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Christmas Jumper Day 2023

Christmas Jumper Day 2023

We’re participating in Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday, December 7th!By pulling on our Christmassy knits and donating, we’ll be supporting children in the UK and around the world to stay safe, healthy, and learning. Together,...
New Faces at Torr

New Faces at Torr

Tommy Davison-Mitchell – Office Junior Sarah Thomas-Hill – Quality Manager Torryn De Falco – Trainee Technical Glassblower Maximilien Taylor – Engineering Apprentice Guy Smith – Production Cell Leader Ollie Brown – Production...
O-Ring Sealed ISO Flanges

O-Ring Sealed ISO Flanges

  Large view diameter viewports become uneconomic to manufacture using the traditional vacuum brazing or induction sealing techniques. It is still possible however to manufacture them using FKM O-rings to make the vacuum seal. An external bolted ring is used to...
Ulm University – Brewster Window Installation

Ulm University – Brewster Window Installation

Torr Scientific recently supplied the Institute for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis based at Ulm University in Germany with a DN40CF demountable fused silica Brewster vacuum window. The demountable window uses FKM O-rings to make the vacuum seal, this allows the fused...
Finite element analysis (FEA)

Finite element analysis (FEA)

Here’s another fine mesh you’ve gotten me into! Finite element analysis (FEA) is a versatile technique that can be used to simulate many physical situations, but here at Torr we mainly use FEA to simulate structural and thermal issues. The name says it all: in FEA, we...
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