The clean room is used for assembly of sensitive instruments and for tests that need to be performed in a clean environment. The thermal vacuum chamber is used for thermal vacuum tests.
BIRA-IASB clean room
The characteristics of the thermal vacuum chamber and of the clean room:.
| BIRA-IASB Grade 1000 clean room | |
| Temperature | 18 °C |
| Humidity | < 50% |
| Cleanliness | 100 000 |
| BIRA-IASB Thermal vacuum chamber | |
| Useful volume | 288 liter, baseplate 60 x 80 cm, height 60 cm |
| Pumping Rotative | (8.3 l/sec) and turbomolecular (1000 l/sec) pump |
| Attainable pressure | 2 10-6 mbar |
| Flushing | Nitrogen flushing possible |
| Thermal | Two independent Hüber control units (for baseplate and shroud) |
| Thermofluid | Silicon oil (-80 °C to +120 °C) |
| Temperature range | -55 °C to +60 °C |
| Regulation | Plate (+/- 0.5 °C), shroud (+/- 2 °C) |
| Software | Siemens driving software |
The clean room including the thermal vacuum chamber can be hired (incl. operator) by external labs and/or companies.
Prices for use of TVAC and clean room facilities:
- working days between 9 am and 5 pm (with operator):
110 euro per hour - working days between 5 pm and 9 am (with operator):
220 euro per hour - working days between 5 pm and 9 am (without operator – vacuum and temperature maintained):
55 euro per hour - non working days (Saturday, Sunday, holidays) (with operator):
220 euro per hour - non working days (Saturday, Sunday, holidays) (with operator - vacuum and temperature maintained):
55 euro per hour
(note: the presence of an operator during the night or the week-end is possible only in exceptional cases).
View on the (opened) thermal vacuum chamber with test object inside
