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Piping Losses in an air Vacuum System
The purpose of the vacuum system is for making vacuum infused boats. EdStainless: The system dropped 4inHg when i shut all the valves over a few hours so that sounds like a leak however the installer came and pressurized the system and sprayed soapy water on the connectors and determined there...- Briland33
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- Forum: Pipelines, Piping and Fluid Mechanics engineering
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Piping Losses in an air Vacuum System
I operate a boat manufacturer and we recently setup a vacuum pump system to vacuum infuse our parts. My goal was to pull parts down to a consistent -28inHg. I bought a GVS 16A pump with 11CFM, 1.2HP, and attached it to a ~80gal tank and then after the tank is ~115ft of 25mm aluminum piping to...- Briland33
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- Forum: Pipelines, Piping and Fluid Mechanics engineering
