Australian Sweeper Company (ASC) is the number one provider of brickyard and aluminium smelters, sweepers and scrubbers across Australia and New Zealand.
With over 28 years of cleaning experience under our belt, we lead the way in offering a comprehensive range of floor sweepers to suit all industries.
Whether your business requires a ride-on cleaning vehicle or walk-behind sweeper, ASC is here to help you with a suitable product to match your needs.
To demonstrate this, we’ve worked with a large number of clients over the years including Austral Brick and Rio Tinto Weipa.
Producing brick is a dusty process with sand, lime and ash regularly infiltrating Austral Bricks’ factory floors.
To combat the issue, they invested in the ASC M6 Diesel which is designed to control dust with comfort and ease. The team had their first ASC M6 for well over 14 years, further demonstrating its reliability.
Another happy client worth mentioning is Rio Tinto Weipa in Queensland which recently invested in an ASC Dulevo 3000 sweeper for its $1.9 billion dollars Amrun project.
A completely hydraulically controlled high dump sweeper, the device is designed to clean congested areas and large floor spaces with ease and time efficiency.
The company ships bauxite to customers around the world and the ASC Dulevo 3000 sweeper has been used by the business to help minimise the amount of bauxite falling into the ocean.
For further information on how ASC has helped a large number of clients to find brickyard and aluminium smelter cleaning equipment, please read our case studies below.
Posted on Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Veolia-Alcoa Aluminum
The Client Alcoa Portland Aluminium produces 35,000 metric tonnes per annum of alumina, at its smelter in Victoria. Portland Aluminium has a seven kilometre production line, which produces around 20 per cent of Australia’s aluminium and makes a significant contribution to the Victorian economy. Veolia is the contractor responsible for sweeping the production lines and yard areas. The Challenge Veolia purchased an ASC heavy duty Diesel powered M8 sweeper 18 months ago, to maintain the smelter free of dust and debris. The machine was used to maintain the pot rooms running two shifts per day. Over that time the machine
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Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Tomago Aluminum Smelter (NSW)
The Client Tomago Aluminium is Australia’s largest aluminium smelter. The smelter produces 590,000 tonnes of aluminium every year. Tomago is an independently managed joint venture. Joint Venture partners are Rio Tinto Alcan, CSR and Hydro Aluminium. The Challenge Tomago went to the market looking for compact sweepers that were capable of maintaining and captaining alumina dust. The spec was to procure four battery driven, self-propelled, walk behind sweepers. They would be used in different sections of the business, ranging from the Pot Rooms to other dust critical locations. Tomago sought the expertise of ASC’s Scott Campbell to guide them through
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Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2023
Veolia – Portland Aluminum Smelter
The Client VEOLIA AUSTRALIA is a large service provider across the Australian market, which employs 5,750 + employees and has a turnover in excess of $3 billion in revenue. The Challenge Veolia has a contract with Portland Aluminum Smelter, in Victoria’s Western Districts. The contract is the provision of facility maintenance. Part of that contract is to sweep the entire Portland Smelter Site, which is spread across some 30 acres of land. Veolia went to market looking for a heavy duty, fit for purpose, mining sweeper, that was rated to work in very hot and dusty conditions, while sweeping on
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Posted on Thursday, August 24, 2023
SRC Bricklaying Unique Sweeper Requirements
The Client SRC Bricklaying is a bricklaying company that works on the high-rise construction sites in Brisbane. The Challenge Located in Mount Crosby, North Tivoli, QLD, the company were looking to invest in a sweeper that could be craned to work in high-rise building sites. It also had to be able to sweep fine dust, including silica dust without creating any air borne dust. Shane (Company Manager) visited ASC’s Nathaniel Prasad in the ASC Yatala warehouse and saw the ASC Mach 1 sweeper in action. The Result SRC Bricklaying purchased an ASC Eureka Mach 1 with M class filter bag,
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Posted on Friday, April 7, 2023
Ajax Foundry Extreme Environment Challenge
The Client Ajax Foundry are producers of cast irons that perform under conditions of temperature and friction, in accordance with individual customers’ requirements. The Ajax Foundry is a family owned and operated company, with over 80 years experience in the foundry industry. The Challenge The company runs a site in the Sydney suburb of Silverwater. The site is very old and has undulated concrete throughout the facility. The floors are covered with thick cast sanding dust. Waste foundry sand (WFS) is a by-product from the production of both ferrous and non-ferrous metal castings. It is high quality silica sand. This
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Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2023
