If you have a small mechanical vacuum pump.How can you improve it?
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How to improve your mechanical vacuum pump
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Re: How to improve your mechanical vacuum pump
I'll wait for one of Richards classic comments here
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Re: How to improve your mechanical vacuum pump
No witty comments needed. What is needed is a good high vacuum TC gauge, of course.
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The more complex the idea put forward by the poor amateur, the more likely it will never see embodiment
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Re: How to improve your mechanical vacuum pump
MacGyvering tech:
Five vacuum cleaners in series should work too (reportedly each can do 20 % of 1 ATM). So put those on the outlet of the vane pump to get a 2 stage pump. Then put 283 stacked Muffin fans on the pump inlet side to fill in for the turbo.
(Pfeiffer TPU 050 runs at 90,000 RPM and has 11 rotors and 11 stators. 2 pole/60 Hz Muffin fan runs at 3500 RPM. So, 90,000/3500 * 11 => 283 ; needs CW and CCW fans alternated. )
Looks like the usual turbo might be cheaper. A lot of odd O rings needed for all those Muffin fans too. Maybe could glue them together. For throttled Fusor use, could probably get away with a factor of 10 or 20 less compression ratio though. Then only 14 computer fans (magnetic bearing type) at maybe $2 each off Epay China. Could just stuff them into a foot long 3" diameter ISO 80 pipe with some conductance limiting packing around them.
Five vacuum cleaners in series should work too (reportedly each can do 20 % of 1 ATM). So put those on the outlet of the vane pump to get a 2 stage pump. Then put 283 stacked Muffin fans on the pump inlet side to fill in for the turbo.
(Pfeiffer TPU 050 runs at 90,000 RPM and has 11 rotors and 11 stators. 2 pole/60 Hz Muffin fan runs at 3500 RPM. So, 90,000/3500 * 11 => 283 ; needs CW and CCW fans alternated. )
Looks like the usual turbo might be cheaper. A lot of odd O rings needed for all those Muffin fans too. Maybe could glue them together. For throttled Fusor use, could probably get away with a factor of 10 or 20 less compression ratio though. Then only 14 computer fans (magnetic bearing type) at maybe $2 each off Epay China. Could just stuff them into a foot long 3" diameter ISO 80 pipe with some conductance limiting packing around them.
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Re: How to improve your mechanical vacuum pump
I don't have a a good high vacuum TC gauge.I think that I must buy one now.Richard Hull wrote:No witty comments needed. What is needed is a good high vacuum TC gauge, of course.
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Re: How to improve your mechanical vacuum pump
Sell it and use the money to help replace it with something bigger?HEAVY WATER wrote:If you have a small mechanical vacuum pump.How can you improve it?
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Re: How to improve your mechanical vacuum pump
But I don't know where can I buy the diffusion pump with a cheap priceChris Bradley wrote:Sell it and use the money to help replace it with something bigger?HEAVY WATER wrote:If you have a small mechanical vacuum pump.How can you improve it?
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Re: How to improve your mechanical vacuum pump
Peng yi feng,
I think you need to do some more reading first. Spend some time in the FAQs.
I think you need to do some more reading first. Spend some time in the FAQs.
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