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  • Dec 16, 2022 Project News

    The Power of Entangled Quanta

    The work of this year's Nobel Prize winners in physics has established the red-hot research field of quantum information technology. VAT vacuum technology plays an important role in this.

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    Nov 18, 2022 Project News

    What Moves the World

    The origin of gravitational waves is to be studied in more detail with the construction of a network of detectors. The new LIGO India detector relies on VAT technology to create one of the largest vacuum systems in the world.

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    Nov 04, 2022 Project News

    Watching Atoms Dance

    The unique X-ray flashes of the European XFEL make it possible to render ultrafast chemical reactions visible to the human eye. To ensure that the atoms are disturbed as little as possible during their "dance", the very best vacuum conditions are required.

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    Sep 29, 2022 Project News

    Metal Layer by Metal Layer

    In terms of solidity, 3D metal prints are no longer inferior to current cast or forged materials. Vacuum and its precise controllability play a key role in the printing process and the production of the required metal powder.

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    Aug 19, 2022 Project News

    Higher Sensitivity in Mass Spectrometry

    TOFWERK's time-of-flight mass spectrometers impress with their incredible precision – VAT Vacuum Valve Technology supports this. For more than a decade, TOFWERK and VAT have enjoyed a productive development cooperation.

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    Jul 28, 2022 Project News

    The most brilliant light of Thailand

    With the help of the SIAM Photon Source, Thailand provides a unique synchrotron infrastructure in the ASEAN region. VAT technology allows to extend the capabilities of the 1.2 GeV storage ring continuously.

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    Jul 13, 2022 Project News

    World’s Most Powerful Heavy-Ion Accelerator Operates VAT Vacuum Valves for Hunt for Rare Isotopes

    The world's most powerful heavy-ion accelerator was inaugurated on May 2, 2022, at Michigan State University's Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Fast closing valves from VAT help secure the ultra-high vacuum environment of the FRIB.

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    May 11, 2022 Project News

    KATRIN Breaks 1-eV-Barrier in Unprecedented Measurement of Neutrino Mass

    As the world’s most sensitive scale for the measurement of neutrino mass, the international Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment has now reported a level of precision never achieved before. The suite of VAT valves developed for KATRIN continue to provide seamless performance despite the experiment’s radiation levels, extreme temperatures, and UHV environment.

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    Mar 23, 2022 Project News

    CERN Opts to Increase Power with a “High Luminosity” LHC Upgrade

    A top priority of the European Strategy for Particle Physics to enable research to new frontiers of particle physics, CERN's the High-Luminosity LHC (“HiLumi”) project will multiply the power of CERN’s already mighty Large Hadron Collider. VAT all-metal valves are designed to withstand the demanding extreme UHV conditions.

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    Mar 07, 2022 Project News

    Getter Thin Films in Synchrotrons

    Latest synchrotron facilities employ novel getter pump techniques to establish UHV conditions. VAT provides high-tech valves to control the coating process.

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    Feb 09, 2022 Project News

    From High (Vacuum) Pressure to Nuclear Fusion

    Generating energy through controlled nuclear fusion has long been a dream of mankind. To get closer to this dream, an experimental fusion reactor is currently being built in southern France as part of the ITER project. As a certified supplier of all-metal and elastomer valves, VAT is closely involved in this ambitious research project. In the process, the valve professionals from Switzerland have achieved a truly great feat.

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    Jan 27, 2022 Project News

    California Grapevines Under Drought Stress - X-Ray Diagnosis in Ultra-High Vacuum

    U.S. researcher Andrew McElrone investigates grape roots with particle accelerator at ALS research facility in Berkeley, California. The goal: sustainable water use strategy for grape growers.

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    Dec 28, 2021 Project News

    Innovation in Mobility - No Electromobility Without a Vacuum Environment

    In the electromobility sector, technical innovation is becoming more important, particularly where battery production is concerned. Since vacuum and plasma technology plays a central role in numerous electromobility manufacturing processes, valve development is a vital part of this.

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    Dec 14, 2021 Project News

    From Mini-LED to Micro-LED: A Small Step in Naming, but a Giant Leap for Display Technology

    Mini-LEDs instead of LEDs in flat panel displays have set a profound change in motion, and the next innovation is waiting in the wings: Micro-LEDs, a new challenge for VAT vacuum valves.

