Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations cowski on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Recent content by Briland33

  1. Briland33

    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...
  2. Briland33

    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...

Part and Inventory Search