Deimos - TVAC1

The Intlvac Deimos TVAC1 is a thermal vacuum chamber for confirming that equipment works under space vacuum. It’s built for testing instruments, optics and micro-satellites, with oil-free high vacuum pumping.

Simulating the space environment

Deimos simulates black body surface temperatures down to 150 K, the deep space environment, while the test item is instrumented and running anywhere from -120°C to +120°C. You can check that it works at each extreme and see how it behaves as it moves between them.

Control and data logging

Intlvac’s Autosys PLC controller sits in a separate controls rack. It runs pump-down, venting and temperature control automatically, recovers the system after a power failure, and manages the safety interlocks. You work from a LabVIEW workstation with a 19″ screen. Every parameter is logged, to view in the built-in graphical log viewer or export to a spreadsheet.

There’s more on the method on our thermal vacuum testing page.

Working with SiSTEM

SiSTEM is Intlvac’s partner for the UK, Ireland and most of Europe. We scope your system with you and Intlvac’s engineers, and stay your local contact through quotation, installation and after-sales. Tell us what you’re testing, its size and the standard it has to meet, and we’ll take it to Intlvac.