Customer Requirements:

• Improve pumping speed of the evaporation system.
• Improve cleanliness of the system.
• Improve maintenance time and enhance uptime.

Identified Problems:

• Use of an old vapour booster pump for hi vac.
• Lack of cleanliness due to not being able to clean the lines.
• Old hi vac valves, hi maintenance requirement.
• Vapour booster pump stationary and not easily removable.

AVT Solution:

• Replace vapour booster pump with an Edwards mechanical booster pump
• Manufacture custom stainless steel vac lines.
• Manufacure a mobile pump stand with lockable wheels
• Eliminate any vibration from pumping stack to enhance long term leak integrity through use of flex stainless vac lines
• Build mobility for the pump and vac line, to move away from diffusion pump as one unit
• Complete installation, testing and training at customer site

Work Accomplished:

• Designed and built all the vac lines in advance
• Pump trolly designed and built in advance
• Old plumbing removed from the system
• Installed and tested all new components
• System operational within 48 hours