{"id":4200,"date":"2025-05-06T11:18:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/?p=4200"},"modified":"2025-05-06T11:18:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:18:57","slug":"balzers-pfeiffer-turbo-pump-compatibility-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/balzers-pfeiffer-turbo-pump-compatibility-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Balzers Pfeiffer Turbo pump compatibility chart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Balzers \/ Pfeiffer Turbo pump and controller compatibility chart was given to me by Dick Hagen of HSD Engineering about 25 years ago.  It comes in handy when you are scrounging for turbo pumps or controllers on Ebay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"4201\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/balzers-pfeiffer-turbo-pump-compatibility-chart\/compatibility-chart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?fit=1000%2C722&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,722\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Compatibility-chart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?fit=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?fit=584%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"584\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/jquery-image-lazy-loading\/images\/grey.gif?resize=584%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazy wp-image-4201\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3850415512465375;width:952px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?resize=768%2C554&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?resize=416%2C300&amp;ssl=1 416w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><noscript><img data-attachment-id=\"4201\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/balzers-pfeiffer-turbo-pump-compatibility-chart\/compatibility-chart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?fit=1000%2C722&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,722\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Compatibility-chart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?fit=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?fit=584%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"584\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?resize=584%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4201\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3850415512465375;width:952px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?resize=768%2C554&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Compatibility-chart.jpg?resize=416%2C300&amp;ssl=1 416w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Balzers \/ Pfeiffer Turbo pump and controller compatibility chart was given to me by Dick Hagen of HSD Engineering about 25 years ago. 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