The New Standard in Filtration

Miele with Advanced Emission Guard™ Sealed System

The Background

Everyone is exposed to fine particles, but children, the elderly and those with preexisting heart and lung disease are most at risk.

EPA states fine particles are hazardous

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared that adverse health effects, including premature death, aggravated asthma and chronic bronchitis, are associated with exposure to fine particles. While individual particles are invisible to the naked eye, collectively they can appear as smog or dust clouds. Fine particles originate from a variety of sources: outdoors they are generated by diesel trucks, fuel combustion and power plants. But fine particles can also pollute the air indoors through wood stoves, air fresheners, and even vacuum cleaners.

Who is most at risk?

Everyone is exposed to fine particles, but children, the elderly and those with preexisting heart and lung disease are most at risk.

The Problem

Vacuum cleaner motors generate fine particles

New scientific research conducted by the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute determined that vacuum cleaners generate fine particulate matter due to normal wear and tear of the vacuum motor. The Institute tested air exhausted from vacuum cleaners for fine particle content. Surprisingly, many vacuum cleaners actually pollute the air your breathe by exhausting millions of these particles per minute. But not all vacuum cleaners pollute the air. In fact, only one--the Miele--proved 99.8% effective in capturing and retaining the fine particles it generates.

A recent independent study shows that vacuum cleaners made by other leading manufacturers can produce an indoor air quality equivalent to Los Angeles on a smoggy day.

The Solution

Miele with Advanced Emission Guard™ Sealed System with Hepa Filtration

Post-motor filtration

Today many vacuum cleaners have filters positioned between the motor and the exhaust opening. This postmotor position is important for capturing fine particles that are generated by the vacuum cleaner's motor. However, if air is not directed through the post-motor filter, the filter cannot be successful at capturing fine particles.

Miele's original Advanced Emission Guard™ Sealed System

Improperly sealed vacuum cleaners allow air to escape through various non-filtered openings. The Miele vacuum cleaner is completely sealed. Individual compartments and the system as a whole are all sealed with one continuous durable rubber. This Advanced Emission Guard Sealed System protects against leakage and ensures proper air flow direction.

HEPA filters

Filter names such as "HEPA-like" and "micro-filtration" can be misleading. To be called HEPA, a filter must prove 99.97% effective at capturing particles 0. 3 microns and larger in a test environment. But even a true HERA filter cannot succeed at capturing these particles if it is placed in a machine that leaks. Only Miele provides a true HEPA filter with post-motor positioning in conjunction with its Sealed System. This unique combination makes Miele the only vacuum cleaner capable of capturing practically a// dangerous fine particles.

Air enters through the floor nozzle and travels up the hose to the bag.

Air emitted from the bag moves through one filter and into the sealed motor chamber.

Air moves directly from the motor chamber into the post-motor filter.

Air exits through the post-motor HEPA filter which traps fine particles.

Air released from the Miele is almost totally free of particles 0.3 microns and larger.

The bag and motor compartments are sealed by one continuous rubber gasket.

Miele's unique rib system helps maintain powerful flow as air moves through the vacuum cleaner, even as the dustbag fills.

The Proof

Research proves Miele captures fine particles

"One can assert with absolute certainty that the Miele vacuum cleaner produces hundreds to thousands times fewer particles than the other vacuum cleaners tested."
--Magee Scientific

Emission Rates from Vacuum Cleaners (Fine Particles per Minute)
Miele with Advanced Emission Guard™ Sealed System and HEPA Filter	Almost 0
Fantom F1105100	12,000,000
Eureka Excalibur	29,000,000
Electrapure EP4000	38,000,000
Oreck XL 9200	48,000,000
Hoover Dimension Supreme	48,000,000
Kenmore Whispertone 116	61,000,000
Royal 4250	187,000,000
Hoover 6311	288,000,000

The air exhausted from Miele vacuum cleaners with a HEPA filter is almost as pure as the air in Antarctica.

The Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute conducted research comparing a Miele vacuum cleaner to eight leading vacuum cleaners. Test results show the Miele Sealed System vacuum cleaner with HEPA filter captures hundreds to thousands times more fine motor particles per minute.

Sources:

Health and Environmental Effects of Particulate Matter Fact Sheet, EPA Office of Air & Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards
http://ttnwww.rtpnc.epa.gov/naaqsfin/pmhealth, July 1997

EPA's Updated Clean Air Standards: A Common Sense Primer
www.epa.gov/oar/primer/health.htm, September 1997

Interpretation of IBR Particle Number Data from Testing of Vacuum Cleaners
Anthony D. A. Hansen, Ph.D., Magee Scientific, April 1997

The Collection Efficiency and Emissions Characteristics of Fine Particles from Typical Household Vacuum Cleaners
Paul J. Lioy, Thomas Weinman, Junfeng (Jim) Zhang, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, September 1997, and Susan Goldsmith, InterBasic Resources, Inc., March 1997.
Accepted for publication in the journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, May 1998.

Miele and Best Vacuum, Inc. make no health claims. Consult your physician if you are purchasing for health purposes.

A Tradition of Quality and Innovation

1927 Miele Vacuum

Today's Miele Vacuum

When Miele was founded in 1899, a single promise was made..."Immer Besser." This German phrase means "Forever Better" and it is the philosophy by which all Miele products are manufactured.

In 1927, Miele introduced its first canister vacuum cleaner, beginning a legacy of leadership in innovation and design enhancements. Now Miele is setting the standard in filtration with the original Advanced Emission Guard™ Sealed System and HEPA filter combination.

This commitment to quality and innovation ensures that the Miele products you purchase are not only friendlier to the environment, but are also designed and built to last for many years.

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