Aircraft perform best in the sky, not sitting in the fuel hangar. The SealVac Vacuum Fuel Drain System reduces maintenance defueling and depuddling times from hours to minutes. Fuel system maintainers can get on with business instead of waiting for tanks to gravity drain.

Typically, gravity draining sumps for fuel cell maintenance takes many hours. During this time, most other types of maintenance cannot be performed due to open fuel tanks. A maintainer has to watch the fuel drain; a productivity hit when manning is short.

SealVac solves this problem. What took many hours can now take minutes! Flow rates of up to 25 GPM have been observed (5 - 10 GPM typical), getting the job done so the sumps can be closed and power applied to the aircraft.

 

The USAF looked to Spokane Industries to find a better way to drain aircraft fuel cells. We developed the SealVac Vacuum Fuel Drain System to answer their needs. Efficient, fast and safe defueling became the method of choice at Fairchild AFB, using the SealVac system! Click on the document below to read the full story:

When the Royal Australian Air Force needed to perform fuel tank maintenance on C-130 aircraft, they turned to the SealVac Vacuum Fuel Drain System. The Sealvac was one key part of the solution to reduce the defueling job from three days to two hours!!! Click on the document below to read the full story: