Edwards RV3 Vacuum Pump

Analytical instruments
Laboratory bench top vacuum
Turbomolecuar backing pumps
Freeze drying
Research and development
Centrifuges, ultra-high speed
Coating
Degassing/curing - oil, epoxy resin
Distillation/extraction/filtration
Furnaces
Gas bottle filling/emptying
Gel drying
Glove boxes, ovens
Leak detectors, Helium
Load locks and transfer chambers
Refrigeration manufacture
Rotary, centirfugal evaporators
Scanning electron microscopes - SEM
SEM/FIB (ion beam repair)
Solvent recovery
Surface science instruments
Ultimate pressure 2.0 x 10-3 mbar / 1.5 x 10-3 Torr
Ultimate pressure GB I 3.0 x 10-2 mbar / 2.3 x 10-2 Torr
Ultimate pressure GB II 1.2 x 10-1 mbar / 9.1 x 10-2 Torr
Ultimate Pressure with Fomblin® 2 x 10-2 mbar / 1.5 x 10-2 Torr
Max inlet pressure for water vapour 80 mbar / 60 Torr
Max water vapour pumping rate – GB I 60 gh-1
Max water vapour pumping rate – GB II 220 gh-1
Max allowed outlet pressure 0.2 bar gauge / 2.8 psig
Max allowed inlet and gas ballast pressure 0.5 bar gauge / 7 psig
Oil capacity min/max 0.42/0.7 litres
Recommended oil Ultragrade 19
Inlet flange NW25
Exhaust flange NW25
Noise level 48 dB(A) @ 50 Hz
Operating temperature range 12 – 40 °C