PerhaPs the Bestengineered Vacuum gauge tuBe on this Planet

RELIABILITY

REPEATABILITY

DURABILITY

ACCESSIBILITY

REPEATABILITY

RELIABILITY

DURABILITY

ACCESSIBILITY

hastingsgauge.comPh 757.723.6531 tF 800.950.2468 FX 757.723.3925

PO Box 1436 : Hampton, VA 23661 : USA

accessiBility: anytime, anywhere.You wanted it there yesterday. Any delay could cost you. You need a proven reliable supply chain that can deliver a vacuum gauge tube, where you need it, when you need it.

We understand this, and fortunately, Teledyne Hastings offers what most competitors do not:

• 99%on-timedeliveryforallHastingsThermocoupleGaugeTubeproducts

•Morethan20worldwidestockinglocations• SamedayresponsetoyourRFQ• Emailverificationandtrackingprovidedforeachorder•Worldwidenetworkofover40distributorsandagents• 48hourleadtimeformostorders• Completetechnicalassistanceprovidedbyemail, phone or online

TeledyneHastingsvacuumgaugetubesaretherewhereyou need them, when you need them.

Call us or visit us online today for more information about

our products and how we can help you meet your needs. let’s talk!

• USA:Boston,Houston,Portland, Cleveland,Denver,Philadelphia• Canada•Mexico• Brazil• UK• Spain• France• Germany• Denmark

• Switzerland• Italy• Turkey• Japan• RepublicofKorea• Philippines• India• China• Singapore• Taiwan

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THE inside STORY

rePeataBility: consistent tuBe-to-tuBe PerFormanceOurhigheststandardofworkmanshipandstrictqualitycontrolmeanconsistentperformance.Yougetthesamehighperformancefromonetubeasyoudofromthenext.

WetestedtheperformanceofsixdifferenttypesofTHItubesagainstthoseofseveralcompetitors. Repeatabilitytestswereperformedinaconstanttemperature

environmentalchamber.Outputasafunctionofpressurewasmeasuredoveragivenrangeofpressures.THItubeshadconsistenttube-to-tube repeatability.

Withourcompetitor’stubes,performancewasvaried and unacceptable. With THi, you get consistent quality.

Tubetotube,theperformanceyouexpect,istheperformanceyouget.

duraBility: Built to endure THItubeswerevibrationtestedagainstourcompetitorsusingmethod214ofMil-Std-202.Sinusoidalvibrationtestswereconductedatlevelsof30Gpeak,andafrequencyrangefrom100to3,000Hz,for3minutesoneachaxis.

RandomvibrationtestingwasperformedwithtestconditionIG(0.4G2/Hz,23.91rmsG),foradurationof30minutesoneachaxis.

THi easily passed and proved to be a reliable choice. Wouldyouriskyourapplicationwithatubepronetofailure?neither would we.

That’swhywedesignandtestTHItubestowithstandthemostruggedconditions.Theyarebuilttoendure.

Wetestedeachofthethreepopulationsoftubesto“Method214ofMil-Std-202,TestConditionIG.”Thistablesummarizestheresults.

Hastings PAssed

Competitor A FAiled

Competitor b PAssed

WemeasuredthemVoutputofasampleofgaugetubes.Thistableshowsthespreadinoutputofeachmanufacturerinhighvacuum.

PoorTCfabricationrequiresexternalmatchingresistor.

Noteinconsistencyofsolderin vacuum joint.

ConsistentTCfabricationmeansnoadditionalresistorsrequired.

mTorr(microns)

Hastings X

Competitor A 4.6X

Competitor b 103X

mV

Allvacuumgaugetubesarenotcreatedequal.

We know. We looked inside.

BecauseHastingsemploysproprietaryfixturingtechnologythateliminatesphysicalhandlingofcomponents,theinsidestructureofourvacuumtubesisunsurpassed.

Using a clean flame and resistance welding, we create a precisionjunctionbetweenthermocouplewires.Weattachthethermocoupletoelectricalvacuumfeedthroughpinsusingverysophisticatedprecisionweldtechnology.Everyinstalledthermocoupleisresistancetestedtoprecisespecifications.

WHAT does THis meAn For you?Theinsideintegrityofourgaugetubesismilesaheadofourcompetition — who do not have this capability.

Ourstringentqualitycontroldemandsatightbandofacceptanceforoutputverificationandalltubesare100%leaktestedusingahelium-based mass spectrometer.

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insideATElEDYNEHASTINGS(THI)GAUGETUBE • CleanSurfaces• PureandCleanThermocoupleWires• Process-ControlledWelds• SoundandSturdyConstruction

insideOURCOMPETITOR’STUBES • BentThermocoupleWires• StressedWelds• Contaminants• Inks• PottingCompounds• leadSolderandResidue Note inconsistent vacuum solder joint.Pottingcompound,stressedwiresand

contaminants are clearly visible.

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