PGH Bricks NSW
The Client PGH Bricks & Pavers is one of Australia’s largest clay brick manufacturers. They offer a broad range of bricks and pavers for residential, architectural and commercial applications, all over Australia’s East coast. The Challenge The company’s Cecil Park centre had previously used a large, budget diesel sweeper, which blew dust. ASC’s Scott Campbell had consulted the group, offering a dust free solution to their sweeping needs. Scott suggested a smaller, fume free electric machine, that was able to sweep narrow areas, where the dust had built up. He recommended the heavy duty, ASC Eureka M3 as the best
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Posted on Saturday, December 3, 2022
Midland Brick’s Dusty Facility Challenge
Client introduction: Midland Brick is a large producer of quality building bricks, concrete blocks, clay and masonry pavers, as well as retaining wall units, roof tiles and cultured stone. They have been leading the way for over 75 years and have a strong brand. Their main site is at the South Guildford plant, in WA. They have a large showroom and outdoor area as well as the huge production sheds. The Challenge: Midland Brick has a large production area, the dust is fine and there is a lot of it. Large kilns, lots of vehicle movements and high quantities of
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Posted on Sunday, April 3, 2022
Bell Bay Aluminum (Rio Tinto) ASC M40
The Client Bell Bay Aluminium is situated on the Tamar River, approximately five kilometres from George Town and 45 kilometres from Launceston. The smelter produces around 190,000 of aluminium each year and operates 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. The Challenge The company requested another ASC sweeper for its pot line sweeping operations. ASC has been supplying the group sweepers for more than 20 years. The material being picked up is very dusty alumina and carbon. There are also spills of molten aluminium that require sweeping. A check was conducted for elecromagnetic compatibility which the machine passed due
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Posted on Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Simcoa Silicon Metal Company of Australia
Client introduction Simcoa is one of the largest and most modern operating silicon smelters in the world. It is the only silicon producing smelter in Australia, located at Kemerton, 160 km south of Perth, Western Australia. They are a long established West Australian company, producing silicon, microsilica, char fines, aggregates and dross. Silica is used in a vast number of everyday products like aluminium, silicones, Silicon chips, solar energy, and optical glass. The Challenge Simcoa operate a high energy, high heat smelter. There is a lot a slag and dust created in the process of creating silica products. The company
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Posted on Wednesday, July 7, 2021
ASC M6 Shines At Civil Mart Precast Edinburgh Adelaide
Client Introduction Established in 1966 in South Australia, Cookes Precast Concrete has become one of the largest Australian Owned independent companies operating in the precast concrete industry. Cookes Precast Concrete is now also part of the Civilmart Group of companies consisting of Companies like BCP Precast, CM Concrete, Icon Septech, Toowoomba Tanks and MC Pipes. The Challenge Justen Ruben (Operations/Compliance Manager) of Civilmart SA contacted ASC’s Ken Pepyat and told him that he had a sweeping contract company visit his site once a fortnight to do his sweeping. He has a huge cement dust build-up and requires his facility to
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Posted on Wednesday, June 9, 2021
James Hardie invest in multiple ASC Machines
Client Introduction James Hardie Australia has a plant located in Sydney’s suburb of Rosehill (NSW). The company is a global building materials company and the largest global manufacturer of fiber cement products. Their NSW facility recently took delivery of three ASC Cement approved floor cleaners. The Problem James Hardie had a problem with airborne cement dust. The company was looking to achieve a five-star safety rating in housekeeping. Their priority was to eliminate airborne dust and make a marked improvement in their overall cleaning standards. Previously, James Hardie had subcontracted an external company to sweep their facility. Their contractors were
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Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Terrazzo Australian Marble chooses ASC
Client Introduction Terrazzo Australian Marble is a family-owned company that has been a part of the terrazzo industry for over 40 years. They manufacture precast elements at their factory in western Sydney. The Challenge Drilling, cutting and sanding Terrazzo is a very dusty process. The leftovers of the Terrazzo get airborne and land on machinery, finished product, opens storage areas and roadways. Terrazzo Australian Marble has a very large facility that recently used a forklift attachment to keep their facility clean. However, the method was very inefficient because it generated more dust than it swept. Their directors contacted ASC and
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Posted on Monday, December 7, 2020
