In the field
Applications
Real-world case studies — how plant engineers across packaging, food & beverage, pharma, semiconductor and heavy industry put Dr.Vakuum pumps and blowers to work.
Thermoforming line for MAP-packed ready meals
A regional ready-meal producer replaced three ageing rotary vane pumps with a single MB-Series mechanical booster + V0301 combo — cutting cycle time by 22% and oil consumption by 60%.
CNC router vacuum hold-down at a furniture factory
A custom-furniture maker switched from a worn-out oil-sealed pump to a CR Series claw — eliminating oil contamination on porous wood and going six months without an oil change (because there's no oil).
Freeze-drying loadlock at a pharmaceutical pilot plant
A two-stage rotary vane DV60 backed by a small mechanical booster pulls a 50-litre lyophiliser from atmospheric to 0.05 mbar in under 12 minutes — well inside the validated process window.
Central vacuum system for an injection moulding facility
Twelve injection moulding presses, one centralised vacuum loop — designed around three V0301 pumps in N+1 redundancy. Cuts compressed-air consumption 40% vs. venturi-based hold-down.
Pneumatic conveying at a flour mill — side channel blowers
A 24-tonne/hour flour mill replaced two ageing positive-displacement blowers with three SC Series side channel blowers — quieter, oil-free, with no foundation work needed.
Load-lock evacuation at a semiconductor back-end facility
A wire-bond facility chose Dr.Vakuum DV30 pumps for its load-lock chambers — clean, fast pump-down, with the gas-ballast option preventing condensables from contaminating the oil.
Solvent recovery at a fine-chemical plant
A liquid-ring LS pump handles aggressive solvent vapors that would destroy a rotary vane pump in weeks — running on the same solvent as service liquid, in a closed loop.
Aeration tank blowers at a municipal wastewater plant
Three RB Series Roots blowers replaced two ageing units at a 35,000 m³/day wastewater plant — running on VFDs to match dissolved-oxygen demand instead of throttling against a closed valve.