Vacuum Breakers
Anti-siphoning check valves
Vacuum check
valves and
backflow devices.
Protection against collapse or back flowing.
Series VB8
Stainless steel
Body EPR seat spring
Stainless steel Stainless steel
ball retainer tube
Fast acting, tight closing, high capacity Easily installed, easily maintained
Kadant Johnson vacuum breakers provide a simple, Kadant Johnson vacuum breakers have hex heads and
dependable way to relieve any unwanted vacuum condition standard NPT pipe threads, and are simply threaded into
that may develop in a closed vessel or pipeline. They can be pipe fittings or available tank openings. Outlets can be
used to prevent contamination from back flowing in fluid threaded if desired.
handling systems and to protect equipment against collapse
or implosion. They combine tight closing with instant Rigorously tested
response; provide large air venting capacity; are designed In exhaustive endurance tests Kadant Johnson vacuum
for easy installation and long service life. breakers have been subjected to 8 bar (120 psig) of steam
and then vacuum, four times a minute, and still opened
Positive closing, low breakaway freely and closed bubble-tight after a million such test cycles.
The successful combination of the spring action on a round Every individual vacuum breaker is bubble-tested before it
ball and the soft resilient seat assures positive bubble-tight leaves the factory.
closing, even at very low differential pressures. And, of
course, the higher the pressure the tighter the seal. High-pressure and temperature
Kadant Johnson vacuum breakers are rated for use with
Since only slight spring pressure is needed for seating, the pressures up to 21 bar (300 psig) and temperatures up to
ball comes off the soft seat at a very low vacuum condition, 185°C (365°F). Higher operating pressures are possible,
providing almost instantaneous protection. Sealing is depending upon size, seal materials, and temperatures.
accomplished by an EPR o-ring. The supporting seat,
however, is designed to assume any pressure in excess of the
small amount needed for sealing, thus preventing any
excessive compression of the o-ring.
Quiet, trouble-free operation
The soft resilient seat, combined with the gentle spring
action, provides quiet opening and closing; chatter is
completely eliminated. Corrosion-resistant seating surfaces
leave little danger of any sticking or leaking. The simple
design assures long and dependable service life, as proven
both in the laboratory and in the field.
NPT pipe thread
Plain or
NPT threaded
outlet
Brass Stainless Steel Outlet Outlet Total Engaged O.D. of Diameter
Size
Part ID Part ID NPT* Size Length “L” Length “E” Tube “D” of Orifice
3⁄ 8" – – Plain 1⁄ 4" 11⁄ 2" 11⁄ 8" 9⁄ 16" 1⁄ 4"
3⁄ 8" 990.141 990.140 Threaded 1⁄ 4" 11⁄ 2" 11⁄ 8" 9⁄ 16" 1⁄ 4"
1⁄ 2" – 990.145 Plain 3⁄ 8" 13⁄ 4" 13⁄ 8" 11⁄ 16" 9⁄ 32"
1⁄ 2" 990.146 990.148 Threaded 3⁄ 8" 13⁄ 4" 13⁄ 8" 11⁄ 16" 9⁄ 32"
3⁄ 4" 990.155 – Plain 1⁄ 2" 21⁄ 8" 15⁄ 8" 13⁄ 16" 13⁄ 32"
3⁄ 4" 990.150 990.156 Threaded 1⁄ 2" 21⁄ 8" 15⁄ 8" 13⁄ 16" 13⁄ 32"
1" 990.161 990.159 Plain 3⁄ 4" 23⁄ 8" 17⁄ 8" 11⁄ 16" 19⁄ 32"
1" 990.162 990.160 Threaded 3⁄ 4" 23⁄ 8" 17⁄ 8" 11⁄ 16" 19⁄ 32"
11⁄ 4" – – Plain 1" 215⁄ 16" 25⁄ 16" 15⁄ 16" 3⁄ 4"
11⁄ 4" 990.171 990.170 Threaded 1" 215⁄ 16" 25⁄ 16" 15⁄ 16" 3⁄ 4"
11⁄ 2" 990.187 – Plain 11⁄ 4" 31⁄ 16" 21⁄ 2" 19⁄ 16" 7⁄ 8"
11⁄ 2" 990.180 990.181 Threaded 11⁄ 4" 31⁄ 16" 21⁄ 2" 19⁄ 16" 7⁄ 8"
* Other thread types (BSPT, BSP) available on request. Dimensions are for reference only and subject to change.
