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News Release from: Edwards | Subject: GV80 dry vacuum pumps
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 23 March 2004
Pumps improve vacuum process efficiency
A leading global car manufacturer is using oil-free vacuum pump technology to improve its production process.
A leading global car manufacturer is using oil-free vacuum pump technology to improve its production process The installation of three GV80 dry vacuum pumps from vacuum pump specialist BOC Edwards has solved maintenance problems on the assembly line brake filling stations at the manufacturer's largest production plant in the UK
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 16 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The plant manufactures over 100,000 cars per year and production facilities range from press shops to assembly lines that use sophisticated engineering solutions to achieve a fast assembly time.
At the brake fluid filling station the two brake circuits are evacuated, filled and leak tested in just 60 seconds, before the next car approaches.
To achieve this, the station has three vacuum pumps; one for each brake circuit plus a backup pump.
Before installing the new BOC Edwards GV80 dry pumps, the manufacturer was using oil sealed scroll pumps for evacuation at the filling stations.
Severn Science, distributors for BOC Edwards in Wales and the West of England, replaced the oil sealed scroll pumps with the dry vacuum pumps.
BOC Edwards dry pumping technology offers clean pumping with no risk of oil contaminating the process.
GV80 dry vacuum pumps ensure uninterrupted operation - essential to the assembly line.
Keith Dearing, General Manager, Sales at Severn Science explains: "The GV80s have been running trouble free since installation.
With the old system the customer had maintenance, and spares availability issues, now BOC Edwards' global spares and service support is only a quick phone call away".
Other benefits of the new pumping system include a consistent pump-down time of just 30 seconds and low operating temperatures to protect the seals in the cars' brake circuits.
GV Drystar pumps are expected to run continuously for three years, whilst the latest GVM versions GV600M, GV410M and GV 260M have a six-year major service interval offering significant savings in running costs and process downtime.
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