With the assistance of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, a second SAE standard has been published for vacuum excavators and sewer cleaning equipment. The publication of J3107 complements the already published J3106 Standard.
Members of AEM’s Underground Equipment Manufacturers Committee understood the need for standards for the growing vacuum excavation equipment industry. While vacuum excavators have been in production for many years, the full use of the equipment for assisting with safe excavation around underground utilities is a more recent trend, and the industry has responded with substantial growth.AEM’s Underground Equipment Manufacturers Committee drafted the initial scope of the standards and then approached
