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Comparison of electrical vacuum generators

Type Advantages Industries Example applications Example products
Rotary vane pump
  • Simple integration into the system
  • Process reliability due to low-pulsation delivery
  • Low maintenance
  • Excellent heat removal
  • Construction / Outdoor
  • Wood
  • Glass
  • Plastics
  • Metal and sheet metal
  • Stone
  • Food
  • Removal during the cutting process after float glass production
  • Injection molding removal
  • Fixing wooden boards in CNC processing centers
  • Handling of large wooden boards
  • Sheet loading
  • Pick-and-place operations in food handling
Claw pump
  • Very long maintenance intervals due to almost contactless principle of operation
  • Dry and oil-free vacuum generation
  • High suction capacity with high vacuum
  • Wood
  • Logistics
  • Food
  • Gantry handling of wooden beams and other wooden elements
  • Board removal in the sawmill and automation in the joinery
  • Handling of packaging, e.g. cardboards in the carton erector
Side channel blower
  • Very high suction capacity
  • Low maintenance requirements
  • Process reliability due to low-pulsation conveying
  • Packaging
  • Logistics
  • Wood
  • Board removal in the sawmill and automation in the joinery
  • Pallet handling
  • Carton handling
  • Order picking in storage
Diaphragm pump
  • Compact and suitable for decentralized use
  • Integrated control reduces energy consumption to a minimum
  • Oil-free and low-maintenance
  • Logistics
  • Packaging
  • Automotive
  • Glass
  • Intra-logistics, e.g. assembly of goods in fulfillment centers (AMRs, AGVs)
  • Automated final assembly, e.g. installation of doors or windshields
  • Body construction, e.g. handling gripper tools
  • Mounting of building glazing with mobile lifting devices
  • Automated removal of plastic parts from injection molding machines

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