What are your purchasing options? 

• Purchasing the unit and maintaining it yourself. 

• Purchasing the unit and contracting with a company to maintain it. 

• Leasing the unit with maintenance service inclusive in the fee. 

Consider the total life-cycle costs: 

• Purchase or lease cost – Cost can vary significantly, based on many operational factors. 

• Installation cost – Most installations take an hour, but some can take several hours. 

• Additional equipment costs – This can include optional holding or surge tanks, flow restrictors, a 

buffer container, and high-performance scrubber modules. 

• Maintenance costs – Some systems require minimal labor time and maintenance cost, while other 

systems can require daily or weekly maintenance by dental staff, which can include application of 

cleaners to maintain good operation of the separator system. 

• Replacement cost – Canisters or entire separators for some systems have to be replaced when full 

(anywhere from 3-18 months, system dependent) or on an annual basis at a significant cost. 

• Shipping costs – Suppliers may offer free shipping of the waste collector as a part of the replacement 

cost.

• Recycling costs – Suppliers may offer free recycling service of the collector as part of the replacement 

cost. 

Table of estimated annual cost: 

System Costs Small 

(1-4 Chairs/1-2 Doctors)

Medium 

(5-12 Chairs/3-6 Doctors)

Large 

(12+ Chairs/6+ Doctors)

Purchase $200 - $1200 $665 - $2200 $2500 - $8800 

Installation $100 - $200 $125 - $260 $200 - $1000 

Maintenance $0 - $200 $0 - $200 $0 - $200 

Replacement $50 - $750 $75 - $750 $500 - $2100 

Estimated Annual Cost $185 - $940 $255 - $975 $1740 - $4060 

• Prices listed on this table and the list on the following page are not quotes, 

 but rather are prices based on information from manufacturers and referenced reports. 

• Maintenance cost does not include labor cost; just the cost of cleaners, and is averaged to annual estimates. 

• Replacement cost includes the cost of recycling service and shipping and is averaged to annual estimates. 

• Estimated annual cost, based on 5-year average life-cycle costs, excluding repairs. 

References: 

[1] Amalgam Separators Approved by King County, Washington; King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks: Industrial Waste 

 Program, May 2004. http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/indwaste/sep_table.pdf 

[2] San Francisco City and County List of Amalgam Separators. http://sfwater.org/Files/FactSheets/Approved_Separators_List_031705.pdf 

[3] Vermont Dental Amalgam Separator Pilot Project. Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, August 2004. 

 http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/ead/mercury/PDF/AmalgamSeparatorReport.pdf

Partners for A Clean Environment Spring 2007

Amalgam Separator Buyer’s Guide
This listing is for informational purposes only and it is not an endorsement of any product or dental supplier by PACE. If you are a vendor or manufacturer and would lik

call PACE at 303-441-1183.

Separator 

Company Contact Details Make & Model Separation Technology Removal Efficiency @ Tested Flow Rate Vac Pump # of Chairs Size (In) (h x l x w) Install Location Initial Cost Cost of M

AB Dental Trends

Roger Weiss (800) 817-6704 

Rasch 890-1000 Rasch 890-6000 

Settlement Filtration Ion Exchange 

99.3% at 2 liters/min & 96.7% at 4 liters/min 

Wet Dry 

1-12 1-12 

28.5 x 10.3 x 12.8 5 x 9 x 12.25 

Central Vacuum 

$1,190 $666 

Replacement $596, includes Canister replamonths for 1 c

Air Techniques

(800) 247-8324 Guardian 

Amalgam Collector 

Settlement 99.3% at 2.5 

liters/min 

Wet & Dry 

Variable 7.5 x 10.5 x 

6.25 

Central Vacuum 

$750 for unit 

Clean daily, coreplacing everfor 1-2 chairs, $750 each, inc

Asdex AS-9 

Settlement Filtration 

97.3% at 1 liter/min Wet & 

Dry 

1 11.5 x 3 x 3 Chairside 

or Central V 

$200 Dental office r

every 3 monthincludes waste 

American Dental Accessories

(Also sells the SolmeteX Hg5, details below) 

Rick Zeiska (800) 331-7993 

Rasch 890 AD1000 

Settlement Filtration Ion Exch. 

