Tag: High Vacuum

High Vacuum Components Terminology

ISO Flanges Fittings
If you use or specify high vacuum components, then you are probably very familiar with some or all of these terms: ANSI, CF, ISO, KF, LF, NW, QF … they have become part of our vernacular; but what do they mean and how are they used? Here is a

Vacuum Technology Basics: Many Different Levels of “Vacuum”

The term “vacuum,” as it pertains to the use of vacuum to study its effects or to enable something to happen in a high technology sense, has a broad range of definitions and sub-categories. Two very different definitions are: 1. a space entirely devoid of matter.