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Explore expert insights, maintenance tips, and industry updates to keep your vacuum pumps running at peak performance. Browse the latest articles or search by topic to find what matters most to you.

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Watch that crud in your crude!

Maintenance Tips

Oil is often thought of exclusively as a lubricant but in mechanical vacuum pumps oil serves a number of critical functions. Besides acting

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Spotlight Report on High Vacuum Pumps

Pump Comparisons

When it comes to specifying a high vacuum pump, you want to know as much as possible about the design and construction details. We put toget

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Vacuum Pump Oil Filtration Systems Lower Lifetime Pump Cost

Maintenance Tips

Industrial furnaces are costly and valuable assets. They need periodic maintenance to keep them running. This maintenance includes rebuildin

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Testing: The Hot Cathode Ionization Gauge

Testing

Gas Ionization gauges enable measurement of pressure at very low densities in atmospheres like those encountered in high vacuum environments

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Testing: The Thermocouple and Pirani Gauges

Testing

At MHV we test each and every pump that is shipped out of our facility. Testing validates our workmanship has met the standard of quality an

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Conversion Chart

Testing

Here’s a handy chart to have when you need to change units.

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Filtration Can Extend Pump Life

Maintenance Tips

There are many processes using vacuum pumps to improve properties such as vacuum casting, brazing and PM sintering. Depending on process con

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