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    Nov 25, 2021 Project News

    Ultra-High Vacuum Particle Accelerator Uncovers Potential Virus Vulnerabilities

    To effectively combat the SARS-CoV-2 virus, like other viruses, it is necessary to first elicit structural information from the virus, particle accelerators with VAT technology help to do this.

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    Nov 10, 2021 Project News

    Higher Definition Atom Videos - World’s Brightest X-Ray Laser Upgrades with VAT Vacuum Valves

    VAT vacuum valves are part of the upgrade to the LCLS, an X-ray laser at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California (USA) that is so fast and precise, it can observe atoms in motion.

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    Oct 07, 2021 Project News

    Using Transmutation to Disarm Long-Lived Fissile Material

    Where to put the highly radioactive nuclear waste? An innovative technology called transmutation is preparing to defuse the brisance of nuclear waste. VAT technology plays a key role in this.

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    Sep 27, 2021 Project News

    Quantum Computing Relies on High-Tech Vacuum Valves

    Thanks to quantum technology, computing capacities and speeds are advancing into previously unknown dimensions and enabling a completely new approach to tasks. This offers new opportunities for research and industry. VAT technology is an important element in this.

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    Aug 19, 2021 Project News

    All-Metal Valves Play an Important Role for Future Particle Research

    At the world-famous research facility, CERN, thoughts are turning to the future of particle research. There is no question about it: the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has produced sensational results worthy of a Nobel Prize. However, these results immediately raised further questions, the answers to which in turn require new developments in accelerators. Technology from VAT should also be part of this in the future because that technology is already delivering outstanding service in the LHC.

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    Aug 18, 2021 Project News

    Less is More: Many Good Reasons Speak for Combo Vacuum Valves

    In complex vacuum systems, there is a lot to close, open, meter and control. Wherever many valves are used, the number of connection points, connectors and seals also increases. This requires installation time, space, and increases the vacuum volume to be controlled as well as the number of potential leakage points.

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    Aug 05, 2021 Project News

    Looking for the Start of the Universe

    In 2019, the National Science Foundation (NSF) held a workshop for “Large Ultrahigh Vacuum Systems for Frontier Scientific Research Instrumentation” to help identify cost effective technologies to design, build and operate a new generation gravitational wave observatory based on the original LIGO concept.* This new design will be an order of magnitude more sensitive than the current generation systems in the USA (LIGO), EU (Virgo) and Japan (KAGRA) – and also MUCH larger.

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    Jul 28, 2021 Project News

    Shrinking Particle Accelerators – Speeding Up Research

    In order to penetrate the innermost structures of matter and gain new insights, particle accelerators must become steadily more powerful and larger. This increases construction and operating costs. Researchers are trying to take an alternative path with plasma wave-driven accelerators and are thus defining new challenges for vacuum valves as well.

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    Jul 15, 2021 Project News

    VAT Valves Enable Hyper Speeds for Hyperloop Projects

    The Hyperloop transportation concept – based on high-speed travel in a low-pressure tube – promises to revolutionize ground transportation. As a research partner to the EuroTube Foundation, VAT is developing large valve solutions that will help maintain the enormous vacuum volumes needed for the Hyperloop systems.

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    Jul 08, 2021 Project News

    New Generation Solar Cells Gain Efficiency – and Shed Costs

    Solar cell technology is widely seen as crucial renewable energy source to help fight climate change. These expectations have been fueled to even greater levels by recent breakthroughs in solar cell efficiency. With a new generation of large transfer valves for solar cell production lines, VAT offers manufacturers the technological improvements needed to produce these high-performance solar cells.

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    Jun 24, 2021 Project News

    VAT Vacuum Valves Help Satellites Get Fit for Space

    As the number of satellites in orbit increases, so does global demand for pre-launch testing under simulated space conditions. VAT recently delivered yet another large valve to a European satellite test center. Oversized VAT vacuum valves play a key role in helping simulate the extreme temperatures and pressures of outer space – to ensure that satellites are ready for lift-off.

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    Jun 22, 2021 Project News

    Fast Track to Edge Welded Bellows

    Haag, June 2021, VAT has launched “Quick Spec Bellows”, a new online configuration and order service for welded metal bellows. The online service provides convenient configuration, quick price information and a guaranteed three-week delivery time ex works VAT Switzerland.

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    Mar 28, 2021 Project News

    Hunting for the Building Blocks of the Universe – with VAT Vacuum Valves

    VAT has a long-term collaboration with CERN, the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Sector valves developed by a dedicated VAT team help keep the ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions within CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) intact.

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