Vacuum Optics Catalogue - March 2022

Facilities
Torr Scientific relocated to a modern 410 m 2
factory in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in
August 2009. A 270 m 2 first floor extension
was completed in October 2011 increasing
floor space at the Sussex manufacturing
site to 690 m 2 . A second adjoining factory
and cleanroom was built in 2015 expanding
floor space to over 1200 m 2
Facilities
In response to demand from customers requiring
contamination free products for
UHV applications, the company invested in a
new 110 m 2 cleanroom to provide a laboratory
manufacturing facility in which thin-film
coatings and hermetic seals are processed,
and UHV and Optical instrumentation is assembled,
inspected and packed.
TSL took delivery of a new vacuum furnace
in August 2010. The furnace, supplied by
Specnow Ltd., has a hot zone four times larger
than previous furnaces at TSL. The system
incorporates Specnow’s latest Microlink
control system with data management and
logging. The investment was made to meet
growing demand for TSL fused silica and
sapphire UHV viewports and allow further
development of ceramic to metal seals.
A turntable and TIG welding cell has been set
up at Torr Scientific. All viewports are now
welded within the company allowing full
quality control over the complete viewport
manufacturing process. Weld rings in kovar,
stainless steel and non-magnetic materials
are welded in to 304L and 316LN flanges.
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