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How to Build a Vacuum Spring-transport Package for Spinning Rotor Gauges
Published on: April 7, 2016
How to Build a Vacuum Spring-transport Package for Spinning Rotor Gauges
James A Fedchak1, Julia Scherschligt2, Makfir Sefa2
1Sensor Science Division, Thermodynamic Metrology Group, National Institute of Science and Technology; james.fedchak@nist.gov.
Abstract:
The spinning rotor gauge (SRG) is a high-vacuum gauge often used as a secondary or transfer standard for vacuum pressures in the range of 1.0 x 10(-4) Pa to 1.0 Pa. In this application, the SRGs are frequently transported to laboratories for calibration. Events can occur during transportation that change the rotor surface conditions, thus changing the calibration factor. To assure calibration stability, a spring-transport mechanism is often used to immobilize the rotor and keep it under vacuum during transport. It is also important to transport the spring-transport mechanism using packaging designed to minimize the risk of damage during shipping. In this manuscript, a detailed description is given on how to build a robust spring-transport mechanism and shipping container. Together these form a spring-transport package. The spring-transport package design was tested using drop-tests and the performance was found to be excellent. The present spring-transport mechanism design keeps the rotor immobilized when experiencing shocks of several hundred g (g = 9.8 m/sec(2) and is the acceleration due to gravity), while the shipping container assures that the mechanism will not experience shocks greater than about 100 g during common shipping mishaps (as defined by industry standards).
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