• Purpose: Specialized for low scale propulsion testing, approbation and calibration of the plasma diagnostic.
  • Location: LiBoLa laboratory on the UniBw M main campus.
  • Key dimensions:
    • Total volume: 0.1 m3
    • Diameter: 0.35 m
    • Lenght: 1 m

Richard

Pumping system of the Richard has three stages as follow:

  • Fore-Vacuum Stage:
    • Pump: Pfeiffer DUO 20 (FP1)
    • Pumping Speed: 20 m3/h
    • Pressure range: 1x103 to 1x10-2 mbar
  • High Vacuum Stage:
    • Pump: Pfeiffer TMP 330 and TMP 510 (TMP1 and TMP2)
    • Pumping speed: 830 l/s
    • Pressure range: 1x101 to 5x10-6 mbar
  • High Vacuum Stage:
    • Pump: Leybold RG 210 (CRY1 and CRY2)
    • Pumping speed: 23300 l/s
    • Pressure range: 1x10-5 to 5x10-6 mbar

Richard pumping system