A User's Guide to Vacuum Technology

I'm an electrical engineer who was asked to take over a large vacuum lab with six systems used in satellite development. It was a daunting task. This book saved me. I read it cover to cover and learned everything I needed to deal effectively with vendors and technologists. I bought a second copy for the mechanical engineer that I hired to run the place. He used it more as a reference book. In other words, it has something for everyone.

If you like SI units, you're probably going to love this book. Very exhaustive coverage of vacuum technology. Unfortunately for those of us who are not anal retentive and thus prefer to use the common lingo of high vacuum - Torr and microns - every discussion is in pascals. The book starts with a lengthy diatribe on units other than pascals, the first hint of the treat you're in for. It appears the author is on a one man crusade to convert all of us. Had I known this I certainly would not have purchased the book. Good info, in a very cumbersome form. Remember the number 133. You're going to use it a lot if you buy this book.

One might say that this book sucks... that's a good thing.

This book is indispensable for someone dealing with HV and UHV systems, especially in smaller science labs which do not have access to "institutional" knowledge or are venturing into new territory in the field of vacuum. Covers an extremely broad range of topics with helpful graphs and tables, and what it doesn't have is at least well referenced so you can go look it up. This book was never far from me when building a new instrument.

Since I work in a very big semi' fab as field service engineer I looking for a good description of any tool part's on several manufacturing machines. But i work in Germany and it isn't so easy to find much more and better information as for an student without experience. It is my second book about vakuum technologie, all new kinds of engineering and also standard technologie is well prepaired in this issue. Some description of Pump's could be better or more funktionplan's , but all in one book is maybe too much. I was very surprised of this universal Handbook for engineer's and technician, best offer for all who need information about PVD, CVD, Implant vakuum etc. A lot of basic's in introduction part, well to understand, intresting gas properties, cluster technologie and last but not least - a big appendix with all what you need , very fine. Thank's for this good book.

A colleague who likes to call himself "Captain Suction" and I were debating the exigencies of a client's flow leak detection problem, and needless to say, things got quite hot. At least they did until I slammed O'Hanlon's volume on his cubicle and yelled, "Look it up, sucker!" I didn't hear a peep from him for weeks.