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Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
2000 Phase 2
Miniaturized Turbomolecular Vacuum Pump
Creare, Inc.
Hanover, NH
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INNOVATION
Turbomolecular/molecular drag vacuum pump that is by far the smallest of its type ever built
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Vacuum Pump Roughly the Size of a D-Cell Flashlight Battery
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Developed an efficient,
200,000 RPM brushless dc motor
- Weighing only 150 grams,
pump delivers a pumping speed of 4 L/s and a compression ratio of
109 while drawing only 1 to 7 watts, depending on the foreline pressure
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Potential commercial applications include vacuum systems for portable mass spectrometers for homeland security, helium leak detectors, and similar uses
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- Developed pump system for mass
spectrometer on NASA Mars 2009 Lander Mission
- Vacuum pumps sold to Goddard Space
Flight Center and John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory for evaluation
- Pump being evaluated by the Beagle
2 mass spectrometer team for use in space flight mass spectrometers
including missions to Mars
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