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Maniar & Company supplied one (1) unit of a 10,000-litre Suction Cum Blow-Back Machine to Lagos Free Zone in Nigeria. The unit is mounted on a Tata 1918 BS3 chassis, left-hand-drive, and equipped with a Jurop-type sliding vane vacuum pump delivering 540 cum/hr at 1.5 Bar Absolute — engineered for siphoning sludge, slurry, and effluent out of sewer lines, cesspits, and cesspools.
The end customer is Lagos Free Zone, a free trade zone development in Lagos, Nigeria. A total of 1 unit of the Suction Cum Blow-Back Machine was supplied under this order, as part of Maniar & Company's ongoing equipment exports to West Africa.
| Component | Specification | |
|---|---|---|
| Chassis | Tata 1918, BS3, Left Hand Drive | |
| Application | Sludge suction — cleans sewer lines, cesspits, and cesspools by siphoning out mud, slurry, and other material using high vacuum generated in the tank | |
| Tank Capacity | 10,000 Litres | |
| Tank | Construction | 6mm Mild Steel (IS:2062), cylindrical, with welded baffle, ladder, lifting hook, and side railing |
| Suction/Discharge Valve | Ball valve | |
| Special Features | Sludge Stirring | High-velocity air converts accumulated solid silt into liquid/semi-liquid form for easier suction |
| Sludge Blow-back | Pressurizes the tank to discharge water content separately, leaving sludge and waste material behind | |
| Vacuum Pump | Type | Jurop (or equivalent) sliding vane pump, air cooled |
| Flow / Pressure | 540 cum/hr at 1.5 Bar Absolute, max vacuum 92% | |
| Shut-Off System | Primary & Secondary | Ball float type (rubber/stainless steel float), protects the pump from sludge and foreign particles on tank overflow |
| Suction Strainer | Type | Basket type with stainless steel mesh, fitted after the secondary shut-off |
| Exhaust Silencer | Use | Dampens air flow to reduce operational noise level |
Maniar & Company was established in 1946 and is ISO 9001:2015 TUV SUD certified, with 16 consecutive years as an EEPC India Star Performer for export excellence — with a proven track record of delivering custom-configured municipal and industrial equipment across Africa, including the Lagos Free Zone order above and separate deliveries to Tanzania (DAWASA), Uganda (KCCA), and a SKYMAN AT-2300 platform elsewhere in Nigeria.
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How many suction cum blow-back machines were supplied to Lagos Free Zone?
One (1) unit was supplied.
What is the tank capacity of the machine supplied to Lagos Free Zone?
The unit has a 10,000-litre tank capacity, mounted on a Tata 1918 BS3 left-hand-drive chassis.
What vacuum pump flow rate does the Maniar suction machine deliver?
540 cum/hr at 1.5 Bar Absolute, produced by a Jurop-type sliding vane vacuum pump.
See the closest standard catalog configuration on the GM-8000 product page, browse the full Vacuum Truck range, or view more Maniar & Company export case studies.