Thermal Testing.

Quartus brings thermal analyst expertise to help plan and conduct thorough yet efficient test campaigns. A correlated TVAC chamber model (built in Thermal Desktop) is available to aid with pre and post-test analysis.

THERMAL VACUUM CHAMBER

  • Two-door cylindrical chamber manufactured by LACO Technologies
    • 60 inch x 30 inch (1.5 m x 0.8 m) platen
      • Maximum capacity 400 kg
    • Minimum vertical clearance to shroud 27 inches (0.69 m)
  • Typical operating pressure 1e-6 torr (1.3e-3 Pa)
  • Liquid nitrogen cooled, electrically heated
    • Platen: -150 °C to +200 °C
    • Shroud: -150 °C to +110 °C
  • Data acquisition system setup for up to 60 thermocouples
    • DAQs & feedthroughs on hand for additional thermocouples or RTDs 
  • Outgassing monitoring
    • Residual gas analyzer
    • Quartz crystal microbalance

ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS HD-22 CHAMBER 

  • Temperature limits:
    •  -35 °C to +200 °C
  • Relative humidity:
    • o 20% to 98%
  • Enclosure dimensions:
    • 36" x 36" x 36"
  • Optical Viewing Port
    • Optical performance testing

TEST EQUITY 1007H CHAMBER

  • Temperature limits:
    • -73 °C to +175 °C
  • Relative humidity:
    • 10% to 95%
  • Enclosure dimensions:
    • o 24" x 21" x 24"

 

FULL TEST SUPPORT 

• Test design & planning
• Pre-test analysis
• Instrumentation, fixturing & assembly
• Test execution at Quartus facilities
• Test data reduction and analysis
• Model correlation

PARTIAL TEST SUPPORT 

• Design or analysis only
• Test execution at client facility or test house
• Troubleshooting 3rd party tests

 

THERMAL APPLICATIONS

  • On-orbit thermal
  • STOP analysis
  • Electronics cooling
  • External aerodynamics & aero-heating
  • Advanced energy systems
  • Consumer electronics

THERMAL SOFTWARE TOOLS

  • Thermal Desktop (SINDA/FLUINT)
  • Quartus STOP toolkit
  • SigFit
  • STAR-CCM+
  • NASTRAN, Abaqus & Ansys
  • Maya/TMG and ESC