We do our best to always have our finger on the pulse of the customer and the vacuum industry. Looking forward to 2022, in the economic forecast, we can expect a swelling of manufacturing job openings. In the United States, manufacturing job postings reached a new...
GNB is proud to offer outstanding vacuum products and support that meets the demands of your vacuum technology needs. Many companies provide weldments for vacuum tubing and gas line applications, and the KL group has excellent capabilities to design and manufacture...
Thanks to direct manufacturing, we can conserve a lot of material that once went to waste during machining. Often, a lot of material is turned into machining chips and those are thrown away. That is not the case when vacuum is used for direct manufacturing of metal...
GNB Innovation Labs is proud to announce the brand-new ISO 80 gate valve. The ISO 80 gate valve often is used on the roughing line of a vacuum chamber and is able to be operated with differential pressure across the gate. This month, this product is being revealed for...
Just a few months ago, we talked about rising prices of materials in the vacuum industry. While cost is a major factor, it doesn’t paint the entire picture. We aren’t assigned to a singular industry and therefore multiple factors push and pull the vacuum market waves....
Like the body paint of a new car, the surface finish inside a vacuum chamber can have an impact on the overall cost. In some cases, surface finishes can double the material cost and add time to the manufacturing of the vacuum chamber. But unlike a new vehicle, the...
Can you use paint inside a vacuum system? As a general rule, paint within a vacuum chamber is less than ideal. For certain applications such as space simulation, however, paint is absolutely necessary. Additionally, it may be helpful to paint the inside of a mild...
What do most people think of when they hear the phrase “vacuum industry?” They probably think about vacuum sweepers or vacuum cleaners, right? However, there is a difference between that and the industry we are in. Today, we’ll look at the vacuum industry, defined as...
Entering a new year is an opportunity for fresh ideas and new beginnings. But 2021 is no ordinary year. We are living under new operating procedures in everything we do — from work to school to grocery shopping. A return to the way things were pre-pandemic remains a...
When we talk about vacuum equipment, no discussion is complete without the understanding that the seal between the atmosphere and the vacuum is critical. In vacuum equipment, a precise and specially tailored surface finish is the difference between excellence and...