Custom Made Vacuum Cable Feedthroughs installed on a Square Vacuum Chamber

Custom Made Vacuum Cable Feedthroughs installed on a Square Vacuum Chamber
Custom Made Vacuum Cable Feedthroughs installed on a Square Vacuum Chamber
Not only can we install any off-the-shelf vacuum feedthrough available onto a vacuum chamber, we can also make our own custom vacuum feedthroughs and specifically install them in a way that will work best for you. An aerospace client looking to test various custom cables inside a fully transparent vacuum chamber reached out to us to see if this is something that we can do.

Of course, this something that we can do, working with high tech vacuum instruments and vacuum equipment is what we do day in and day out. We have been in business since 2008 and this is all we have done during this time. We have worked with all branches of the us government, all fortune 500 companies, all Russel 2000 companies. The other day we estimated that we have our hand in 80% of all products you come across on your daily basis. When you operate your appliances in the morning, we have worked on that. When you get into your car to drive to the store, we have worked with all major car companies. When you pick out any food item at the store, we have worked with almost all food and beverage packager. When you stop to fill up you car on your way home, we have worked with every energy company you can imagine. So why would you think a custom cable feedthrough installed onto a vacuum chamber would be something that would trouble us? It won’t.

What we came up with is a full transparent vacuum chamber with dimensions of 24 inch Wide, 18 inch Deep, and 18 inch High. We then custom precision machined a vacuum plate to connect to a set of Custom Compact Plastic Submersible Cord Grips. We did this by designing an O-ring groove and included an specifically fit O-ring to prevent air leakage. We then installed the Cord Grip which are designed to fit in small or tight areas. Rated at IP68 and 69K which enables protection from high pressure and continuous submersion in water. Furthermore, these cord grips are rated NEMA 4X, 6, and 12 for corrosion protection, water jets, oils and lubricants. When the cable is fed through, a rubber bushing will create an air tight seal between the cable and Cord Grip when the outer nut is tightened. This will enable our customer to test the cable in full vacuum without leakage and compromising of vacuum performance. The chamber also comes with two (2) x 1/4 inch NPT Brass Valves and a dial vacuum gauge which indicates the vacuum level via a dial on a dual scale in inHg or kPa. The O-Ring is situated inside a precision routed Dovetail O-Ring Groove on the lid which also has two lid handles enabling easy lifting of the fully removable vacuum lid. If you are looking to make a custom vacuum feedthrough, contact us, we are happy to hear about your projects.

Did you know that we carry a many more products?

Our clients prefer to work with us because we are Experts in Vacuum Science and Technology. Check out some of our other items we carry that you can combine/integrate with your systems or projects.

Altitude Simulation Systems
Altitude simulation systems are devices that simulate a certain altitude equivalent by controlling the vacuum inside a vacuum chamber. Altitude is a function of absolute pressure, therefore if a certain pressure is accomplished inside a vacuum chamber, a specific altitude can be simulated from the set pressure. Altitude simulation systems can be configured to not only hold a certain pressure, a complete pressure vs time profile can be programmed to be run. Furthermore, pressure vs time recipes can be loaded and run based on test requirements.
Rotary Vacuum Feedthroughs
Rotary Vacuum Feedthroughs are devices that will enable you to physically rotate a specimen inside the vacuum chamber while vacuum present without decreasing the vacuum.
Our Work: Vacuum Testing of Lithium Ion Batteries, Thin Film, Fuel Cells, Supercapacitors, and Nano materials
This vacuum chamber is a modification to our basic acrylic vacuum chamber 12 inch, removable lid model; except that our customer requested additional ports and electrical feed-through for testing of electrical equipment under vacuum. You know, I wish we would have asked them for more details on what they were doing with this chamber; their short and concise answer was that they were using our chamber to perform scientific work on the subjects of: lithium ion batteries, thin films, fuel cells, super-capacitors, and nano-materials testing in a vacuum environment.
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