Vacuum Cycle Controllers - Abbess Instruments - Vacuum Chambers - Pumps and Systems

Abbess Instruments currently offers three varying levels of Vacuum Cycle Controllers. Which is best for your system?

Analog Vacuum Cycle Controller

This regulator and cycle controller allows the whole vacuum operation, from start to finish, to be controlled, yielding a more consistent product process. After set-up, the chamber and vacuum system can automatically turn on the vacuum, watch for the preset vacuum level, then control the hold time at that vacuum level, then break the vacuum to allow the operator to remove and replace product. All this can happen without the operator watching. Your product becomes more consistent and your process more reliable.

View our Analog Vacuum Cycle Controller products

Digital Vacuum Cycle Controller

Digital Vacuum Cycle Controllers typically include:

NEMA enclosure
InstruTech CVM-201
Integration with a Digital Pressure Gauge (such as a Super Bee shown bottom right)
Vacuum Vent and Solenoid Valves
Vacuum Cycle Controller
Heavy duty, industrial Manual Control Switches
LED indicators

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Touch Screen/PC Vacuum Cycle Controller

Our PC Touch Screens allow for automatic process controlling, or automation. Touch Screen Vacuum Cycle Controllers typically include:

NEMA enclosure
Integration with a digital pressure gauge or adjustable vacuum switch (this allows for digital control of vacuum levels)
Provides I/O for RS485, USB, and rs232 devices
Vacuum Vent and Solenoid Valves
I/o for vacuum vent and solenoid valves
Heavy duty, industrial manual control switches
Vacuum pump motor controller
LED Indicators

A PC Touch Screen Vacuum Cycle Controller is a customly built system. Each Touch Screen Controller is programmed for the customer’s specific procedure. The USB port can also allow for data collected during a vacuum cycle to be stored and moved onto another computer.

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Performance Specifications

All performance specifications stated, including but not limited to, pump-down rates and vacuum levels make the following assumptions:

The Vacuum Chamber is empty.
The Vacuum Chamber and other system components are clean and dry.
The System is being operated at Sea Level
The ambient temperature is 18°C +/- 2°C
All system components, including those not supplied by Abbess, are appropriate for the system and are functioning properly.
The specifications are not impacted by the properties of your product.

If you require performance specifications for conditions other than those listed above, it is vital that you make this known to Abbess Instruments in writing. Generally Abbess Instruments recommends choosing chamber and pumping system qualities capable of achieving a theoretical vacuum at least an order of magnitude better than the desired operational vacuum.

It is to be noted that a specification described as '10-5 Torr' is a range, and means the clean, empty, dry chamber system is capable of reaching some undetermined value between 1.0x10-5 and 9.9x10-5 Torr: The (clean, empty, dry) chamber is deemed compliant whether its As-Built base vacuum is 1.0x10-5 Torr or 9.9x10-5 Torr. It does not mean that the chamber is guaranteed to reach every level within that range.