All of our test house services (thermal vacuum chambers, outgassing test facility and vacuum UV exposure chambers) have been incredibly busy this year. We received delivery of our new vacuum chamber TVAC#2 in the last few days of 2017 and by July 2018 the system was put to work for flight hardware bakeouts and several thermal vacuum cycling tests. TVAC#1 is currently down for maintenance and should be back online beginning of 2019.

In June we also supported the 2018 edition of 'Aerospace Test & Validation' with various images from our test house equipment and solar simulator products. ​This is a new publication from the publishers of the Test House Directory focused specifically on the Aerospace industry. ​You can read the digital version here.

Our outgassing facility has been extremely busy also, with our facility taking part in the ESA inter-laboratory ECSS-Q-ST-70-02C outgassing quantification study in July this year.

In 2019 we will be expanding our test facilities to include FTIR capabilities. Check our news page or  follow us on Twitter for announcements on this.

Our solar simulator builds have also been consistent throughout the year, with several of our smaller Unisim Compact solar simulator systems shipping out. We have also had some larger system builds with custom specifications. We are also looking to at a short R&D project for our Unisim N-Zone simulators which will push their capabilities into larger working areas. The materials for this have just been delivered and will be scheduled when we start 2019.

We are very proud of our extensive customer list which includes some of the most prestigious research and commercial groups working in photovoltaics today and we are very happy to be able to add SJ Solar and Tulane University department of Physics and Engineering Physics to that list.

If you would like more information on our 4-zone Unisim close match solar simulators with LED boost zone options, please have a look at our brochure or contact us to discuss your requirements.

If you are interested in our close match Unisim Compact solar simulator designed for smaller research applications, please see our new informational video or download the brochure for a full overview of what is possible with our Unisim range of solar simulators.