Equipment: A pump and a tin quart sized can with a screw cap. What it does: The pump is attached to the can and is turned on to evacuate the can. The resulting vacuum crushes the can.

There's a lot more to draining a pool than meets the eye. Not only are there concerns over proper water disposal, but emptying a pool also puts the structure itself at risk. That's because many pool ...

In principle, industrial vacuum pumps are merely compressors run with the inlet attached to the vacuum system and the outlet open to exhaust. In smaller sizes, compressors and vacuum pumps are often ...

In the quest for that "rumpity-rump" sound, and all the performance that goes with it, your engine will more than likely lose the consistent flow of vacuum needed to aid your foot when the time comes ...

Three DARPA-funded research teams have completed a foundational study of chip-scale vacuum pumps by inventing three very different approaches to removing air from a sample chamber with a volume of one ...