Leybold designs new TURBOVAC iR model sequence for R&D

With the TURBOVAC iR variants, vacuum manufacturer Leybold is launching a new, full turbomolecular pump sequence, technologically derived from the proven TURBOVAC i household. “The iR fashions substitute the previous TURBOVAC ClassicLine pumps and meet, for example, the necessities of our high-end research customers – such as the most important research institutes CERN or DESY,” summarizes the accountable product supervisor, 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 had been additionally designed to resist the challenges that are current in environments with excessive to very high ionizing radiation. “For this, we offer particular cable lengths of as a lot as 200 meters, and likewise the option for the customers to make use of their own cables,” explains product supervisor Petr Lastovicka. According to Lastovicka, the iR fashions have been developed using the prevailing material information of the research neighborhood: As a outcome, the materials they include have radiation tolerances of up to 1 million grays (Gy).
In mixture with the ion getter and non-evaporable getter pumps, so called ultra-high vacuum pumps, “These attributes set them other than standard market fashions, which are meeting the market necessities however not specifically those needed for the particular conditions encountered in research facilities,” says Petr Lastovicka. This is different with the TURBOVAC iR product collection: on the one hand, they were developed for the particular necessities regarding cable size and radiation tolerance. “In addition, we are in a position to offer the TURBOVAC iR pumps mixed with our ion pumps and NEG pumps, which different suppliers cannot supply as a bundle,” provides Lastovicka. TURBOVAC iR suits completely properly in the TURBOVAC i eco systems as other merchandise corresponding to equipment or the software program LeyAssist may be utilized as properly.
The bottom line is that the brand new iR models are designed to fulfill the technical necessities of the high-energy physics market. This makes them predestined for applications similar 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
where they don’t seem to be uncovered to radiation,” explains Petr Lastovicka.
เพรสเชอร์เกจลม in these utility 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 helps 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 advantage: The built-in, new TURBO.DRIVE controller routinely recognizes the pump model and immediately adjusts to the particular operating modes.
The TURBOVAC iR range fully covers all present members of the TURBOVAC i household with pumping speeds from ninety to 950 l/s. In parallel, Leybold will successively expand the equipment range of supporting controllers and cable options to meet buyer needs for
extra cable lengths and intelligent options. The intelligent Controller TURBO.DRIVE 500eC has been launched in April and the TURBOVAC iR sizes 1350 and 1450 will comply with in the third quarter of 2022 along with the more powerful controller possibility to realize even longer cable lengths.
Applications at a glance:
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 distant operation over very lengthy distances
– Excellent efficiency for light gases
– No oil/particle emission from the pump
– Partly tolerance for magnetic fields
– Easy upkeep (onsite)
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