Knowledge Base

At FMG we are experts at repairing & rebuilding pumps and related equipment. We have compiled The Knowledge Center to be your one resource for valuable information. Our aim is to ultimately help you with the planning, monitoring and maintenence, of your equipment. This will have benefits such as reducing your cost of operation, and you will be less likely to have break downs, and costly down time. The Knowledge Center is always growing so if you don’t see something you are looking for, then please submit e-mail suggestions to us from our contact page.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What are the 10 most costly mistakes in vacuum pump operation?

Improper Lubrication of Bearings
Incorrect Exhaust Settings
Unsuitable Temperature Levels
Failure to Properly Leak-Check the Pump and Blower After Installation
Not Checking the Oil Levels and Color Regularly
Untimely or Incomplete Maintenance on the Pump Package
Cooling Water Flow-Rate Errors
Misaligned O-Rings During Installation or Pump Maintenance
Wrong Pump or Blower for Application
Not Using FMG to Maintain Your Pumps and Blowers


by Type	by Manufacturer


Blowers Compressors Cryogenic Pumps Diffusion Pumps Dry Pumps Industrial Pumps Piston Pumps Scroll Pumps Turbomolecular Pumps Vane Pumps	Adixen / Alcatel Balzers / Pfeiffer BOC Edwards Busch CTI / Helix Dresser Ebara Helix (CTI / Helix) Hitachi Kashiyama Kinney (Tuthill / Kinney)	Leybold Pfeiffer (Balzers / Pfeiffer) Sargent (Welch / Sargent) Seiko-Seiki Stokes Toyota Industries Corporation Tuthill / Kinney Ulvac Varian Welch / Sargent