Scroll Vacuum Pumps
Patented staged scroll technology from Air Squared allows for high vacuum capability in a compact and lightweight design - ideal for applications with challenging performance, size, and weight requirements.
All Metal Series
Orbital Series
Silent Series
Staged Vacuum Performance SeriesAir Squared, Inc. was founded in 1991 to service the needs of OEMs with oil-free scroll solutions for demanding positive displacement applications. Twenty years later, Air Squared is the industry leader in oil-free scroll design and manufacturing, with more experience and more scroll models than any other company.
Range Capability Overview
Flow Rates 5 - 950 lpmv
Vacuum 0.013 - 350 mbara
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V05H012A-BLDC-C10 mbara
5 lpmv
0.05 kWe
Full Production
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V07H015A-BLDC-C10 mbara
15 lpmv
0.08 kWe
Full Production
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V10T016A-BLDC-C0.133 mbara
20 lpmv
0.105 kWe
Limited Production
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V12H020A-BLDC-C10 mbara
25 lpmv
0.177 kWe
Full Production
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V14H024A-BLDC-S10 mbara
80 lpmv
0.432 kWe
Limited Production
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V16H030A-AC2 mbara
175 lpmv
0.59 kWe
Full Production
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V16H030A-BLDC2 mbara
175 lpmv
0.394 kWe
Full Production
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V16H034A-AC-H-SS0.013 mbara
250 lpmv
0.56 kWe
Limited Production
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V16H034C-BLDC350 mbara
130 lpmv
0.165 kWe
Full Production
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V27H069A-BLDC40 mbara
950 lpmv
2.4 kWe
Full Production
Spotlight on Scroll Vacuum Pumps
Scroll Vacuum Pump Solutions from Air Squared
Find your solution through a growing line of scroll vacuum pumps engineered specifically for OEMs and view past projects that supported scroll vacuum pump technology development
Modern innovation drives technological progress into an ever-shrinking footprint, continuously challenging pneumatic solutions to deliver better performance in less space. Simultaneously reducing moving parts and increasing or maintaining performance, patented staged scroll technology from Air Squared is ideally suited for vacuum applications with challenging size and weight restrictions.
Staged scroll technology adds a second involute to the back of the orbiting scroll and a mating involute to the housing, packaging multiple vacuum stages (in series or parallel) in a single compact design. All stages operate using a common crankshaft, motor, and housing, substantially reducing the size, weight, and componentry. The unique configuration can be used to create compact two-stage, three-stage, or four-stage scroll designs.
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Scroll Compressor FAQs
Most Air Squared products do not have a CE conformity marking.
Our products are primarily designed for OEMs and not intended for end users. As most OEM systems already require CE marking, conformity specific to an Air Squared product is generally not required.
OEM customers that require conformity specific to an Air Squared product should contact their Sales Representative.
Monitoring speed is an important aspect of operating a scroll compressor or vacuum pump, as operation over the specified maximum speed can result in premature or catastrophic failure.
For scroll compressors and vacuum pumps that have a brushless DC motor, speed can be measured by connecting a digital tachometer between a hall sensor and ground. The tachometer must be programmed to the correct number of pulses per revolution, which can be determined by dividing the numbers of motor poles by 2. For example, an 8-pole motor will have 4 pulses per revolution.
Alternatively, an oscilloscope can also be used to measure the frequency of the hall sensors. Divide the measured frequency by the number of pulses per revolution and multiply by 60 to determine the RPM.
For scroll compressors and vacuum pumps that have an AC motor, speed can be measured by multiplying the frequency of the variable frequency drive (VFD) by 60 to determine the RPM.
Looking at the face of the unit, the motor shaft for scroll compressors and scroll vacuum pumps rotates clockwise.
Most scroll vacuum pumps have a discharge port centered on the face of the unit, with the inlet port positioned near the periphery.
Air Squared does not provide operation manuals for most products.
