CompreVac designs, engineers, builds and supports custom vacuum and compressed air systems for demanding industrial applications. From centralized vacuum systems and redundant pump packages to transformer evacuation and municipal water pump priming, we build complete systems around the application rather than simply supplying individual components.
Industrial vacuum applications often require much more than selecting a pump. Receiver capacity, control philosophy, redundancy, pipework, filtration, cooling, electrical controls, instrumentation and process demand can all determine whether a system performs correctly.
CompreVac designs and builds complete vacuum systems around the actual process requirement. Systems can incorporate one pump or multiple pumps, receivers, boosters, control panels, filtration and automatic sequencing.
Our experience includes manufacturing, utilities, research, packaging, vacuum forming, transformer production, material handling, water pumping and specialized OEM applications.
CompreVac combines vacuum technology, mechanical engineering, controls and practical industrial experience to deliver complete packaged systems.
Pump capacity, vacuum level and evacuation time are matched to the actual process requirement.
Receivers, frames, manifolds, piping and equipment layouts can be engineered as part of the package.
Automatic sequencing, pump control, instrumentation and alarm strategies can be integrated into the system.
Duplex and triplex arrangements can provide backup capacity for critical 24-hour processes.
Examples of engineered systems designed around specific industrial and institutional applications.
A Saskatchewan transformer manufacturer needed to substantially reduce the evacuation time of very large electrical transformers before leak testing and filling.
CompreVac engineered and built a high-capacity vacuum package in Mississauga using a Rietschle VSI rotary screw vacuum pump backed by a VWP-1000 rotary lobe booster.
Instead of installing individual vacuum pumps at every machine, a centralized vacuum system can supply multiple production points from a properly sized pump package.
CompreVac builds centralized systems incorporating vacuum pumps, receivers, controls, manifolds and accessories for applications such as vacuum forming, vacuum processing, lifting, packaging and automated material handling.
The transformer project illustrates why system engineering matters. A pump may be capable of achieving the required ultimate vacuum but still take too long to evacuate a very large vessel. Adding an appropriately designed booster can dramatically increase pumping capacity while maintaining the required vacuum performance.
CompreVac specified, designed and built the complete vacuum pump system for Concordia University in 2016.
Specialized university and research applications often require vacuum systems designed around experimental equipment rather than standard production machinery.
Critical operations cannot always rely on a single vacuum pump. Duplex and triplex packages provide multiple pumps with automatic sequencing so capacity and backup can be built into the system.
A typical duplex system can alternate the lead pump to balance operating hours while keeping another pump available for backup or additional demand.
Large centrifugal water pumps often require the suction line and pump casing to be evacuated before the pump can reliably lift water and establish prime.
CompreVac designs dedicated vacuum priming systems for municipal, utility and industrial water pumping applications. Systems can be configured with multiple vacuum pumps, receivers, controls and redundancy according to station requirements.
The system begins with the process requirement, not with a predetermined pump.
Establish vacuum level, flow, evacuation time, duty cycle, process volume and operating conditions.
Select pump technology, receiver capacity, controls, redundancy and system configuration.
Assemble the pumps, receiver, controls, piping, instrumentation and supporting equipment.
Support commissioning, operation, maintenance and future service requirements.
Common questions about custom vacuum systems, centralized vacuum, duplex systems, boosters and vacuum pump priming.
Yes. CompreVac designs and builds complete packaged vacuum systems incorporating vacuum pumps, receivers, controls, piping, boosters, filtration and other equipment required by the application.
A centralized vacuum system uses one engineered pump package to supply vacuum to multiple production machines or process points rather than installing a separate vacuum pump at each machine.
A duplex vacuum system uses two pumps that can be sequenced automatically. One pump may operate as the lead pump while the second provides standby or additional capacity. The lead pump can also be alternated to balance operating hours.
A triplex system can be useful where demand varies widely, where additional redundancy is required or where a critical process needs multiple stages of available pumping capacity.
A rotary lobe vacuum booster increases pumping speed over a useful vacuum range when paired with a suitable backing pump. This can substantially reduce evacuation time on large-volume processes.
Yes. CompreVac has designed and built large transformer evacuation systems combining deep-vacuum backing pumps with rotary lobe boosters to provide both high vacuum and high pumping capacity.
Yes. CompreVac has designed specialized research vacuum equipment, including a complete vacuum system for Concordia University's cold spray project.
A vacuum priming system removes air from a centrifugal water pump and its suction line so water can rise into the pump and establish prime before normal pumping begins.
Yes. Pump priming systems can use duplex or other redundant vacuum pump arrangements where reliability is important for municipal or industrial water pumping stations.
Yes. Custom systems can include control panels, automatic pump sequencing, instrumentation, alarms and other electrical control functions appropriate to the application.
CompreVac designs and builds industrial vacuum systems from its facility in Mississauga, Ontario and supports customers throughout Canada.
Tell CompreVac what the process needs to achieve. We can help engineer the pumps, controls, receivers and complete system around the application.
Our customer is a company that builds massive electrical transformers. They approached CompreVac to find a faster way to evacuate the transformers at their Regina facility. Following each build, the transformers need to be evacuated down to 29”Hg. Once evacuated, the transformer is tested for leaks before being filled with an inert gas or oil. Their current vacuum system takes far too long to evacuate each transformer. The volumes to be evacuated are massive. The vacuum system built by CompreVac in their Mississauga location will make a huge difference to the vacuum pump-down time.
The system backing pump is a Rietschle VSI Series Rotary Screw vacuum pump , that has its own on-board, sealed-for-life cooling system, (just like a modern car). This remarkable pump can operate at depths of 29.917”HgV, or 0.075 Torr. The normal open flow pumping speed of this pump is insufficient to meet the volume requirements of this demanding application. To increase the volume, we have added a Rietschle VWP-1000 Rotary Lobe Booster. Unlike similar booster blowers, the VWP has a mechanical by-pass system that automatically closes to permit the full flow of gasses from the transformer. Once on line, the booster will enable the system to extract gasses at a rate of almost 2,000 cfm, making the challenge of evacuating huge transformers a very quick breeze.
CompreVac specified, designed and built the complete vacuum pump system for Concordia University in 2016.
You don't run your air compressors without a tank and control panel. Why would you do that with a vacuum pump? CompreVac builds on a weekly basis, centralized vacuum pump system for industries such as vacuum forming, vacuum processing, vacuum lifting, meat packaging, vacuum pick and place and more. Let us know what your application is and we'll take it from there.
Do you run a 24-hour operation? Lights out operation? Only have a maintenance crew on day shift or do you experience occasional extra demand from your vacuum pump machinery?
If any of these describe your operation then you need a duplex vacuum pump system. One pumps leads and the other backs it up and then they change every 24 hours. Ideal for 24-hour operation as you can imagine. Let us know what your application is and we'll take it from there.
Walk into just about any private or government-run water pumping station where there is a need to pump water vertically from a lower level to a higher level, and seek out the most neglected and rust-covered piece of the equipment in the plant. You’ve just found a typical vacuum priming system.
CompreVac has a dedicated team for vacuum pump priming systems.
Let us know how we can help.
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