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VACUUM PUMPS
Vacuum pumps
vacuum to one IS machine with the IS machine at Furnace N° 2. duction requirements, thereby
ten double sections for wide- Since then an additional fur- ensuring significant power sav-
neck glass containers. Then, nace has been prepared, with all ings - a practice which increas-
following the success of the IS lines connected to the vacuum es glasswork productivity by
demonstration by expert glass system - upgraded with a total of leveraging all the high-perfor-
moulding engineers, the vacuum three Pneumofore UV100s. Here mance potential that’s available
was combined with low pressure Pneumofore engineers checked on today’s latest generation IS
for the purposes of attaining still the entire system during com- moulding lines. O
better results - both in reduced missioning of the two additional
rejection rate at the cold-end vacuum pumps, ensuring proper
quality inspection and in terms installation according to current
of quantity of bottles-per-minute recommendations for long-term
upon each IS line. efficiency.
A HISTORY OF CHOOSING BIG WINS FOR ENERGY
INNOVATION SAVING
Modelo had already installed Based upon Pneumofore’s
a Pneumofore UV100 vacuum Rotary Vane technology, the
pump equipped with Variable three vacuum pumps are capa-
Speed drive at its Tierra Blanca ble of supplying up to 20.000 PNEUMOFORE
plant back in 2020. The air- m3/h as total capacity with-
cooled machine, which has in the vacuum level range Via N. Bruno, 34
nominal installed power of 220 of 50 to 450 mbar(a). Not 10098 Rivoli TO
kW and can reach up to 6.610 only. Guaranteeing a constant Tel.: +39-011-950-40-30
Fax: +39-011-950-40-40
m3/h in capacity, was set up vacuum level, the machine’s E-mail: info@pneumofore.com
alongside the existing vacuum Variable Speed drives can adapt www.pneumofore.com
systems. The vacuum setpoint its rotation velocity to pro-
is at 280 mbar(a), connected to
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