Nyrstar’s Major Win – client’s solution
Nyrstar & TLAP recently placed an order with ASC in what is believed to be the Australia’s largest single industrial order for sweeping machines. The order included 4 large Capacity Lead specific Street Sweepers, 2 petrol driven footpath sweepers as well as 2 pedestrian sweepers to be used around the Port Pirie School areas. The new ASC fleet replaced street suction machines that were used previously on both sites with limited success. The new fleet was rolled out in late October and will serve both the Hobart (Tasmania)and Port Pirie (South Australia) locations in a drive to reduce laden lead
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Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2020
AMA Precast Tackle & End Silica Dust Issues
AMA Precast Panels is a concrete precast facility based in Derrimut, Victoria. The Problem AMA Precast panels is the manufacturer of concrete wall panels. Naturally, they had a serious problem with dust around their floors due to the nature of their work. AMA tried many brands for sweepers but didn’t find the perfect one for their site that would clean the site without blowing the dust. They were looking for a sweeper with a proven record in the concrete industry that could cope well with the difficult conditions associated with concrete jobs. ASC’s Ken Pepyat recommended the large ASC Eureka
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Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2020
ASC Delivers to Nyrstar Hobart
Client Introduction Nyrstar Hobart operates a zinc smelter based in Hobart, Tasmania. They contribute a lot to the economy of Tasmania by employing more than 600 people. Their plant has been operating for more than 100 years, and it occupies a large land in the Heart of beautiful Hobart. The Problem Nyrstarwent to the market to find a solution to their dust emission issue on their roadways and surrounding plant areas. They enquired many global suppliers regarding their problem. ASC was also asked to visit their site and suggest an appropriate solution with the best possible dust suppression technology after
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Posted on Thursday, October 1, 2020
Boyne Smelter Qld Welcomes a ASC Alumina M8 Sweeper
Boyne Smelters Limited (BSL) operation is located at Boyne Island in Central Queensland. It is Australia’s second-largest aluminium smelter. The company manufactures carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in its reduction lines, and casting of molten metal into aluminium. The Problem Boyne Smelter is a massive facility. They have three pot rooms and expanded concrete aprons that need to be swept on an hourly basis. The management of Boyne Smelter was looking for a replacement for their sweeper in the market. They contacted ASC as they are an approved Rio Tinto supplier. They requested demonstrations of both
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Posted on Friday, September 25, 2020
ASC Delivers Again to Mt Isa Mines Qld ASC Dulevo 6000
Mount Isa Mines is one of Queensland’s largest employers. Based in Outback North Queensland, the company extracts copper, lead, zinc and silver from the Mount Isa mine. They recently invested in another Dulevo 6000 sweeper to add to their fleet of ASC machines Road Sweeping Machines. They have been using the ASC machines are used to sweep the roads for up to 16 hours per day, 6 days per week. The mine runs 24 hours per day. The machines operate in daylight hours over two shifts per day. Dust was a major issue on this site, and hence the ASC
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Posted on Sunday, July 12, 2020
Alcoa invests with ASC again!
Introduction Alcoa Willowdale is a mine site located towards the south of the Waroona rural town. This site has been producing bauxite since 1984 for the Wagerup Alumina Refinery that is located nearby. The Willowdale and Huntley site produces approximately 45% of Australia’s total Alumina and 19% of Australia’s total aluminum from the bauxite ore. Alcoa Willowdale has 240 people working for it and has a large workshop maintenance area that manages the water carts, light vehicles, and dump trucks required during the mining operations. A bushfire in 2016 caused huge damage to Willowdale when it came to its assets
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Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2020
Alinta Loy Yang B power station (Vic)
Loy Yang B Power Station is located in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, 160km east of Melbourne. The 1,100-megawatt plant is Victoria’s newest and most efficient coal-fired power station, providing about 17% of the state’s energy needs. Alinta Loy Yang B Power Station recently asked ASC’s Ken Pepyat to demonstrate a sweeper capable of sweeping up coal dust. The Problem: The power company had a huge coal dust problem on their mezzanine floors. They had previously purchased a warehouse sweeper from another company that didn’t perform. It blew dust everywhere and within minutes the dust filtration system blocked. Knowing they had a
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Posted on Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Austral Bricks Takes delivery of new ASC M6 Sweeper
