What are double diaphragm pumps?
A double diaphragm pump is a technology for pumping certain materials. The pumped materials range from plaster to acids and alkalis as well as solvents, paints and varnishes and even liquid-solid mixtures, depending on the performance of the pump. All in all, the double diaphragm pump has a wide range of applications, you will also find it a lot in industry: for example in the chemical industry, in mechanical engineering or in the textile industry.
WAGNER paint sprayers are pneumatic double diaphragm pumps, i.e. a type of compressed air diaphragm pump. The compressed air moves the air piston in the air motor of the pump and thus also the piston rod up and down. In our pneumatic double diaphragm pumps WAGNER Cobra 40-25 and WAGNER Cobra 40-10 (AC) hydraulic oil is pumped to the diaphragm which in turn sets it in motion. The diaphragm sucks in the material and pushes it into the hose to the spray gun after changing direction.
The Zip 52 double diaphragm pump from WAGNER , on the other hand, does not work with hydraulic oil. It also works with a lower material pressure of maximum 8 bar. For comparison: The material pressure in the double diaphragm pumps WAGNER Cobra 40-25 and WAGNER Cobra 40-10 is 250 bar.
With the double diaphragm pump, as the name suggests, there are two diaphragms. These move in unison. While one diaphragm presses the material from the pump into the hose, the second simultaneously sucks in new material. This leads to reduced pulsation of the coating material.