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This is going to be a fairly short subject as it mostly involves math and conversion factors. When you are going back and forth between different vacuum pump cut sheets, which many come from different countries, you get used to convert from metric to US Imperial units. It’s a bit different when you want to […]

Now that we have established that cleaning, filtering and generally improving the quality of the vacuum stream of any vacuum pump is a good idea, there are instances in which we just can’t get rid of all the moisture. Moisture is the sworn enemy of most rotating equipment. Moisture attacks anything and everything. it will

Previously we had mentioned about the need of a pre-condenser to alleviate the load of any given vacuum pump. Any Vacuum pump will benefit from any accessory that will clean up the incoming vacuum stream. Even liquid ring vacuum pumps will benefit from such a device as the vapor load , when turned into liquid,

It is usually very hard to find an end user that is versed in the science of filtration of their gas stream. It is even harder to find one that wants to approach the issue of filtration under vacuum. but fear no more, we will be discussing the issues of filtration, separation and condensation under

There are several different methods of sizing central systems. I have used several different ones during my many years of designing central systems and now I will jjst illustrate how to start from scratch, until we finalized with a total system demand. Today we will only tackle the part of the problem that has to

For many years the most favorited technology to create vacuum was the oil-flooded, rotary vane vacuum pump. This is pump that can be very economical to acquire, and properly maintained, should last for a long time. The operative word here is “Properly” Different manufacturers go about their oil-flooded vacuum pumps on a variety of ways.

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A lot has been said about vacuum and router tables. I will try to start from the basics and move up to the more complicated items in a progressive fashion. First, lets define the possible usage of a router table. These tables are made out of steel , very heavy and sturdy and come in

There are applications in which it is not practical to handle the fluid that you need to move. That could be the case of crystalline material floating on a suspension found in your typical chemical or pharmaceutical plant. Sometimes, the liquid is just too hot to handle, like molten metal, or maybe just hot water