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How to Select the Right Vacuum Pump for the Application

From Edwards Vacuum
 

 

Selecting the right vacuum pumping system for your heat treat application is a complex and challenging task with the realization that no single type of vacuum pump is likely to provide all the characteristics necessary to meet all your process requirements. Vacuum pump selection not only demands a thorough understanding of what you need your vacuum system to do, as important is knowing the impact the selected vacuum system will have on the overall cost to produce your product, pertaining to cost of ownership and how the selected vacuum system will impact product quality and / or yield.

Product Announcements
Edwards Vacuum - Turbo pump for compact, efficient vacuum systems
Leading manufacturer of vacuum equipment for scientific applications, Edwards, has launched a new pump for laboratory vacuum systems. The EXT406PX turbomolecular pump allows a customer to build... (read more)
Edwards Vacuum - EDWARDS ANNOUNCES 1,000TH MILESTONE SALE
Edwards, a leading global supplier of vacuum and abatement equipment and services, today announced that it has sold 1,000 iXH harsh process vacuum pumps to semiconductor and solar manufacturers since... (read more)
Alcatel Vacuum Products, Inc. - Packtel 1025 Turbomolecular Pumping System
The Packtel 1025 is a compact, pumping system that pumps from atmosphere to 10-5/10-8mbar, incorporating a 7 or 30 l/s turbomolecular pump with a 5 m3/h Pascal rotary vane pump. (read more)
Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum USA Inc. - SV16BI Rotary Vane Vacuum Pump
Export, PA - March 2009 - Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum introduces the SOGEVAC® SV16 BI, a compact single-stage rotary vane vacuum pump for Analytical Applications including Mass Spectrometry. SOGEVAC SV16... (read more)
Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum USA Inc. - WH series Vacuum Boosters
Cologne, Germany - February 2009 - Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum introduces a new line of WH series vacuum boosters for use in large volume pumping such as Industrial Coating, Metallurgy, Solar Cell... (read more)
EBARA Technologies, Inc. - Multistage Dry Vacuum Pumps
The ESR Series (Energy Saving Roots) are multistage dry vacuum pump engineered for application from clean to medium duty processes such as Load Lock, SEM, PVD, Ashing, Sputtering and Etch. The ESR... (read more)
Edwards Vacuum - EDWARDS ANNOUNCES iXH NEXT-GENERATION VACUUM PUMP
Edwards, a leading global supplier of vacuum and abatement equipment and services, today introduced the new iXH series of vacuum pumps, the next-generation in its industry-leading family of harsh... (read more)
INTEK, Inc. - Vacuum Drying Monitors
Vacuum Drying Monitors The RheoVac DR is a monitoring system that eliminates the guesswork involved with vacuum drying operations. It monitors several parameters in the vacuum chamber exhaust line,... (read more)
Topics of Interest
Low pressure nitriding applications typically involve the use of ammonia gas as the source of nitrogen. Careful consideration of material selection is needed for the vacuum pump system. In addition... (Read More)
As the use of vacuum-based equipment in industrial applications continues to grow, vacuum pump system life cycle costs are increasingly scrutinised. Andrew Chew of Edwards, outlines the factors that... (Read More)
There are many things that can go wrong with your vacuum system. Save time by starting here to find the most common ones. The usual vacuum furnace problem is caused by a high leak up rate or high... (Read More)
This article provides an introduction on how to apply the principles of ATEX legislation and its supporting documentation to the internal flammable atmospheres associated with vacuum pumps. (Read More)
Low-flow pumps come in a variety of flavors. The right choice is a function of cost and the intended application. The user's world of low-flow pumps includes pilot plants, R&D labs and water... (Read More)