The purpose of a vacuum pump is to create a vacuum for certain technological processes and tasks. Today, vacuum is used for the transfer and efficient use of secondary heat, recovery of technological processes, in order to shift the phase of a particular liquid in mass transfer processes, in the preparation of food ingredients and concentrates, in order to preserve the usefulness and appearance of the product. Vacuum pumps for evaporators and cooking vats, fermenters. The use of vacuum pumps for wood drying, pasting and preparation of blanks, drying chambers.
A specially designed vacuum pump creates a vacuum during operation. According to its design and working environment, it has various designs and is subdivided into the following: