awesome.. adds 350hp !!

[zixxer]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3804887335&category=46547

 

[Homerboy]

looks like a garbage disposal to me
albeit a nice one

 

[StageLeft]

I think you linked to wrong ebay.

 

[Mark R]

A very nice piece of equipment - and a steal at just $500.

Shame I have no use for it.

 

[Shockwave]

What the hell is a turbomolecular pump??

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
What the hell is a turbomolecular pump??

They're used in vacuum systems. It's one type along with roughing and diffusion pumps.

 

[cliftonite]

what is that thing used to do?

 

[tnitsuj]

Originally posted by: cliftonite
what is that thing used to do?

Pump things. Ask your mom about it.

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

Originally posted by: Shockwave
What the hell is a turbomolecular pump??

They're used in vacuum systems. It's one type along with roughing and diffusion pumps.

Well what in the hell is a roughing or diffusion pump?!?!

 

[Buttzilla]

Originally posted by: tnitsuj

Originally posted by: cliftonite
what is that thing used to do?

Pump things. Ask your mom about it.

hahahaa....that think can probably milk a 100o cows

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: Shockwave

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

Originally posted by: Shockwave
What the hell is a turbomolecular pump??

They're used in vacuum systems. It's one type along with roughing and diffusion pumps.

Well what in the hell is a roughing or diffusion pump?!?!

All three of those are just different types of pumps used to create vacuums. A roughing pump is just a mechanical pump used to create a "rough" vacuum - about 10^-3 torr. The other two are used to create much higher vacuums (lower pressure) that you can't make with just a mechanical pump.

 

[loup garou]

OMG! It's a turbomolecular bomb! Call Homeland Security! :Q

 

[Turin39789]

a search on google shows........................ these things cost a hell of a lot

 

[Babbles]

I work with gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS) systems and they all use a turbomolecular pump. And as somebody mentioned a rough pump or rotary vane pump is used to 'roughly' pump down a system, while the turbo pump really pumps it down.

$500 is a pretty good deal, however I wouldn't just buy one from ebay. Entire lack of support thing.