Tailor-made climate & vacuum chamber for conditioning prefilled syringes for Neutron Imaging

Climatic
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Vacuum
<100
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Control
Syringe temperature & vacuum
Branche
Medical technology

Functional highlights

  • Temperature operating range from -20°C to + 80°C
  • Temperature control accuracy of 0.5°C
  • Freely programmable temperature curves / temperature cycles
  • Vacuum operating range from ambient pressure down to 100 mbar
  • Vacuum control accuracy of 1 mbar
  • Freely programmable vacuum curves / vacuum cycles

Infrastructure process from conception to operation

•  Climatic chamber for 4 syringes

•  Conditioning of the climatic chamber by using a liquid cooler

•  Temperature sensor at the heat exchanger outlet for measuring and controlling the syringe temperature

•  High heat transfer from climatic chamber to syringes

•  Vacuum pressurisation by using a vacuum pump

•  Vacuum sensor for measuring and controlling the syringe ambient pressure

Vakuum Konzeption
Figure 1: Concept of the climate & vacuum chamber

•  3D printed aluminum climate chamber for high thermal conductivity

•  Material used only in functionally necessary positions

•  Optimized design for a high coolant fraction

•  Cover and seal for the creation of a vacuum chamber

Vakuum Konstruktion
Figure 2: CAD model of the climate & vacuum chamber

 

•  Manufacturing of the climate & vacuum chamber using the 3D printing process

•  Installation and commissioning of the hardware and software

•  Implementation of an additional vacuum tank to increase the volume

•  Controller tuning and acceptance tests in the laboratory

Vakuum Umsetzung
Figure 3: Commissioning the vacuum pump

•  Installation of the climatic & vacuum chamber at the beam line

•  Set up software interface communication

•  Carrying out the customer-specific experiments

Vakuum im Einsatz
Figure 4: Climate & vacuum chamber at the beamline in operation
Climatic
+ Temperatures
0
Degree
- Temperatures
0
Degree
Vacuum
<100
mbar
Project duration
0
Days
Year of manufacture
0
Control
Syringe temperature & vacuum
Branche
Medical technology
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