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ontario guy
03-02-2009, 11:30 AM
Hi,

I have two of these Welch Duoseal vacuum pumps(link below). Is there enough vacuum and CFM to work for 50 to 100 taps?

Mark



http://www.welchvacuum.com/products/welch/welch_vacuum_products/laboratory/belt-drive_high/small.jsp

Haynes Forest Products
03-02-2009, 12:00 PM
I didnt look at the spec sheet but I can tell you that my first attempt at vacuum was using one of that type Welch duo seal pumps. I had about 75 taps and got my vacuum up to the point that I turned the regulator down on the tank and sucked it into junk. so it was working fine.
High vacuum on a tight system is more important than high CFMs. If you had a 1,000 taps on that pump and it was pulling 25HGs vacuum you would be doing everything right.