Austral Bricks is a major Australian Brick manufacturers owned by Brickworks. The Challenge Producing a brick is a very dusty process. Firstly, clay must go through many processes to be manufactured into a brisk base before being Kiln dried. The process is very involved with mobile equipment constantly moving material like clay, sand, lime, ash and gypsum. These materials frequently spill on the factory floors when earthmoving trucks and forklifts move the materials from one location of the factory to the next. Dust builds up quickly due to spillages and normal movement of raw material. These need to be swept
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Posted on Friday, January 24, 2020
Queensland Based Rockcote Buys an ASC Mach 3 Battery Ride on Sweeper
The Challenge Rockcote is the creator of stunning finishes for the interiors and exteriors of both commercial and residential Australian buildings. They have been at it for over 30 years. Rockcote contacted ASC’s Rafael Rodrigues and asked him to suggest to them the most efficient and least costly way for maintaining their busy yet extremely dusty site. The truck traffic is likely to drag all of the material to the driveways and streets. In addition, they also needed an option with an “A class” filter to be compliant with the Queensland regulations. The Solution ASC’s Rafael went to visit their
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Posted on Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Superior Stone Unanderra Impressed with ASC Eureka E 51 Floor Scrubber’s Cleaning Capacity
Superior Stone is a Wollongong-based custom masonry manufacturer. The Challenge Superior Stone faced the massive issue of dealing with silica and concrete dust similar like most masonry companies do. Superior Stone’s Owner, Marco, wanted his workshop floors to be clean. He didn’t want the powder and debris generated while cutting kitchen benchtops on the floors. With many hard-to-reach and limited space areas around the workshop, Marco knew he needed a machine that could keep all the corners of his workshop clean. He wanted to invest in a heavy-duty floor cleaning machine. The Solution ASC demonstrated the Eureka E 51 scrubber
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Posted on Thursday, December 6, 2018
Rio Tinto Bell bay Invested in ASC Sweeper to Keep Their Surrounding Areas Clean & Workers Free From Dust
Bell Bay Aluminum is one of Australia’s largest producers of Aluminum. The Bell Bay site is 45 kilometers from the city of Launceston, Tasmania. The smelter produces around 180,000 tonnes of aluminium each year and operates 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Its main metal products are ingot, rolling block and T-bar. Recently they invested in a ASC Dulevo 3000 sweeper to keep their pot rooms and surrounding areas clean and free from dust. The machine is used in sweep very dusty floors and the decision to purchase the machine was based the ASC’s Dulevo 3000’s ability to
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Posted on Friday, November 23, 2018
Rio Tinto Weipa (Qld) Invested In ASC Dulevo 3000 Sweeper For Their New $1.9 Billion Dollar Amrun Project
Rio Tinto Weipa (Qld) recently invested in an ASC Dulevo 3000 sweeper for their new $1.9 billion dollar Amrun project. The new sweeper will primarily be used for sweeping their wharf area in order to minimize any bauxite falling into the ocean. Recently we commissioned the new ASC Dulevo 3000 sweeper to their maintenance staff and numerous on-site operators. Bauxite from Weipa is shipped to international customers but the majority of Weipa bauxite is supplied to the Queensland Alumina Limited and Yarwun refineries, both located in Gladstone, Queensland. These refineries produce alumina as feedstock for Australian aluminium smelting operations and for
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Posted on Monday, November 5, 2018
ASC M6 Managed To Clean The Fine Concrete Dust From XL Precast’s Entire Plant
XL Precast is a very large and successful pre-cast manufacturer for the building Industry. They recently moved into their new large Yennora (Sydney) facility and required the help of a sweeper company that specializes in the collection of very fine concrete dust. After an initial survey was completed, it was advised that the ASC heavy duty Eureka M6 was the best machine for their needs given that they: 1.Needed a machine they could use constantly 2. Had very fine dust to deal with 3. Needed a machine with the ability to perform tight turns due to volume of mobile traffic on
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Posted on Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Buckeridge Group of Companies (WA) Trusts ASC M6 to Clean Their Busy Plant That Runs 6 Days A Week.
BGC is the largest plaster and cement sheet manufacturer in Western Australia. The company is also a very large employer in WA and is a strong symbol of quality. Recently, their fiber cement production facility replaced their old ASC sweeper with a new ASC Eureka M6 diesel operated fully optioned machine. The ASC M6 is used to clean the whole plant, which runs 6 days per week. It can take as long as 8 hours to clean, but the ASC M6 is more than perfect for the job. It easily picks up cement and tyre dust on open concrete and
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