Officials at Air-Vac said that they developed the new MFL series of vacuum generators after meeting Motion Controls Robotics at a previous event in Chicago.
Motion Controls Robotics provides full service robotic solutions and has been Air-Vac Engineering’s customer for its pumps. Andy Horn, mechanical engineer, Motion Controls Robotics, said that officials liked Air-Vac’s product.
The new MFL series of vacuum generators multi-stage design boasts a high initial flow rate, fast evacuation, quiet operation, low maintenance, and low cost and can be used in pick and place applications, with vacuum cups for material handling where sealing is difficult and leakage is common due to uneven surfaces.
According to Air-Vac, the new pump compresses air flows through a small venturi nozzle to generate a high velocity and the air expands into the first chamber to generate vacuum. The combination of compressed air and vacuum flow from the first chamber flows through a second venturi where it produces vacuum. This combination flows through a third venturi to also produce vacuum and is capable of vacuum levels up to 27.2"Hg and vacuum flow up to 19.5 scfm.
“We appreciated hearing directly from Motion Controls Robotics about their requirements since we normally deal through distributors and looked forward to the challenge of creating a pump that had the same great performance in smaller, lighter package," said Carl Lawson, product manager, Air-Vac Engineering, in statement.
Lawson said that engineers went to work on the project and developed a new pump that could deliver the same performance as their previous version but weighed only half as much and took up less space.
Since 1959, Air-Vac has been designing and manufacturing vacuum pumps in the USA for applications worldwide. Company manufactures both single stage and multi-stage vacuum pumps in a variety of materials.
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