With the TURBOVAC iR variants, vacuum manufacturer Leybold is launching a model new, full turbomolecular pump series, technologically derived from the proven TURBOVAC i household. “The iR models exchange the former TURBOVAC ClassicLine pumps and meet, for instance, the requirements of our high-end analysis clients – corresponding to the major analysis institutes CERN or DESY,” summarizes the accountable product manager, Petr Lastovicka.
Accordingly, the TURBOVAC iR was designed for flexible distant operation from 3 meters to distances of one kilometre. In all features the products were additionally designed to resist the challenges that are current in environments with excessive to very high ionizing radiation. “For this, we provide particular cable lengths of as a lot as 200 meters, and also the option for the users to make use of their very own cables,” explains product supervisor Petr Lastovicka. According to Lastovicka, the iR models had been developed using the prevailing material information of the research group: As a end result, the materials they include have radiation tolerances of as a lot as 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 other than standard market fashions, that are meeting the market necessities however not particularly these wanted for the particular circumstances encountered in analysis centers,” says Petr Lastovicka. This is totally different with the TURBOVAC iR product collection: on the one hand, they had been developed for the particular requirements regarding cable size and radiation tolerance. “In Index , we can provide the TURBOVAC iR pumps combined with our ion pumps and NEG pumps, which different suppliers can’t provide as a package deal,” adds Lastovicka. TURBOVAC iR suits perfectly properly in the TURBOVAC i eco methods as different products corresponding to accessories or the software LeyAssist could be utilized as well.
The bottom line is that the model new iR models are designed to satisfy the technical requirements 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, users can take away the electronics and place them in areas
where they are not uncovered to radiation,” explains Petr Lastovicka.
Another elementary condition in these application 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 collection. The TURBOVAC iR additionally helps all relevant communication options of the TURBOVAC I, USB, 15-pin digital I/O and all serial and fieldbus choices of the TURBO.DRIVE 500e. Another benefit: The integrated, new TURBO.DRIVE controller automatically acknowledges the pump model and immediately adjusts to the particular working modes.
The TURBOVAC iR range completely covers all current members of the TURBOVAC i household with pumping speeds from ninety to 950 l/s. In Extraordinary , Leybold will successively broaden the equipment range of supporting controllers and cable choices to meet customer wants for
extra cable lengths and intelligent options. The intelligent Controller TURBO.DRIVE 500eC has been released in April and the TURBOVAC iR sizes 1350 and 1450 will comply with in the third quarter of 2022 together with the more powerful controller possibility to comprehend 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 mild gases
– No oil/particle emission from the pump
– Partly tolerance for magnetic fields
– Easy maintenance (onsite)
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