Vacuum Pump Systems

Vacuum pump system describes the required use of a vacuum pump and additional components in their construction necessary to achieve a desired outcome. When the end user is a printed circuit board manufacturer, (s)he may require a base to secure the pump as in the Onyxx STND System. This arrangement allows the pump to bolt on to a sturdy base stand rather than rest on the production or shop floor, enabling ease of maintenance, proper ventilation, and equipment protection. So, general overall plant safety and equipment reliability are increased.

This same printed circuit board manufacturer may desire complete automated control as in the Onyxx VTM System. This arrangement allows for complete automatic on/off operation of the vacuum pump dictated by a completely adjustable pressure switch. The vacuum pump is mounted on a sturdy ASME coded vertical tank which adds storage space, increasing the off time of the pump, saving both energy and mechanical wear and tear on the system.

Customers that require 100% pump redundancy in their vacuum process may choose the Onyxx HTMD-2 horizontal tank mounted duplex system. This arrangement also achieves complete automated operation of the vacuum pump with an additional pump acting as 100% backup in case of catastrophic failure to one pump. In this case the vacuum process in the plant can continue without operational loss of any associated manufacturing or production dollars while the failed pump is repaired. In the meat packaging industry the requirement may be to increase production of vacuum packaged products to market and so additional vacuum capacity is required. The most efficient pump arrangement in this example may be the Onyxx VR-775-BLWR system where a booster blower is fitted to an existing vacuum pump. In this case the standard pump capacity is boosted up to 2 times it’s original design point in the deeper vacuum regions with total installed horsepower increasing only by 1/5th (or 20%).