Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

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

Search results for query: *

  1. iboivin

    Ruptured diaphragm in vacuum pump

    Hi all! We have been using vacuum pumps for a while. But lately, we are having ruptured diaphragm. At first, it was because the diaphragm were not the suitable material. But we are now using the right material (Neoprene), but we still have problems. Is it possible that the material is Neoprene...
  2. iboivin

    Non destructive ways to differienciate between Neoprene and EPDM

    Thanks to all of you! We will try to use the petroleum-based products. We will do some tests. We want to be able to use the test on site where technicians will need to change the part. IB
  3. iboivin

    Non destructive ways to differienciate between Neoprene and EPDM

    Hi Pat, Thanks for the tip, even though it didn't work. It's very difficult to see the difference between the two parts since they are the same color, same shape and same weight. There is a metal disk inside the part that I think is interfering with the test we try to do. We keep on looking! IB
  4. iboivin

    Non destructive ways to differienciate between Neoprene and EPDM

    Thanks Cory for the idea. I tried it, but it didn't work. Both sank :-( We are still looking. IB
  5. iboivin

    Non destructive ways to differienciate between Neoprene and EPDM

    Hi all, We had a problem with diaphragms for vacuum pumps. It used to be made of Neoprene and all of a sudden the supplier used EPDM. For our application, we really need Neoprene. Since we don't really know when the supplier started to use EPDM, we want to be able to test the diaphragm to...
  6. iboivin

    Why does my parts made of Polypropylen break?

    Hi all, I have parts made of polypropylen 7728 and they break easily. I'm wondering if improper storage can be the cause of the breakage. We are situated in Quebec, so the temperature can go below 0°C. If you have any ideas, please let me know, Thank you, Iboivin

Part and Inventory Search