Vacuum Pump Maintenance

As with any other piece of equipment, proper routine maintenance to ensure these pieces of machinery are working correctly is essential for them to function and perform well in whatever capacity they are being used.

For the purpose of this piece we will discuss rotary, foreline, diffusion, and turbomolecular pumps; all of which can be used in a variety of applications but are also used in conjunction to provide the high levels of vacuum required in LC- and GC-MS systems.