Industrial vacuum pumps create and maintain a vacuum (sub-atmospheric pressure) to perform tasks such as pick-and-place handling, packaging, degassing, drying, and material conveying. Pneumatics Group Ireland stocks vacuum pumps and vacuum components from PIAB, DVP, Festo, Novacom, FIPA, and Vi-Cas, with application engineering support for food, pharmaceutical, electronics, and general manufacturing environments.
If your product is dropping during handling, your packaging seal is inconsistent, or your vacuum system is costing you too much in compressed air, the solution starts with selecting the right vacuum technology. Vacuum pumps and ejectors are not all the same choosing wrongly means poor performance, excessive energy use, or frequent breakdowns.
Pneumatics Group stocks the vacuum technology trusted by Irish pharmaceutical, food, dairy, electronics, and packaging manufacturers with the technical expertise to size it correctly for your application.
Vacuum Technology | How It Works | Best Application |
Venturi / Ejector | Uses compressed air to create vacuum via Venturi effect | Pick-and-place, small suction cups, low-flow applications |
Rotary Vane Pump | Rotating vanes create vacuum mechanically | Packaging, degassing, general industrial vacuum |
Dry Claw Pump | Oil-free claw rotors create vacuum | Food, pharmaceutical, cleanroom no oil contamination risk |
Diaphragm Pump | Oil-free, chemical-resistant diaphragm creates vacuum | Corrosive or aggressive environments, laboratory use |
Liquid Ring Pump | Rotating ring of liquid creates vacuum chamber | Wet applications, solvent handling, paper industry |
Multi-stage Ejector | Multiple Venturi stages for higher vacuum levels | High-cycle automated handling, deep vacuum requirements |
Piab is evolving automation through progressive gripping, lifting, and moving solutions. We believe in an automated world where no resources are wasted, and no humans are injured.
Suction cups powered by vacuum pick up individual products on packaging, assembly, and logistics lines. The challenge: matching vacuum level, cup material, and flow rate to part weight, surface porosity, and cycle speed. Under-specification leads to drops; over-specification wastes air.
Vacuum packaging extends shelf life by removing oxygen. Tray-sealing, MAP (Modified Atmosphere Packaging), and vacuum skin packaging all require reliable, food-safe vacuum generation. Our DVP and PIAB solutions are trusted in Irish food facilities.
Pharmaceutical environments demand oil-free vacuum oil contamination is an unacceptable quality risk. Dry claw and diaphragm vacuum pumps eliminate this risk while delivering consistent vacuum levels for drying, filling, and conveying operations.
Vacuum holds plastic sheets during thermoforming. Incorrect vacuum leads to material slip and rejected parts. Reliable, consistent vacuum is critical to yield.
Delicate components require gentle, contamination-free handling. PIAB vacuum generators and FIPA suction cups are designed for sensitive surface handling without marking or damage.
Vacuum technology is essential in both industry and research due to its precision, compact design, and efficiency. Used widely across sectors like automotive, electronics, and medical fields, it supports fast, low-maintenance operations. Festo provides a full range of vacuum solutions, including generators, suction cups, and grippers.
Founded in 1985 in Munich, Germany, FIPA is the leading innovator in Vacuum Technology and End-of-Arm Tooling solutions. We specialize in developing quality products and dynamic solutions for all aspects of your material flow systems.
NOVACOM has been manufacturing vacuum components for over 30 years. Located in the north of France, they design and develop a full range of suction cups, ejectors, blowing-systems, vortex tubes, vacuum accessories, grippers, and a lot more which allows them to meet the needs of many industries like food, automobile, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries, packaging.
DVP Vacuum Technology produces vacuum pumps and compressors that can be used in a wide variety of industrial sectors. The products are customised to meet specific requests thanks to research done by DVP LAB, DVP’s innovative and technological laboratory that works constantly to ensure top performance.
Vi-Cas manufactures grabbers, rollers, quill parts, gripper rubbers and tightening disks, and roller reconditioning services. Vi-Cas can custom produce vacuum cups, adapters and rollers to your specifications. Unique shapes and sizes are not a problem. Low volume (prototypes) or high volume.
Compressed-air-powered vacuum ejectors are simple to install but consume significant compressed air even when not actively generating vacuum. In high-cycle environments, this represents a major energy cost.
PIAB’s COAX technology and multi-stage ejectors significantly reduce compressed air consumption versus single-stage ejectors some users report 50%+ air savings. For continuous high-cycle production, a dedicated vacuum pump is often more energy-efficient than ejectors.
Speak to our team about an energy audit comparison we can help you quantify the savings.
For most pick-and-place applications, a venturi ejector or multi-stage ejector mounted close to the suction cup is the most practical solution compact, responsive, and easy to integrate. For high-cycle, energy-sensitive applications, PIAB COAX ejectors offer significantly lower compressed air consumption.
A vacuum pump is a mechanical device (motor-driven) that continuously generates vacuum. A vacuum ejector (venturi) uses compressed air flowing through a nozzle to create vacuum no motor required, but it consumes compressed air as a trade-off. Pumps are better for continuous vacuum; ejectors are better for intermittent pick-and-place cycles.
Yes we stock dry claw and diaphragm vacuum pumps from DVP and Festo that are suitable for pharmaceutical, food-grade, and cleanroom environments where oil contamination is not acceptable.
Use our Vacuum Sizing Calculator at pneumatics.ie/vacuum-sizing/ input your cup size, part weight, number of cups, and surface type to calculate required vacuum level and flow rate.
Yes Vi-Cas manufactures custom vacuum cups, adapters, and rollers to bespoke specifications. Contact our team with dimensions and material requirements.
