers come
in different configurations. Their sturdy
design is easy to use and stands up to
repeated abuse. Best of all, they arrive
fully assembled and repairs are taken
care of at any time.
That’s why we call them maintenancefree and you’ll call them worry-free.
• Complies with The Joint Commission
standards
• Damaged hampers are repaired at
any time
• Centurion Advantage Warranty:
carts delivered fully assembled and
warrantied for life of the agreement
Hamper
Features
ags lock easily
B
into place with
no-slip friction bar
Sturdy, 1" tubular steel frame
pen-frame design helps
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reduce heavy upward lifting
ands-free lid opens
H
easily with a foot pedal
and shuts automatically
to seal in odors
olled bags fit perfectly
R
in convenient Wallaby™
pouch or basket on the
back of the hamper
Non-marking casters won’t mark floors
Custom Hampers
Multiple
Options
#CX102
#CX302
We can custom design our
Centurion ContinuCart™ to
specific needs.
• Specifically sized to fit
each facility's space
• Angled lids available to
prevent usage as a table or
writing surface
• Custom lid labels available
• Wallaby pouch available
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#CX7
Getting PlastiVac
Into Your Facility
As healthcare facilities across
to understand customers'
you take advantage of the
the nation can attest, the
needs, getting the PlastiVac
greatest advancement in
PlastiVac System can greatly
System up and running is
efficiency since the electric
enhance the efficiency of your
incredibly easy.
washing machine!
operations while providing real,
bottom-line savings over the
way you currently do business.
We’d like to have the
Call 888-344-3370 to talk to a
opportunity to show you
PlastiVac expert and schedule
how our innovative thinking,
your onsite review.
With Centurion’s industry
quality products and superior
knowledge and willingness
personal service can help
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