M-D Pneumatics™ 4000 Mechanically Sealed Vacuum Booster

M-D Pneumatics™ 4000 Mechanically Sealed Vacuum Boosters are used to supercharge vacuum pumps to greatly extend pump performance. This allows for much faster pumping speeds and deeper vacuum levels.

M-D Pneumatics vacuum boosters from Tuthill Vacuum & Blower Systems are utilized worldwide in the manufacture of chemicals, petrochemicals, plastics, semiconductors and wood composites as well as food processing, vacuum furnace applications and many other general applications in industry.

Model 4000 vacuum boosters provide pumping speeds to 720 CFM (1220 m³/h).

Applications:

• Supercharging vacuum pumps for better system performance
• Increasing vacuum system capacities
• Reducing system ultimate pressures

Features:

• Gears: Helical, ground gears for quiet operation
• Bearings:                    
  • Gear End: Double row ball
  • Free End: Cylindrical roller
  • Drive Shaft: Double row ball
• Rotors: Ductile iron, integrally cast with shafts
• Lubrication: Oil splash                      
  • Water cooling coils – standard
  • Water cooled end plates – optional
• Seals: Mechanical-labyrinth seals on rotor shafts; mechanical sealing on drive shaft
• Available in special materials such as:                      
  • Stainless steel
  • Carbon steel
  • Ductile Iron
  • Electroless nickel plated