With the TURBOVAC iR variants, vacuum manufacturer Leybold is launching a new, complete turbomolecular pump collection, technologically derived from the confirmed TURBOVAC i family. “The iR models replace the former TURBOVAC ClassicLine pumps and meet, for example, the necessities of our high-end research prospects – corresponding to the major research institutes CERN or DESY,” summarizes the responsible product manager, Petr Lastovicka.
Accordingly, the TURBOVAC iR was designed for flexible distant operation from three meters to distances of one kilometre. In all aspects the products had been also designed to resist the challenges which are current in environments with high to very high ionizing radiation. “For this, we provide particular cable lengths of as much as 200 meters, and in addition the choice for the users to use their very own cables,” explains product manager Petr Lastovicka. According to Lastovicka, the iR models were developed using the prevailing material data of the research group: As a end result, the supplies they include have radiation tolerances of up to 1 million grays (Gy).
In mixture with the ion getter and non-evaporable getter pumps, so known as ultra-high vacuum pumps, “These attributes set them aside from normal market fashions, that are meeting the market necessities however not specifically these wanted for the particular conditions encountered in analysis facilities,” says Petr Lastovicka. This is completely different with the TURBOVAC iR product series: on the one hand, they have been developed for the special necessities relating to cable size and radiation tolerance. “In addition, we are in a position to provide the TURBOVAC iR pumps combined with our ion pumps and NEG pumps, which different suppliers cannot provide as a package,” provides Lastovicka. TURBOVAC iR suits completely well within the TURBOVAC i eco systems as other products similar to equipment or the software LeyAssist may be utilized as properly.
The bottom line is that the model new iR fashions are designed to meet the technical requirements of the high-energy physics market. This makes them predestined for functions similar to synchrotrons (particle accelerators), cyclotrons (circular accelerators), linear accelerators and free-electron lasers. “In pressure gauge , customers can remove the electronics and place them in areas
where they are not exposed to radiation,” explains Petr Lastovicka.
Another elementary situation in these utility areas is absolutely the purity of the pump: this core requirement is fulfilled by the oil-free operation of the bearing system of the brand new TURBOVAC iR collection. The TURBOVAC iR also supports all related communication choices of the TURBOVAC I, USB, 15-pin digital I/O and all serial and fieldbus options of the TURBO.DRIVE 500e. Another benefit: The integrated, new TURBO.DRIVE controller mechanically recognizes the pump model and immediately adjusts to the particular working modes.
The TURBOVAC iR vary utterly covers all existing members of the TURBOVAC i family with pumping speeds from ninety to 950 l/s. In parallel, Leybold will successively expand the equipment vary of supporting controllers and cable options to fulfill customer needs for
further cable lengths and clever options. The clever Controller TURBO.DRIVE 500eC has been released in April and the TURBOVAC iR sizes 1350 and 1450 will follow in the third quarter of 2022 along with the more highly effective controller possibility to understand even longer cable lengths.
Applications at a look:
Particle Accelerator
– Synchrotron Beamline / End station
– Synchrotron Ring
Research
– LINAC (Linear Accelerator) electron in research
– 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 distant operation over very lengthy distances
– Excellent efficiency for mild gases
– No oil/particle emission from the pump
– Partly tolerance for magnetic fields
– Easy upkeep (onsite)
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