TRINOS
- Purpose: Specialized for testing vacuum arc thrusters under simulated space conditions.
- Location: VAKULA laboratory on the UniBw M main campus.
- Key dimensions:
- Total volume: 0.243 m3
- Diameter: 0.5 m
- Lenght: 1 m
Pumping system of the Trinos has two stages as follow:
- Fore-Vacuum Stage:
- Pump: Pfeiffer DUO 25M (VP)
- Pumping Speed: 25 m3/h
- Pressure range: 1x103 to 1x10-2 mbar
- High Vacuum Stage:
- Pump: Pfeiffer HiPace 700(TMP)
- Pumping speed: 685 l/s
- Pressure range: 1x100 to 1x10-6 mbar
- Fore-Vacuum Stage:
- Features:
- Heating jacket (up to 60 C).
- Thrust measurement system by FOTEC (up to 1mN)
- Designed specifically to test pulsed thrusters.