With the TURBOVAC iR variants, vacuum producer Leybold is launching a brand new, complete turbomolecular pump series, technologically derived from the confirmed TURBOVAC i family. “The iR models exchange the previous TURBOVAC ClassicLine pumps and meet, for instance, the requirements of our high-end research prospects – similar to the major analysis institutes CERN or DESY,” summarizes the accountable product supervisor, Petr Lastovicka.
Accordingly, the TURBOVAC iR was designed for versatile remote operation from 3 meters to distances of 1 kilometre. In all aspects the products have been additionally designed to withstand the challenges that are present in environments with high to very excessive ionizing radiation. “For this, we provide special cable lengths of as a lot as 200 meters, and likewise the choice for the customers to make use of their very own cables,” explains product supervisor Petr Lastovicka. According to Lastovicka, the iR fashions were developed utilizing the existing material knowledge of the research community: As a outcome, the supplies they contain have radiation tolerances of up to 1 million grays (Gy).
In combination with the ion getter and non-evaporable getter pumps, so called ultra-high vacuum pumps, “These attributes set them aside from normal market models, which are assembly the market requirements but not specifically these wanted for the particular conditions encountered in analysis centers,” says Petr Lastovicka. This is totally different with the TURBOVAC iR product series: on the one hand, they were developed for the special requirements relating to cable size and radiation tolerance. “In addition, we can supply the TURBOVAC iR pumps mixed with our ion pumps and NEG pumps, which other suppliers can not offer as a package,” provides Lastovicka. TURBOVAC iR matches completely properly in the TURBOVAC i eco systems as other merchandise corresponding to equipment or the software program LeyAssist may be utilized as well.
The bottom line is that the brand new iR fashions are designed to satisfy the technical necessities of the high-energy physics market. This makes them predestined for functions corresponding to synchrotrons (particle accelerators), cyclotrons (circular accelerators), linear accelerators and free-electron lasers. “In these areas, users can take away the electronics and place them in areas
the place they aren’t exposed to radiation,” explains Petr Lastovicka.
Another elementary situation in these software areas is the absolute 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 additionally supports all relevant communication options of the TURBOVAC I, USB, 15-pin digital I/O and all serial and fieldbus options of the TURBO.DRIVE 500e. Another benefit: The built-in, new TURBO.DRIVE controller routinely acknowledges the pump mannequin and instantly adjusts to the precise operating modes.
The TURBOVAC iR range fully covers all present members of the TURBOVAC i family with pumping speeds from 90 to 950 l/s. In pressure gauge octa , Leybold will successively broaden the equipment range of supporting controllers and cable options to meet buyer wants for
further cable lengths and intelligent solutions. The intelligent Controller TURBO.DRIVE 500eC has been launched in April and the TURBOVAC iR sizes 1350 and 1450 will comply with within the third quarter of 2022 along with the extra powerful controller choice 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 distant
operation of the TMP
Key Success Factors:
– Strong tolerance for radiation environments
– Flexible remote operation over very long distances
– Excellent performance for gentle gases
– No oil/particle emission from the pump
– Partly tolerance for magnetic fields
– Easy upkeep (onsite)
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