Edwards Japan Limited

Provided is a vacuum pump that can realize energy conservation when performing abatement of exhaust gas. A vacuum pump that sucks in and exhausts exhaust gas includes a motor serving as a drive source, and a first controller that controls driving of the motor. The first controller monitors a state of the motor, and in a case in which the state of the motor is a specific state excluding when starting up and when stopped, outputs a specific signal (process signal) to an external entity.

A vacuum exhaust system is provided which can reduce consumption of a ClF gas for use in cleaning, and can shorten a cleaning time. An exhaust pipe from a dry pump to an abatement device is provided with a heater, thereby to be heated, so that the temperature of the exhaust pipe is set at a temperature exceeding 180° C. For the exhaust pipe, the pipe and a gasket of a sealing member are also made of a metal. Then, a ClF3 gas for cleaning is introduced. The ClF3 gas is activated at a temperature exceeding 180° C., and cleaning efficiency is remarkably enhanced. On the other hand, the gasket made of a metal is used. For this reason, even when the ClF3 gas is activated, a problem in sealing performance is less likely to be caused. For this reason, it is not necessary to wait until the temperature of the exhaust pipe becomes 180° C. or less, which enables shortening of the cleaning time.

A vacuum pump which can decompose depositions by radicals and effectively exhaust them is provided. The vacuum pump including a casing, a stator disposed on an inner side of the casing, and a shaft rotatably supported with respect to the stator and also including a cylindrical rotor rotatably enclosed together with the shaft in the casing, in which an electrode portion, which is a part of a radical generating device that generates radicals, is disposed in the casing.

In order to efficiently remove deposited material adhering to the interior of an abatement device, an abatement device is equipped with a deposited material removing means for removing deposited material produced during abatement of exhaust gas. The deposited material removing means includes: a storage unit that stores a liquid; a gas supply unit that supplies pressurized gas to the storage unit; and a valve that sprays a mixed fluid of the liquid stored in the storage unit and the gas supplied by the gas supply unit.

A vacuum pump is provided in which a balance correction member can be reduced in size and is easily attachable. The vacuum pump includes a main body casing, a rotating body, and a motor. The rotating body and the motor are provided in the main body casing. A groove portion is provided in an inner circumference surface of the rotating body. A weight that is plate shaped is placed in the groove portion. The weight has elastic displacement portions and is held and fixed in the groove portion. The elastic displacement portions are formed by opening displacement permitting holes each having one open end in the weight.

A vacuum pump which prevents dust generation from a shaft by avoiding contact between a top portion of the shaft and corrosive gas and includes a balance correction function for a rotating body. A vacuum pump includes a rotating body including a rotating shaft and a rotor blade which has a through hole, through which a top portion of the rotating shaft is caused to pass, and is fixed with the top portion, and a cover portion fixed to the rotating to cover the top portion and the through hole. The cover portion includes a balance correction function for the rotating body and corrosion resistance to exhaust gas. The cover portion, prevents contact between the top portion and corrosive gas and prevents dust generation from the shaft.

A vacuum pump, a vacuum pump controller, and a remote controller are provided that can reduce the workload of users and field service engineers. A vacuum pump 10 includes a turbomolecular pump 100 that exhausts gas inside a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus X, and a controller 200 that performs control on the turbomolecular pump 100 . The controller 200 includes a remote signal receiving means that receives a command signal from a remote controller 300 , which remotely controls the turbomolecular pump 100 , and changes a setting relating to an operating specification of the turbomolecular pump 100 on the basis of the command signal received by the remote signal receiving means.

Provided is a vacuum pump in which deformation of a peripheral part fastened to an outer cylinder can be prevented even when a count of bolts increases. A vacuum pump according to the present disclosure includes a rotating body, an outer cylinder that accommodates the rotating body, a peripheral part that is disposed on an outer perimeter side of the rotating body and concentrically with the outer cylinder, a plurality of bolts that fasten the outer cylinder and the peripheral part, and an axial force reducing means for reducing bolt axial force acting on the outer cylinder. The axial force reducing means is provided to at least one of the plurality of bolts.

To obtain a vacuum pump which appropriately performs temperature management of a gas flow path and reduces restrictions on a gas flow rate attributable to the temperature management. A cooling tube performs temperature adjustment of a gas flow path. A first temperature sensor is arranged at a position closer to the gas flow path than the cooling tube, a second temperature sensor is arranged at a position closer to the cooling tube than the gas flow path, and a control apparatus controls, based on a sensor signal of the first temperature sensor and a sensor signal of the second temperature sensor, (an on-off valve of) the cooling tube so that a temperature of the gas flow path approaches a predetermined gas flow path target temperature.

A vacuum pump, which prevents adhesion of products even when a rotating body is stopped, by heating the rotating body using an alternating current (AC) magnetic field. Two heating electromagnets are disposed facing each other across a rotating body. The heating electromagnets receive a supply of AC electric current from a heating electric power source. Excitation of the heating from this AC electric current generates an AC magnetic field. The generated AC magnetic field intersects with the rotating body. Eddy current is generated around the intersecting AC magnetic field. The rotating body is heated by this eddy current. This heating enables deposition of products to be prevented even further, and realize improved pump operation efficiency.