This is an Ideal Vacuum Cube 6 x 6 inch TVAC plate for cryogenic testing and for trapping condensable gas vapors under high vacuum such as water and solvents that outgas from components inside the vacuum. Without appropriate trapping, condensable vapors can intrude into the mechanical pump, limiting the ultimate base pressure of the pump to unacceptably high levels. This TVAC plate produces lower base pressures and faster pump down cycles. This plate may be operated at temperatures as low as -200°C (-328°F)
The plate is mounted to the top of the Cube with the LN
2 fill port oriented vertically. Once under vacuum, liquid nitrogen is poured into the fill port and enters the plate’s 0.14 liter internal fluid reservoir.
The reservoir is made of 304L stainless steel and has an optical breadboard on the vacuum side with a 3.0" x 3.0" temperature-controlled area. It is designed to occupy minimal volume within the Cube.
The reservoir is thermally isolated from the blue powder coated 6061-T6 aluminum mounting plate and allows the plate to be operated to -200°C (-328°F) without compromising vacuum seal integrity.
Because the LN
2 continuously evaporates through the open fill port, it requires about 1 liter of LN
2 to cool the vacuum side of the plate to minimal temperature.
Features:
- 6" x 6" plate size
- Blue powder coated 6061-T6 aluminum plate
- 304L stainless steel reservoir and fill port
- Operating temperature to -196°C (-321°F)
- Stainless steel vacuum isolated 3.0" x 3.0" temperature-controlled core
- Internal optical breadboard
- Mounts horizontally on top of chamber only
Directly mounts to frame size:
- 6 x 6 x 6
- 6 x 6 x 12
- 6 x 6 x 6 hexagon
- 6 x 6 x 12 hexagon
- 6 x 6 x 12 octagon
This plate can also be mounted on any 9x9 or 12x12 plate with a plate adapter kit.
