In parallel to the use of paving laying machines, vacuum technology has also conquered its own area of application in recent years. Alongside the demands for the rationalisation of work processes, important health and safety aspects are also responsible for this in part. Largeformat slabs, for example, cannot be laid by hand at all and by crane and lifting tackle only with unjustifiably high expenditure. This is where vacuum technology plays to its strengths. It enables the precise, fast laying or picking up of slabs, kerbstones and other concrete elements, each weighing well over 100 kg, with a comparatively compact machine.