The Abbess High Vacuum Thermal System allows items placed inside to be exposed to high vacuum pressure as well as extreme temperatures via the electrically heated and refrigerant cooled Thermal Shroud. This thermal vacuum chamber system is controlled by a Vacuum Cycle Controller (VCC), used to integrate temperature and vacuum level monitoring and automate many of the process control functions via panel-mounted indicators and activating buttons and switches, as well as a touch screen PC with a user-specific customized programming and Graphical User Interface (GUI).
Read more about our High Vacuum and Thermal Systems.
Abbess’s Thermal Shrouds allow for reliable and uniform cooling/heating under vacuum.
A shroud assembly of Thermal Plates with cable heating elements and cooling loops bracket mounted within the chamber. Feed-through for electrical power, thermocouple and cooling lines extend through the rear wall of the chamber. The thermal shroud allows heating/cooling of items in the chamber under vacuum and is controlled by PID temperature Controller integrated into the Process Control Enclosure.
The Process Control Enclosure contains components necessary for controlling the system as well as logic and interfaces for the Thermal Vacuum Cycle Controller. Status Indicators within the Process Control Enclosure provide visual indication of the systems status. The PC Touchscreen Computer contains Abbess customized DAQFactory program interface: test environment automation and data logging integrates control and monitoring of the thermal vacuum system other components.
Thermal Shrouds can be integrated into most systems to meet customer specifications
The first system below is a solar simulator that incorporates elements from our high vacuum, space simulation, and thermal chamber systems( Figures 1 and 2). Learn more about this unique systems here.
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- Fig 1: The system pictured is Abbess Instruments’ Custom Thermal Vacuum and Solar Simulation Chamber System.
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- FIg 2: This solar simulation chamber( fig 1) includes a coated copper shroud and a gold plater copper thermal plate with S.S. threaded inserts.
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- Fig 3: Custom designed Thermal Vacuum System which uses a PC based custom control program.
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- Fig 4: The nickel plated copper thermal shroud and plate within the system shown in Fig 3.
A High vacuum chamber with a thermal shroud being assembled in our facility:
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- Fig 5: The stainless steel cube in which the thermal shroud will be placed.
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- Fig 6: Thermal shroud being inserted into system, turning the standard vacuum chamber into a thermal vacuum chamber!
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- Fig 7: The base of the thermal vacuum system.
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- Fig 8: Right Side View of the completed chamber shown in figures 5-7.
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- Fig 9: Controller and Completed System (notice the gold interior through the window)
