6 High Vacuum Viewport Materials and their Selection

Viewports often called windows or sight glasses, allow observation, illumination, and transmission within a high or ultra-high vacuum (UHV) chamber. Vacuum viewports come in various flange materials, connections, and window coatings to provide a versatile product for any high vacuum application. ANCORP’s window material selection includes borosilicate glass, fused quartz, sapphire, zinc selenide, magnesium fluoride,…

ANCORP Becomes Exclusive Global Distributor of LOS Vacuum Products

ANCORP is pleased to announce our partnership with LOS Low Outgassing Solutions as the exclusive seller and distributor of all LOS Vacuum Products. LOS Vacuum Products provides vacuum technology innovators with the lowest outgassing solutions ideal for an array of ultra-high and extremely high vacuum applications including spectroscopy, atomic physics research, particle accelerations, and microscopy.…

For the Love of Science

ANCORP is a third-generation, family-owned U.S. manufacturer of high and ultra-high vacuum chambers, valves, and components. When the company was founded in 1965 the country was racing to put a man on the moon. It is no surprise then that our first products were vacuum couplings used by the aerospace industry. Fueled by love for…

316LN ConFlat Flanges For Sensitive UHV Applications

We are pleased to announce the addition of 316LN austenitic stainless steel to our ConFlat Flange product line! 316LN SS ConFlat flanges can be utilized from ultra-high vacuum, UHV, through extreme high vacuum, XHV, applications. These flanges are ideal for use in magnetically sensitive UHV/XHV systems when mounting instrumentation, gauges, feedthroughs, and other components.

Vacuum Traps: The 5 Most Common Questions

Traps in the simplest sense of the word serve a function: to obstruct the movement of some thing. In the field of vacuum science, vacuum traps serve to protect a vacuum system by reducing the presence of oil or moisture. In vacuum processes using oil-vane rotary pumps, vapors that can contaminate a system are often a result…