The Edwards RV5 dual-stage rotary vane mechanical vacuum pump has a pumping speed displacement at 60Hz of 4.1 cfm and an ultimate pressure of 1.5 X 10 -3 Torr. The max water vapor inlet pressure of the Edwards Vacuum pump is 38 torr. The Edwards RV5 rotary vane pump weights about 47 pounds and has an operating temperature range of 12 to 40 degrees Celsius.
Applications in high vacuum include TV tube priming, backing turbo pumps, analytical instruments, physics research, electron microscopes, and leak detection. Applications in high throughput include distillation, backing vapor pumps, mass spectrometer inlet systems, solvent concentration, laboratory furnaces, freeze drying, and other drying applications.