Vacuum required to open
Simple installation Horizontal Vertical
The drawings at the right show how Top Bottom No
Outlet Outlet Spring
the vacuum breaker can be installed in
a threaded opening in either a vertical
or horizontal position. When installed
in a pipeline fitting, use of a reducing Figure 1
bushing is required to make sure the In. H 2 O 7. 00 4.30 10.5 3.50
vacuum breaker does not intrude far VB8-38
3⁄ 8" In. Hg 0.51 0.32 0.77 0.26
enough to impede flow in the line or PSI 0.25 0.16 0.38 0.13
bind against any internal wall. In. H 2 O 9.30 10.6 18.0 4.40
VB8-51
1⁄ 2 " In. Hg 0.68 0.78 1.32 0.32
PSI 0.34 0.38 0.65 0.16
Figure 1
Horizontal installation in either end or In. H 2 O 15.3 15.0 25.0 5.10
VB8-76
3⁄ 4 " In. Hg 1.13 1.10 1.84 0.37
side outlet of tee, showing use of
PSI 0.55 0.54 0.90 0.18
reducing bushing. Figure 2 In. H 2 O 10.0 5.90 19.5 6.60
VB8-101
In. Hg 0.73 0.43 1.43 0.48
1"
Figure 2 PSI 0.36 0.21 0.70 0.24
Vertical installation in top outlet of In. H 2 O 10.5 7.10 21.0 6.90
VB8-126
tee, showing use of reducing bushing. 1 In. Hg 0.77 0.52 1.54 0.51
1 ⁄ 4"
PSI 0.38 0.26 0.76 0.25
Figure 3 In. H 2 O 10.0 4.90 20.3 7.90
VB8-151
1 In. Hg 0.73 0.36 1.49 0.58
Vertical installation in bottom outlet of 1 ⁄ 2"
PSI 0.36 0.18 0.73 0.29
tee, showing use of reducing bushing.
Note: Stainless steel ball was used to arrive at all figures.
Figure 3 Values given are averages of test results and may vary slightly.
Kadant Johnson Vacuum Breakers
Approximate air handling capacities
The air handling capacity curves were plotted from calculations using the Cv factors of the vacuum breaker. The Cv factor is a
flow coefficient determined by actual test which mathematically gives the relationship between the rate of flow and the
pressure drop. The flow formula used was recommended by the Fluid Controls Institute.
120 120
100 100
80 80
SCFM-AIR
SCFM-AIR
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
INCHES HG VACUUM
NOTE: Capacities will vary slightly due to position of installation.
Typical installations of Kadant Johnson vacuum breakers
VENT VALVE
MODULATING
CONTROL VALVE VACUUM BREAKER
WATER
COLUMN
VACUUM BREAKER
BOILER
HEATING COIL
Vacuum breaker installed on heating coil. When the Typical application of a vacuum breaker as used on a
modulating control valve closes, the steam in the coil steam boiler to break a vacuum imposed when a boiler
will condense. A vacuum may exist in the coil even is shut down, thereby condensing the steam in the
with the control valve partly open and positive boiler and creating a vacuum. This condition causes the
pressure between the control valve and the coil. boiler to be flooded by pulling in excess water from
the return system.
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SPACE
HEATER [Link]
HEAT EXCHANGER
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VACUUM BREAKER
TRAP
KADANT JOHNSON EUROPE B.V.
Typical space heater installation with vacuum breaker Typical installation of a vacuum breaker in a heat
protection.
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exchanger.
1380 AB Weesp
The Netherlands
VACUUM BREAKERS
Tel: +31 294 494200
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VACUUM
BREAKER
STORAGE HEATER
Horizontal storage heater with heating coils protected Textile dry cans, multiple slasher cylinders, print cans,
by a vacuum breaker. etc., can be protected against collapse with vacuum Vacuum Breakers-3001 (BR EN) 04/2015
breakers.
Replaces: VB-3000 (BR EN)
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