Determining if a Calibration Fixture can be Built to Fit in a Small-sized Vacuum Chamber

Research Project: Determining if a calibration fixture can be built to fit in a small-sized vacuum chamber.

Methods: Using Solidworks and a little elbow-grease, we tried different orientations and designs to attempt to fit all of the necessary components within the needed size target.

Key Results: While all of the components were able to be fit inside the desired envelope, once the plumbing would be added, the size would be too large for the smaller-sized vacuum chambers.

Conclusions: It is not possible to create a calibration fixture that contains all of the needed components that could fit within the smaller-vacuum chamber; a larger one is necessary.