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Helium Leak
Detection Reference
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Qualification Page
Completed Projects
Helium leak
detection is one of the
most widely used methods of nondestructive testing in use today.
Current applications span a diverse field of products and
industry. Bio-tech companies use helium leak detectors to test implantable
medical devices such as pacemakers
to insure that the outer packages are protected from bodily
fluids and to protect patients from possible contamination from
leaking batteries and other materials. Automobile manufacturers use helium leak
detection technology to test items such as air
bag initiators, radiators and air conditioning units.
Semiconductor fabs are littered with leak detectors used
to leak test process equipment.
Our company, MediVac
Technologies uses helium leak detection equipment to leak test
everything from steam turbines
and condensers used in power generation to space simulation
vacuum systems used to test satellite components and rocket
motors. Although
mass spectrometers can be traced as far back as the turn of the
century the helium mass spectrometer was developed during the Manhattan
Project. The gaseous diffusion method used to enrich uranium-235
required leak tightness far beyond available means. Project
scientists were able to improve upon current mass spectrometer
designs and eventually developed what is still the basic formula
for most helium leak detectors.
Click on the image above to download a very
informative leak detection primer provided courtesy of Alcatel
Vacuum Products.
(Alcatel is the premier leak detector and vacuum equipment
manufacturer. They offer a wide range of helium leak detectors,
vacuum pumps and other high vacuum equipment.)
www.medivactech.com
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