Customizable Vacuum Chambers

Ardara Technologies L.P. offers a wide variety of custom vacuum chamber options, including this 4-Stage Vacuum chamber, which allow end-users to bring in sample from atmospheric pressure to high vacuum in less than 4 inches, while maintaining temporal integrity of the high pressure sample. 

• Differential Pumping 
• Various Detector Options
• Ideal interface between Ion Mobility and Mass Spectrometer Systems
• Other configurations are available with RF-only ion guides for collisional damping and enhanced sensitivity.

Flanges and Detectors

Ardara Technologies offers a variety of custom flange solutions including:

• Detector Mounting Flanges
  • Available as 6-inch and 8-inch ConFlat flanges with convient support handles
  • Electron multiplier is mounted with in stainless-steel housing (custom length housings are available).
  • Detector Flanges come with 5 standard build-in MHV connections for powering electron multiplier, with a mini-ConFlat flange at the center of the flange, suitable for mounting a sight glass or additional high voltage feedthrough.
  • Our 8-inch Conflat Detector Flange offers 8 additional Mini-Conflat connections, which can support:
    • High voltage coaxial connectors (MHV, SHV, BNC)
    • 10-pin connectors for Ion Optics
    • Gas Inlet Ports
  • The flange shown to the right is equipped with a ten-pin feedthrough, and two SHV RF feedthrough's, along with a multiplier housing and electron multiplier detector.

• Radial Flange
  • 8 inch double-sided ConFlat flange configured with radial feed-through's.
  • Allows for in-situ suspension of a quadrupole or other ion optics within an optics train, with conductance limiting mounting plate.
  • Standard configuration includes eight SHV-5 high voltage electrical connections and two 4-VCR gas ports, with 1/8 inch tubing inside.
  • Also useful in mounting optics in situ in front of a gate valve. 
  • Shown to the right is a radial flange with a 9 mm quadrupole and entrance optics, mounted ounto a conductance-limiting top hat with a quadrupole centering fixture.
  • Also available with ten SHV-5 high voltage electrical connections.
  • Can be configured with an in situ electron mulitpler with einzel lens for detection and diagnostics of an ion beam line. 
    • When the high voltages are enabled, the electron multiplier serves as a detector. 
    • When the detector voltages are connected to a lens supply, the optics serve as an einzel lens.

Vacuum Controller and Gate Valve

The Ardara Technologies Vacuum Controller was designed to provide an easy-to-install power distribution unit, with capabilities of controlling major system components, such as Ion Gauges and Gate Valves.

• Front panel On/Off switch, with circuit breaker capability.
• Front panel enabling control switches for vacuum pumps.
• Optional configuration allows for enabling mechanical pumps and turbo pumps separately.
• Optional configuration can provide power supplies and custom connectors for Pfeiffer Vacuum turbomolecular pumps.
• Support for Ionization Gauges include:
  • DC Power
  • Enable/Disable switch to turn on filament
  • Status lights showing vacuum OK, interlock enabled
• Support for Gate Valves include:
  • DC Power to drive gate valve solenoid
  • Enable/Disable switch to open and close gate valve
  • Vacuum Interlock relay (using contact closure process control of Ion Gauge)
  • Status lights showing if Gate Valve is open or closed.
• Back panel utilizes IEC electrical inputs and outputs. 
• Vacuum Interlock input, disables output and closes Gate Valve under conditions where the vacuum pressure is too high for safe operation.
• Dimensions:  19-inch rack mount front panel, 3.5 inches tall, 15 inches deep.
• Universal AC input (100-240VAC, 50-60 Hz)

Quadrupole Mass Filters

• Wide range of sizes available:   
  
  • 6 mm quadrupole with mass range to 10,000 amu.
  • 9 mm quadrupole with mass range to 4400 amu.
  • 12 mm quadrupole with mass range to 2500 amu.
  • 20 mm quadrupole with mass range to 900 amu.
• Quadrupoles come equipped standard with pre-filters for enhanced performance, with post-filters optional.
• Quadrupoles are equipped with isolated entrance and exit lenses, which utilize our standard 1.25-inch bolt circle, for compatibility with our full range of ionizers and ion optics, as well as for mounting to detector assemblies.
• Standard quadrupole lengths: 
  
  • Analytical Quadrupole Length = 8 inches standard.
    
  •  Pre-Filter Length = 1 inch standard.
• Quadrupole design is customizable for OEM applications, with custom rod diameters and custom analyzer lengths possible.
• Standard quadrupole housing has vent holes for gas conductance.
  
  • Super-vented housings are available as custom configurations.
• Materials of construction include stainless steel, aluminum oxide ceramic, glass-encapsulated vacuum-compatible resistors, and annealed nickel wire, for vacuum compatibility to 10-11 torr
• RF-only quadrupoles are also available in various lengths and rod diameters.