Fundamentals of Vacuum Technology / Wolfgang Jorisch -- Condensation under Vacuum / Harald Grave -- Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps in Industrial Process Applications / Pierre Hähre -- Steam Jet Vacuum Pumps / Harald Grave -- Mechanical Vacuum Pumps / Wolfgang Jorisch -- Basics of the Explosion Protection and Safety-Technical Requirements on Vacuum Pumps for Manufacturers and Operating Companies / Hartmut Härtel -- Measurement Methods for Gross and Fine Vacuum / Werner Grosse Bley -- Leak Detection Methods / Werner Grosse Bley -- Vacuum Crystallisation / Guenter Hofmann -- Why Evaporation under Vacuum? / Gregor Klinke -- Evaporators for Coarse Vacuum / Gregor Klinke -- Basics of Drying Technology / Jurgen Oess -- Vacuum Technology Bed / Michael Jacob -- Pharmaceutical Freeze-Drying Systems / Manfred Heldner -- Short Path and Molecular Distillation / Daniel Bethge -- Rectification under Vacuum / Thorsten Hugen -- Vacuum Conveying of Powders and Bulk Materials / Thomas Ramme -- Vacuum Filtration-System and Equipment Technology, Range and Examples of Applications, Designs / Franz Tomasko