6 High Vacuum Viewport Materials and their Selection

Viewports often called windows or sight glasses, allow observation, illumination, and transmission within a high or ultra-high vacuum (UHV) chamber. Vacuum viewports come in various flange materials, connections, and window coatings to provide a versatile product for any high vacuum application. ANCORP’s window material selection includes borosilicate glass, fused quartz, sapphire, zinc selenide, magnesium fluoride,…

316LN ConFlat Flanges For Sensitive UHV Applications

We are pleased to announce the addition of 316LN austenitic stainless steel to our ConFlat Flange product line! 316LN SS ConFlat flanges can be utilized from ultra-high vacuum, UHV, through extreme high vacuum, XHV, applications. These flanges are ideal for use in magnetically sensitive UHV/XHV systems when mounting instrumentation, gauges, feedthroughs, and other components.

Vacuum Traps: The 6 Most Common Questions

Traps are designed to impede the movement of something. In vacuum science, vacuum traps are implemented to safeguard vacuum systems against oil or moisture by reducing their presence. In vacuum processes using oil-vane rotary pumps, vapors that can contaminate a system are often a result of the system pump’s oils backstreaming. By placing a vacuum…