AIM Technology windows and viewports are designed to help customers unobtrusively observe and analyze flow within the process. Our windows come with many customizable options such as window material, mounting methods, illumination, and “smart” window analysis capabilities. The “smart” windows can be used to observe and monitor flow characteristics such as temperature and pressure, as well as providing access to visual observation of the flow. AIM Technology also provides the option to mount an “EnviroCam” vision analysis module to the “smart” window. The “EnviroCam” uses the Labview platform along with our proven software to make sure all of your needs are met. This allows for remote observation, verification, recording and analysis in real time to greatly expand your process control capabilities. The addition of the “EnviroCam” module allows for computer analysis and automation to control the on-going process remotely. Our “Smart” viewports along with the “EnviroCam” vision analysis module are capable of monitoring:

• Flow Rate

• Bubble analysis

• Particulate analysis

• Biomass analysis

• Temperature

• Pressure

• Color change

• Corrosion rates

• Cavitation

AIM Technology hermetically sealed window assemblies utilize either glass-to-kovar sealing technology or “O” ring or metal “C” ring mechanical seals. All window assemblies exhibit a maximum leak rate of 1x10-9 Std. cc/sec He. All window and viewport are supplied with window faces which have been finished to standards suitable for the majority of applications. Window glass materials include Pyrex 7740, 7052 glass, and fused silica (quartz). Other types of window materials are available upon request. Glass and fused silica are available with an optional anti-reflective coatings. Metal flanges and body materials include stainless steel types 304 and 316, Hastelloy C276, titanium, nickel, Kovar, and copper. Viewport are available in a choice of mountings including Tube, CF Type Flange, and a wide variety of flange mounts.

High purity sapphire is combined with a high temperature vacuum brazing process to produce a hermetically sealed window of extraordinary strength. The innovative use of proprietary brazes and joining technologies allows the creation of strong, durable, shock resistant components from a variety of dissimilar materials. The sapphire windows can be joined to various mounting flanges and corrosion resistant materials. These sapphire window assemblies are designed for applications that require wide temperature ranges, high pressures, scratch resistance, high thermal shock tolerance and a broad spectrum of frequency transmission at a high percentage of through-put.

Sapphire optical viewports utilize a sapphire window brazed into a stainless steel or Hastelloy housing to produce a chemically durable viewport that can operate in harsh conditions including high and cryogenic temperatures as well as corrosive and abrasive atmospheres. Sapphire has excellent frequency transmission characteristics from ultraviolet through infrared.

AIM Technology hermetically sealed flanged viewport assemblies utilize either sapphire-to-metal brazing or glass-to-kovar sealing technologies. Fused silica (quartz), sapphire, and glass windows are also available which utilize “O”rings or metal “C” ring mechanical seals. All window assemblies exhibit a maximum leak rate of 1x10-9 Std. cc/sec He. All window and viewport are supplied with window faces that have been finished to standards suitable for the majority of applications. Window glass materials include Pyrex 7740, 7052 glass, and fused silica. Other type of window materials are available upon request. Sapphire, glass, and fused silica viewport windows are available with an optional anti-reflective coating. Metal flange body materials include stainless steel types 304 and 316, Hastelloy C276, titanium, nickel, Kovar, and copper. Viewports are available in a choice of mountings including Tube, CF Type Flange, and a wide variety of flange mounts.

AIM Technology “Illuma-Vu” illuminated viewports utilize either LEDs or fiber optic lighting systems. These illuminated viewports have been designed to provide a low reflective source of lighting to generate and maximize high contrast images. Existing viewport lighting systems are ineffective since a majority of the light is reflected off of the window sightglass. The ‘Illuma-Vu” LED light system is composed of multiple LEDs that provide a ring of light around a central sightwindow. AIM Technology fiber optic“Illuma-Vu” uses only high quality fiber optic light pipes to guide the light from our light source to a toroidal shaped ring of illumination. The “Illuma-Vu” illuminated viewports are energy efficient, exhibit long life, and provide a maintenance free viewing of the process.

AIM Technology “Smart” Illuminated Viewports incorporate temperature and/or pressure sensors into their viewports. This integration of visual, temperature, and/or pressure monitoring of the on-going process allows for the observation of these three vital characteristics simultaneously.

Our “Smart” Illuminated Viewports are designed with the option to incorporate our EnviroCam in-process vision analysis system module. This allows for remote observation, verification, recording and analysis in real time, which greatly expands your process control capabilities. The addition of the “ Aimacam ” module allows for computer analysis and automation to control the on-going process remotely.

Our “Smart” viewports are capable of monitoring:

• Flow Rate

• Bubble Analysis

• Particulate Analysis

• Biomass Analysis

• Temperature

• Pressure

• Color Change

• Corrosion Rates

• Cavitation

In many cases these systems can be made non-intrusive to avoid affecting the process flow. This detailed analysis of your flow can be used to maximize efficiency, improve yields, and identify potential problems with the deterioration of equipment such as pumps, heaters, and spargers etc.