99.3% at 2 liters/min & 96.7% at 4 liters/min 

Wet & Dry 

10 8 x 10.5 x 14 Central 

Vacuum 

$825 Canister is rep

months and is 

Bio-Synm Medical Association 

Tim Thompson. 800-947-7550 604-476-1741 

Merc II Settlement 

Filtration 

Ion Exch. 

95.2% at 2 liters/min Wet & 

Dry 

8 8 x 13 x 7 Chairside 

or Central V 

$845 Replacement 

$595 annuallyshipping + rec

DRNA Waste Management

Marc Sussman 800-360-1001 x11 

Bu10 Bu30 

Settlement 99.9% 

N/A, (Batch Process) 

Wet & Dry 

1-6 7-12 

21 x 9 x 8.5 25 x 12.5 x 12.5 

Central Vacuum 

$695 $1395 

Annual replaceand shipping cBu10 and $65

Hygenitek, Inc. Katie Lubin 

866-494-3648 

ARU-10 Settlement 

Filtration 

Ion Exch. 

> 99% at 0.75 liters/min 

Wet & Dry 

6 23 x 12 x 12 Chairside 

or Central V 

$689 Change canist

months at $99tank every 1-2 

METASYS - 

Pure Water Development 

Walter Ruffini 305-663-2989 

ECO II Economy Type 2 

Settlement 96.7 at 2 liters/min Wet & 

Dry 

6 14 x 9 x 8.7 Central 

Vacuum 

$650 Separator exc

Apply cleaner exchanged anper chair inclu

R & D Services(The Amalgam Collector) 

Deanna Fraker 800-816-4995 

CH9/12 CE12 CE15 CE18 CE24 

Settlement 99.9% (Batch Proc.) 

Capacity is 2.3 liters for CH9, 3.7 l for the CH12, 6.5 l for CE18 and 9.3 l for CE24. 

Wet & Dry 

1 1 2-3 3-5 6-12 

12-18 x 8 x 6 15-18 x 8 x 6 19-23 x 8 x 6 22-26 x 8 x 6 34 x 8 x 10 

Chairside Central V Central V Central V Central V 

$575 $680 $785 $785 $1195 

Install Cost of Maintenance radjusting exteweekly and molevel and deca

RAMVAC Robert A Meyer 

800-572-6822 

Hg5 Settlement 

Filtration 

Ion Exch. 

99.82% at 0.05 liters/min & 97.4% at 0.75 liters/min 

Wet & Dry 

10 29 x 14 x 8 Central 

Vacuum 

$695 Canister repla

Replacement recycling $250

Rebec, LLC(RME 2000-Catch Hg) 

Mike Jeffers 800-569-1088 

400 1000 1000 Plus 9000 9000 Plus 

Settlement Filtration 

99.67% at 1 liter/min Wet & 

Dry 

1-4 5-10 5-10 10-30 30+ 

18 x 14 x 8 23.5 x 20 x 8 24 x 20 x 16 48 x 24 x 22 48 x 24 x 22 

Central Vacuum 

$1185 $1995 $2198 $3620 

$445 for 400 & $645 for 1000 $795 for 9000 replacement, srecycling, and 

Solmetex, Inc. Al Dube 

508-393-5115 508-397-9725 

Hg 5 Hg 5Mini Hg 5HV Hg 10 

Settlement Filtration Ion Exchange 

99.82% at 0.05 l/min & 97.4% at 0.75 l/min 99.82% at 0.1 l/min & 97.4% at 1.5 l/min 99.99% (Batch Pro.) 

Wet & Dry 

10 4 20 10+ 

30 x 13 x 10 21.5 x 11 x 8 28 x 18 x 23 48 x 72 x 24 

Central Vacuum 

$695 $695 $2500 $7400 

Filter replaced annually. The replacement inrecycling. Repcartridge quart

Sultan Healthcare

800-637-8582 Purevac 

Hg Amalgam Separator 

Settlement Filtration 

99% at 0.75 liters/min Wet & 

Dry 

Dental office is recycling amaseparator. 

$1080 with line cleaner for year. 

Central 

Vacuum 

1-6 8 x 26 7-12