V. I. C. e-Newsletter
...a quarterly newsletter from V.I.C. Leak Detection
Volume 1, Issue 5, Summer 2009
U n p a r a l l e l e d A p p l i c a t i o n S u p p o r t
In This Issue...
-New Product for Distribution
-VIC Partners w/Testing Lab
-New Helium Leak Detector
-Helium Recovery
-Calibrated Gas Leaks
-Upcoming Events
V. I. C. Web Links
Greetings
V.I.C. to Distribute Hydrogen Leak Tester
Vacuum Instrument Corp. a world-leading manufacturer in the leak detection industry, today announced its plan to distribute a new series of Hydrogen gas leak detectors.
"The portable battery- operated Hydrogen sniffer leak detector is an excellent complement to our leak detection product line," said Chuck Wilkinson, Corp. Director of Marketing. "Its unique capabilities rounds-out our product offerings and ensures one-stop shopping for all our customers' leak detection equipment requirements." More on the product.For those companies looking for a test method that is not operator-dependent, V.I.C. offers a cumulative leak detection system based on the Hydrogen sensor instrumentation. This technique features the following benefits:
>Uses a safe 5% hydrogen gas mixture
>Product/Fixture outgassing is not a concern
>Can test wet parts/not effected by humidity
>Leaking pneumatic components will not effect test
>Ideally suited for “lean cell” manufacturing
>Tests the cumulative leak rate at a lower cost than Helium hard vac
>Minimal maintenance required:
-No chamber evacuation vacuum pumps
-No evacuation valves and manifolding
-Chamber/valves operate at no pressure differential
-Minimal system leak integrity issues
-No pump oils to change
-No vacuum cleanliness requirements
>Lower operating cost/utility consumption
>Quiet, test is done at atm without the need for large vacuum pumps
V.I.C. Partners with Testing Laboratory
Through a partnership with Whitehouse Analytical Laboratories Vacuum Instrument Corporation has installed an MS-40 Dry Helium Leak Detector at WAL's Whitehouse, NJ location. Whitehouse Analytical Laboratories is a GMP-compliant, FDA-regulated and inspected testing facility serving pharmaceutical, biotechnology and other FDA regulated industries.The Helium Leak Detector will allow Whitehouse Analytical Laboratories to test for leaks in pharmaceutical packages as small as 4x10^-11 atm cc/sec for their clients. The MS-40 senses leaks by nondestructively introducing the package to a vacuum and utilizing specially tuned mass spectrometer to detect even the smallest amount of Helium leakage. The instrument is currently going through a formal IQ/OQ/PQ qualification process at W.A.L.
Brian Mulhall, COO of W.A.L. said, "The installation of the V.I.C. Helium leak test instrument continues our plan to develop a comprehensive package integrity testing lab that serves the needs of our key pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients." More on the product.
New -- Portable Dry Helium Leak Detector
Vacuum Instrument Corp., introduces a Dry version of the MS-60 mass spectrometer helium leak detector for testing the integrity of products ranging from semiconductor/microelectronic devices to pharmaceutical packaging. The new MS-60Dry comes with a 16 cfm foreline/roughing pump for faster cycle times and clean room applications. More DetailsFREE Remote Capture Software Offer
V.I.C.’s Helium Recovery Systems Combat Global Helium Shortages
“Helium prices are expected to spike by 10-15 percent,” according to Chuck Wilkinson, Corp. Director of Marketing for Vacuum Instrument Corporation, world’s largest independent manufacturer of leak detection equipment and leak-test systems, “but industrial users may be even more concerned about spot shortages that can delay their own production lines. This is a good time,” he added, “for industrial helium-users to look carefully at the cost/benefit ratio of employing helium reclaim. V.I.C.’s Helium Recovery product line features a group of high efficiency gas recycling systems that significantly reduce operating costs associated with Helium leak testing. “Our wide choice of standard models and custom manufactured products provides the flexibility to quickly meet varying capacity requirements while reducing tracer gas operating costs.” More Details
Recalibration Services for CGLs / V.I.C. Offers a Variety of Calibrated Gas Leaks
We offer a full recalibration service for calibrated gas leaks manufactured by V.I.C. and other leak standard suppliers from our new state-of-the-art calibration laboratory located in our New York headquarters. Services include recalibrating and recharging with replacement of the precision element if breakage or clogging occurs, along with full N.I.S.T. recertification. Certificates of N.I.S.T. traceability are provided with each leak standard documenting the accuracy, and calibration parameters. This information is perfect for those companies with ISO quality systems procedures. More Details
-SEMICON West 2009, July 14 ~ 16, booth no. 124, Moscone Center, San Francisco, California.
Please feel free to stop by our booth to discuss all of your leak detection applications and requirements.
Free Software Promotional Offer for all New Purchases of the MS-60 Helium leak Detector
If ordered before 6/30/09 VIC will include Remote Data Capture Software--a $690 value.
This program will allow the user to capture leak rate information sent from the Leak Detector and store it on a personal computer or PC.
About us...
V.I.C. manufactures, services and supports everything from industry-standard air, helium, and high-sensitivity leak detection units and the detectors that drive them to complete turnkey leak-test solutions including gas handling and recovery systems.
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