Last month we discussed Gas Molecules and Gas Flow and at the end of the article mentioned the term Conductance. This time we will talk a bit more about conductance in vacuum system piping and why it has to be taken into consideration in the design of a typical vacuum furnace or similar vacuum system.
Firstly though, we will discuss Throughput. Have you ever wondered why vacuum pipes and connections are of several different sizes on any vacuum system? I would suggest that most users don’t really give it any thought. It is what it is. So let’s look at the sections of a vacuum system and again try to visualize those gas molecules, which are so tiny we can’t see them, and understand the conditions at different places in the system.