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Differentially Pumped Viewports
Differentially pumped viewports are a useful way of introducing optical materials that cannot be sealed with more traditional methods to a vacuum system as a window. The optic sits on a pair of O-rings, the interspace between the O-rings is pumped by an auxiliary...
Apprenticeship Experience
My Apprenticeship Experience - Maisie-Rose Coleman In January 2021, I started a Business Administration Apprenticeship based at Torr. I chose this type of apprenticeship because at the time I didn’t know the exact career path I wanted to go down, and business...
UKSAF Meeting Report
Torr Scientifics' company scientist - Dr David Stupple - recently attended the UKSAF meeting held in late January in Hull. The UKSAF is the UK Surface Analysis Forum, Delegates from the large community of users in the UK meet on a regular basis to discuss a wide...
New Spectrophotometer Accessory
The Vacuum Optics section of Torr Scientific recently took delivery of a Universal Measurement Accessory from Agilent Technologies to expand the capabilities of its Cary 5000 UV-vis-NIR spectrophotometer. The accessory has its own independent suite of detectors that...
Brewster Window Case Study
Torr Scientific recently manufactured a demountable brewster window for one of our customers at the Institute for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (IOK) located in the University of Ulm in Germany.The window has a demountable fused silica optic, which allows it to be...
Brewster Window Theory
Get used to Brewster Polarized light, or more strictly plane-polarized light, has its electric field vibrating partially or totally in a particular direction. Non‑polarized light can be thought of as having an electric field that vibrates equally in all possible...
Torr’s 25th Birthday
In 2023 Torr Scientific celebrates its 25th anniversary. The company has progressed from a one-man operation to 41 persons (at the last count) working in a dedicated factory based in Bexhill-on-Sea in the south-east corner of the United Kingdom. In 1998 the company...
Merry Christmas!
The staff of Torr Scientific would like to thank you for your support and custom during the whole year and are looking forward to working with you in 2023! We wish you a merry Christmas and a successful, happy New Year! Please note that our office is closed from...
New Faces
Dave Austin: Dave joined Torr mid November 2022 having been made redundant from his maintenance job within a care home in Bexhill. Prior to that Dave has had a varied career starting off in plant within his father's company which was a natural progression as Dave...
Artificial Snow
The iceman cometh As we approach Christmas, we’ll be taking a look at the world of artificial snow. You might be spraying a bit of white foam in your windows to fake the stuff, or you might be lucky enough to be off on a Christmas break at a winter resort to have a...
BSBF2022,QUANTUM, AVS68
BSBF2022 - October 2022 BSBF2022 was an event designed to bring smaller companies into contact with big science organisations such as CERN, ESFF, ESS, X-FEL, ELI beamlines etc. The event took place in Granada Spain in October over 3 days, it was attended by about...
Vacuum Seals & Fine Jewellery
Vacuum seals & fine jewellery - more in common than you’d think. Earlier this year, Estelle Burton, East Sussex based silversmith and jeweller, approached us to advise on a project she is developing as part of a Jewellery Design MA at Central Saint Martins (CSM)....