Given the specialized nature of our scroll products, Air Squared works directly with OEM customers to install, operate, test, evaluate, and service products. Customers who require an operation manual should contact their Sales Representative.
If you do not have a Sales Representative, start with our Application Assistant or contact Sales directly.
Scroll Compressor News
All-Metal Scroll Pump Development Continues
August 02, 2017
The DOE has agreed to support the development of a liquid-cooled, all-metal scroll pump, with the ultimate goal of procuring a 150 m3/hr pumping capacity tritium pump.
Air Squared to Exhibit at Tritium 2019
February 08, 2019
Tritium 2019 is the 12th international conference on tritium science and technology.
Cost Barriers Shattered with Low-Cost Pump Development
September 01, 2017
ARPA-E funds scroll development to optimize cost, opening dozens of markets previously too cost-sensitive to consider scroll technology.
Liquid-Cooled, All-Metal Scroll Vacuum Pump Awarded Phase II Funding to Support Fusion Project
October 10, 2018
Air Squared will develop a first-of-its-kind large-scale, liquid-cooled, all-metal (LCAM) vacuum pump compatible with virtually any working fluid with Phase II SBIR funding from the Department of Energy (DOE).
Scroll Pump Compatible with Virtually any Working Fluid
January 25, 2017
The all-metal scroll vacuum pump is hermetically sealed and features stainless steel scrolls without tips seals, resulting in only metallic wetted surfaces - ideal for handling tritium and other radioactive, toxic, or corrosive gases.
Scroll Vacuum Pumps Aboard NASA Global Hawk
April 23, 2013
Air Squared’s oil-free scroll vacuum pumps successfully used on NASA Global Hawk unmanned mission.
Tapping Scroll Technology for Pulse-free Air
January 01, 2002
New oil-free 0.5 hp compressor and vacuum pump taps clean, reliable scroll technology for pulse-free air in medical devices.
December 02, 2015
The 11th international conference on tritium science and technology.
Two-stage Scroll Roughing Pump Awarded Phase I SBIR Funding
September 07, 2016
The US Navy, in connection with their effort to explore ruggedized, condition-based maintenance for vacuum insulation systems, has awarded Phase I SBIR funding to Air Squared to develop a compact two-stage scroll roughing pump with an integrated turbomolecular backing pump.
January 01, 2003
Compact new vacuum pump draws on patented two-stage scroll technology to provide clean, quiet, reliable performance on portable lab and medical devices.Scroll Compressor Projects
All-Metal Hermetic Scroll Vacuum Pump
January 02, 2017
The V16H034D-BLDC-H-SS hermetically sealed scroll vacuum pump does not require tip seals, resulting in only metallic wetted materials - ideal for handling corrosive or toxic gases.
Extremely Quiet Miniature Compressor for Medical Applications
March 30, 2018
The P05H012A-BLDC-C is poised to become the smallest and quietest production scroll compressor offered by Air Squared.
High-Vacuum Three-Stage Scroll Pump
March 01, 2009
Patented three-stage scroll vacuum pump is first of its size to provide under 5 mTorr vacuum without a turbo pump.
Liquid-Cooled, All-Metal Scroll Vacuum Pump
May 01, 2018
The V16H034D-BLDC-H-LC is a liquid-cooled, all-metal, hermetic scroll vacuum pump capable of pumping 15 m3/hr and handling virtually any working fluid - ideal for handling corrosive or toxic gases.
Miniature Vacuum Pump for Handheld Mass Spectrometry
March 17, 2013
The miniature two-stage V05T010A-BLDC-C vacuum pump is one of the smallest scroll devices ever designed.
August 01, 2006
The V15H34N6.0 tritium vacuum pump is the first hermetic scroll unit to use a bellows, separating the working fluid from ambient.
V10T16N4.0 Two-Stage Vacuum Pump
October 11, 1999
The first two-stage scroll vacuum pump, designed for mass spectrometry.
