Turbomolecular pump ( ‪#‎TMP‬ ) is a popular high vacuum pump, that is widely used in many vacuum systems (electron microscopes for example) as it is clean, fast and efficient for maintaining high vacuum over a long period of time. Inside the pump there are rotor blades that rotate with a speed up to 90 000 rotations per minute and stator blades that are stationary. If a gas molecule enters the pump then it is hit by the rotor blades that are tilted at a certain angle. The kinetic energy from the blade is transfered to the gas molecule and causes it to move down and hit a stator blade that is also tilted at a certain angle, causing the molecule to „bounce“ down, where it meets the next rotor blade. Eventually the gas molecules reach the bottom of the turbomolecular pump where they are removed with a backing pump (prevacuum pump). The turbomolecular pump usually also needs a pre-vacuum before it can work efficiently and this can be done with a pre-vacuum pump (for example a scroll compressor pump). Once the pressure is low enough, the ‪#‎turbomolecularpump‬ starts working and the rotation speed of the rotor blades is gradually increased.