TVAC Cycling

TVAC Cycling (TVAC#2 Chamber)

We offer thermal vacuum cycling to ESA ECSS-Q-70-04A in both our TVAC#1 and TVAC#2 thermal vacuum test chambers. We also have an in-house FTIR facility for processing molecular contamination witness plates in accordance with ECSS-Q-ST-70-05C.

The TVAC#2 chamber features:
- PID controlled thermal plate with resistive heating and liquid channels for cooling either by chiller circulator or LN2

  • Removable IR baffle for top-down irradiation of sample on thermal plate if required

  • Cold trap with removable fascia for lab analysis if required (our in house FTIR facility has an ATR module for qualitative analysis)

  • QCM for offgassing monitoring

  • Residual Gas Analyser (Hiden Analytical)

  • Standard 16 T-type thermocouple channels (more channels, or different TC types can be added with notice)

  • Temperature, pressure, QCM and RGA all logged digitally

  • Door seal and chamber wall fluid cooling lines for high temperature tests (>300°C)

  • Scroll pump and magnetically levitated turbo molecular pump meaning a completely oil-free pumping system

Maximum/minimum temperatures and pressures are dependent on the mass and materials of the sample as well as quality of conduction paths.

Type: Service
Features thermal:
Vacuum
Solar simulator
Thermal plate
Temperature controlled shroud
Specimen length [mm]: 540.0
Specimen width/dia [mm]: 620.0
Specimen height/thk [mm]: 400.0
Mass max. [kg]: 20.0
Higher temperature [K]: 773.15
Lower temperature [K]: 83.15
Feedthroughs: Thermocouple, RTD, Fluid, Power, (additional at request)
Data acquisition: Temperature, pressure, QCM frequency, RGA
Vacuum limit [hPa] [mbar]: 1E-7
Cleanroom classes (ISO 14644-1):
ISO Class ≤5
ISO Class 6
ISO Class 7
ISO Class 8
ISO Class 9
Keywords: Thermal Vacuum Cycling, TVAC, bake out, ts space systems