Diy Venturi Vacuum Pump Design

I will show you how to make a very simple but effective venturi vacuum pump out of cheep laboratory material.

Diy venturi vacuum pump design. I only went 3 because the longest 0 75 en. I can not take full credit as i am sure someone smarter already knows how to do this. The principle of this pump is that when the water flows through the vertical tube the vacuum is. Use a screwdriver to open the plastic housing.

I took a piece of aluminum measuring 1 25x1 25x3. Also known as venturi pumps these pumps are commonly used in vacuum packaging pick and place operations and end of arm robotic tooling. Venturi generators require a constant supply of air from an air compressor in order to generate and maintain a vacuum. Dedicated vacuum pumps and venturi vacuum generators.

Looking for an inexpensive way to aerate the water in your aquarium without adding an air pump. For more info on how that works see the wiki article on the venturi effect. Remove the vacuum module from the pump s plastic housing. Cost me only 2 00 make sure the drip tubing is barely show cent.

Explore the venturi effect with a diy vacuum pump step 1. Basic venturi construction for the diy crowd contributed by zik i have been thinking about this for a while doing a small write up and trying to explain different construction techniques for a common venturi using fairly easy to find materials. I wanted to use my air compressor as a vacuum pump. Begin by using an adjustable.

My diy low pressure venturi or make the center hole bigger for more high volume water. Remove the housing and discard. The materials that i have used here have been found at several places. Both models include a built in vacuum.

Remove the tee fitting. Yes that is what we are going to do today. Put the suction end into a five gallon pail of clean water and squeeze the washer handle. High efficiency fixed flowair powered vacuum pumps.

An extremely simple and effective vacuum pump. Connect the diy venturi pump to 1 1 2 inch vinyl hoses with hose adapters on either end. Named after the italian physicist giovanni battista venturi 1746 1822 the venturi effect is described as the reduction in fluid pressure that results when a fluid flows through a. A multistage design generates a high vacuum flow with less air consumption than other air powered vacuum pumps.

An aquarist need look no further than the venturi effect. I made it at techshop.