Thermal Vacuum Chamber Testing

Testing in a thermal vacuum chamber is a requirement for compliance with a variety of regulatory standards in the aerospace and defense industries.

Thermal vacuum chamber testing.

Site level to 1 x 10 7 torr. Thermal vacuum or thermal vac testing when testing components such as thermal straps and complete thermal subsystems tsl has a custom thermal vacuum thermal vac chamber specifically designed for temperature and pressure control. What is a thermal vacuum chamber tvc the acs thermal vacuum chambers produced by angelantoni test technologies are equipment mainly used to simulate environmental space conditions. Our largest thermal vacuum test chamber.

The tenney vacuum space test chamber is an environmental test chamber that simulates altitude. Thermal vacuum testing has been employed since the beginning of the u s. 15 foot chamber the 15 foot chamber is a spherical chamber designed to test advanced concepts for battery power systems space vehicle actuators and auxiliary power units. Thermal vacuum testing space simulation.

Thermal vacuum testing the materials testing laboratory at ksc provides a range of physical testing including thermal vacuum and environmental chamber testing. Thermal bakeout is typically conducted prior to spaceflight to outgass components. A thermal vacuum chamber is a vacuum chamber in which the radiative thermal environment is controlled. In addition to smaller tvac chambers nts los angeles designed and built and now maintains and operates a tv 25 25 feet long by 15 feet deep thermal vacuum test facility for client spaceflight hardware.

2 65 to 226 cubic feet. A thermal vacuum test chamber with its door open at nasa s johnson space center. Common uses of thermal vacuum chambers include for pre flight bakeout thermal cycling and component testing in the industry. It is equipped with cold walls an on axis filtered xenon solar simulator and pumping systems suitable for trace contaminant sensitive tests.

Outgassing the release of. The chamber performs at level of 155 db oaspl. Space program as a way of mitigating risk and preparing for the extreme temperatures encountered at orbit. The most common applications of a thermal vacuum chamber tvc are related to the tests of satellite performance control of the thermal cycle and testing of components subsystems and complete satellites in a fully controlled environment.

Chamber e chamber e is a thermal vacuum chamber designed for relatively large gas loads at high vacuum. 70 c to 125 c 94 f to 257 f tolerance. The design is adaptable to meet your testing needs.