Raptor launches PentaVacTM, 21st Century Vacuum Technology enabling cooling to Δ-111°C

01 Aug 2013

Raptor Photonics, a global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance digital cameras has launched a revolutionary new vacuum technology called PentaVacTM.

PentaVac™ is a small vacuum chamber in a lightweight, self-contained package housing an imaging sensor. Proprietary sealing techniques and advanced multistage getters assembled in a Class 100 Cleanroom environment ensures a guaranteed vacuum lifetime with a mean time between failures of 100 years.

According to Mark Donaghy, Raptor’s VP of Sales & Marketing, “Camera companies today are using vacuum technology developed in the 1940s in order to cool the sensors in their cameras. We looked at this from a different perspective. Using space age materials and techniques we have developed a brand new vacuum system that delivers maximum efficiency, maximum cooling and maximum lifetime.

“PentaVacTM delivers 5 key benefits to our customers: 1.Deep cooling down to Δ-111°C will minimize dark current as well as minimize hot spots and blemishes during longer exposure times.

2.Long lifetime using multi-getters will enable integrity and longevity of sensor performance.

3.Small and lightweight design means our cameras fit easily into your set-up.

4.Rugged design and tested to MillSpec standards operating in a range of extreme environments means our cameras will work in the harshest conditions.

5.Low power meaning better efficiency for easier set-up and integration for OEMs and Instrumentation companies.

PentaVacTM will start appearing across our range of cameras in 2013. We will be launching a vacuum version of the Kingfisher incorporating PentaVacTM technology at Photonics West in early February, with other cameras to follow” he continued.

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To find out more about pentaVac technology, visit www.raptorphotonics.com/pentavac