Hiden Analytical will be represented by Steven Fiddy at the STFC Daresbury Laboratory, taking place on 21 April 2026 in Daresbury, UK
The vacuum-community-facing symposium format is designed for scientists, engineers, technicians, and industrial users to exchange operational and design insights for HV/UHV systems (instrumentation, reliability, contamination control, and diagnostics).
What to Expect?
- Strong alignment with accelerator and beamline-adjacent vacuum needs at DL, where stability, cleanliness, and repeatable pump-down/conditioning behaviour directly impact facility performance (e.g., accelerator science and advanced instrumentation).
- Cross-disciplinary discussions reflecting DL’s breadth—materials, chemistry, physics, engineering, and computational science—with vacuum enabling many of the measurement and manufacturing workflows across these domains.
- Exposure to DL’s large-scale capability ecosystem at the SciTech Daresbury campus, including advanced engineering, modelling/simulation, and high-performance computing expertise relevant to system optimisation and data-heavy diagnostics.
- A practical, exhibitor-supported environment for discussing component selection and system integration (outgassing, leak integrity, bakeout strategy, background gas control, and long-term monitoring) with peers and suppliers.
Hiden Analytical at the STFC Daresbury Laboratory:
- Technical conversations around quadrupole mass spectrometry (QMS) / residual gas analysis (RGA) as an enabling diagnostic for facility vacuum: baseline characterisation, fault isolation, and performance trending.
- Application emphasis for accelerator and thin-film adjacent workflows—supporting vacuum conditioning, identifying virtual leaks/outgassing signatures, and improving operational reproducibility in complex multi-chamber systems.
- Guidance on measurement strategy and integration: sampling configuration and conductance effects, sensitivity across pressure regimes, response time, and data acquisition approaches suited to routine facility operations.
- Positioning RGA data as a decision tool for engineering and operations teams—accelerating commissioning, supporting acceptance testing, and reducing downtime via early detection of contamination or leaks.
- Collaboration-focused discussions on how Hiden’s vacuum analytics can complement DL’s broader facility landscape (e.g., advanced instrumentation, CLARA/accelerator technologies, VISTA thin-film capability, and associated computing resources) to support scalable, data-driven vacuum management.
📅 Event Dates: 21 April 2026.
📍 Location: Daresbury, UK.
🔗 Event Website: STFC Daresbury Laboratory.
We look forward to connecting with the vacuum science community.
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