With the TURBOVAC iR variants, vacuum producer Leybold is launching a model new, full turbomolecular pump sequence, technologically derived from the proven TURBOVAC i family. “The iR fashions exchange the former TURBOVAC ClassicLine pumps and meet, for example, the necessities of our high-end analysis customers – corresponding to the most important analysis institutes CERN or DESY,” summarizes the responsible product manager, Petr Lastovicka.
Accordingly, the TURBOVAC iR was designed for versatile distant operation from three meters to distances of one kilometre. In all features the products were also designed to resist the challenges which are present in environments with excessive to very excessive ionizing radiation. “For this, we provide special cable lengths of as much as 200 meters, and in addition the option for the users to make use of their very own cables,” explains product supervisor Petr Lastovicka. According to Lastovicka, the iR fashions were developed using the existing materials knowledge of the research group: As a end result, the materials they comprise have radiation tolerances of as much as 1 million grays (Gy).
In combination with the ion getter and non-evaporable getter pumps, so referred to as ultra-high vacuum pumps, “These attributes set them apart from commonplace market models, which are meeting the market necessities however not specifically these wanted for the actual circumstances encountered in analysis centers,” says Petr Lastovicka. This is completely different with the TURBOVAC iR product series: on the one hand, they had been developed for the special requirements regarding cable size and radiation tolerance. “In addition, we will provide the TURBOVAC iR pumps combined with our ion pumps and NEG pumps, which other suppliers can not offer as a package deal,” adds Lastovicka. TURBOVAC iR fits completely well within the TURBOVAC i eco techniques as different products similar to equipment or the software program LeyAssist can be utilized as well.
The backside line is that the new iR fashions are designed to satisfy the technical requirements of the high-energy physics market. This makes them predestined for purposes corresponding to synchrotrons (particle accelerators), cyclotrons (circular accelerators), linear accelerators and free-electron lasers. “In these areas, customers can remove the electronics and place them in areas
the place they don’t appear to be uncovered to radiation,” explains Petr Lastovicka.
pressure gauge in these utility areas is completely the purity of the pump: this core requirement is fulfilled by the oil-free operation of the bearing system of the new TURBOVAC iR sequence. The TURBOVAC iR also supports all relevant communication choices of the TURBOVAC I, USB, 15-pin digital I/O and all serial and fieldbus options of the TURBO.DRIVE 500e. Another advantage: The built-in, new TURBO.DRIVE controller mechanically acknowledges the pump mannequin and immediately adjusts to the specific working modes.
The TURBOVAC iR range completely covers all existing members of the TURBOVAC i family with pumping speeds from ninety to 950 l/s. In parallel, Leybold will successively broaden the equipment range of supporting controllers and cable choices to fulfill buyer needs for
additional cable lengths and intelligent solutions. The clever Controller TURBO.DRIVE 500eC has been launched in April and the TURBOVAC iR sizes 1350 and 1450 will observe within the third quarter of 2022 along with the more highly effective controller choice to comprehend even longer cable lengths.
Applications at a look:
Particle Accelerator
– Synchrotron Beamline / End station
– Synchrotron Ring
Research
– LINAC (Linear Accelerator) electron in analysis
– Particle accelerator cyclotron beamline/experiment
– Particle accelerator cyclotron system
– Laser – free-electron laser (FEL)
– Classic Fusion & Laser Fusion
Medical:
– Particle accelerator cyclotron system
– LINAC (Linear Accelerator) heavy ions
– Sterilization
Industrial/Semi
– Electron beam welding
– Ion implantation
General requirement to have remote
operation of the TMP
Key Success Factors:
– Strong tolerance for radiation environments
– Flexible remote operation over very long distances
– Excellent efficiency for gentle gases
– No oil/particle emission from the pump
– Partly tolerance for magnetic fields
– Easy maintenance (onsite)
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