ASPEX Announces Oil-Free, Eco-Friendly SEM Vacuum Pump for Scientific and Industrial Communities

ASPEX Announces Oil-Free, Eco-Friendly SEM Vacuum Pump for Scientific and
Industrial Communities

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- ASPEX today introduced the Hush Pump(TM),
an affordable, noise reducing, oil-free pump for scanning electron microscopes
(SEMs) and laboratory equipment requiring a clean vacuum system. This compact,
high-performance SEM vacuum pump also offers vibration dampening for sensitive
equipment applications while alleviating routine maintenance and
contamination.

The ASPEX Hush Pump is a compact 60 liter/min scroll pump that replaces
current wet pumps in the Personal SEM (PSEM(TM)) product line, or other vacuum
systems, as an oil-free alternative, eliminating any potential leakage as well
as the smells and fumes from typical oil pumps. The Hush Pump also reduces
energy costs by consuming 50 percent less energy than other wet pumps, and it
minimizes ambient lab temperatures by operating 25 degrees Fahrenheit cooler
than traditional wet pumps. Lastly, the Hush Pump reduces the noise level from
standard wet-pumps, thereby eliminating the need to locate pumps in separate
rooms.

In addition to the PSEM, the Hush Pump is also ideal for:
-- Mass spectrometers
-- Vacuum degassing
-- Freeze drying
-- Cryogenics
-- Vacuum distillations
-- Surface coating
-- Laser construction

-- Vacuum ovens

"We are proud to offer a technologically-advanced solution that is both
environmentally-friendly and unobtrusive," said Greg Ott, President of ASPEX.
"The ASPEX Hush Pump fits all current PSEM models as well as other lab
equipment, is easy to upgrade, and comes packaged in a lab-friendly enclosure
that reduces emitted sound to the approximate levels of a household
refrigerator."

ABOUT ASPEX: ASPEX is the leading provider of integrated microanalysis
solutions for a wide range of critical cleanliness, microcontamination
analysis, product purity, contamination diagnostics, predictive maintenance,
and other process control initiatives incorporating scanning electron
microscopes and elemental analysis technologies. The company's custom
solutions are at work in a variety of application-specific tasks in the steel,
forensics, pharmaceutical, and automotive industries. Its full-service
headquarters are located in Pittsburgh, PA.

Additional information about ASPEX and its tools for particle size analysis is
located at http://www.aspexcorp.com.

SOURCE ASPEX

Gregory P. Ott of ASPEX, +1-724-468-1520, gott@aspexcorp.com