2. Titre

3. Drawbacks of standard fittings Dead Volume. Gaskets Particle Generation Twisting of Tubes Male / Female Parts Inventory Welding Panel Design Assembly Footprint

4. The RHP Fitting FLOWMECA ™ Patent protected

5. Ensemble Flange Centering ring Protection ring Gland Flange

6. Gland

7. Gland Surface finish Sealing surface Interior surface Ra 0.4 (10 Ra) Ra 0.2 (5 Ra)

8. Protection Ring PTFE It's not a gasket Leak Port Gland Centering Ring

9. Centering Ring Leak Port

10. Flanges Screws Silver coated

11. Metal to metal contact Axial tightening

12. Standard versus RHP

13. Lighter 134 g42 g

14. Smaller 80 mm 37 mm 28 mm 50 mm 12 mm 24 mm

15. Cleaner No Gasket No Dead Volume

16. Clean Contact

17. No Twist on the tubes

18. Reduced parts inventory StandardRHP 10 part numbers3 part numbers

19. Reduced parts inventory StandardRHP No Male Female end fittings

20. Reduced footprint StandardRHP 70.6 mm 50.8 mm

21. Easy of assembly Ease of maintenance StandardRHP Allen 2.5 mm

22. Proven Success

23. Vacuum leak measurement <1.10-10 atm.cm /s 3

24. No leak detected on any sample Vacuum and 200 bar pressure test at 300°C

25. With protection rings RHP 1/4” Vacuum tests Leak: <1.10-10 atm.cm /s 3 Without protection rings -100°C +20°C +180°C -100°C +20°C +550°C

26. 20 bar Leak: <1.10-10 atm.cm /s 3 +180°C Helium pressure tests 80 bar +180°C 650 bar +20°C

27. RHP 1/4” No detected leak 1,900 bar Oil high pressure tests RHP 3/8” 1,600 bar (burst pipe)

28. At 1,600 bar pipe bursts

29. Comparative test A = VCR B = S-VCR C = Parker D = RHP

30. Comparative test

31. 250 assembly cycles Leak rate: <1.10-10 atm.cm /s 3

32. Radioactive Isotope Test D (H ) & T (H ) Tritium accumulation in a glove box at 16 bars No leak after 16 days 23

33. Drawbacks of standard fittings Dead Volume Gaskets Particle Generation Twisting of Tubes Male / Female Parts Inventory Welding Panel Design Assembly Footprint ? ?

34. Applications: UHP Gas Systems UH Vacuum High/Low Temperature High Pressure Semi Solids Liquids

35. Product: Butt Weld: 1/8” to 4” Tees, Crosses, Ells etc. “Click Pipe”: 1/8” to 1” “And more to come!

36. RHP winner by technical KO

37. Weld

38. Problems related to welding Number of Welds Deterioration of Tubing Bulky Equipment Clean Area Contamination Moisture Retention Testing Safety Contamination Personnel Costs Maintain Tolerance ? ?

39. Weld

40. Patented

41. Basic Idea

42. A tube Click Groove Sealing surface Ra 0.4 (10 Ra)

43. Click pipe

44. A Click Pipe

45. Titre

46. Click Pipe Full

47. Two tubes

48. Drawbacks of standard fitting Dead Volume Gaskets Particle Generation Twisting of Tubes Male / Female Parts Inventory Welding Panel Design Assembly Footprint ? ?

49. Drawbacks of standard fitting Dead Volume Gaskets Particle Generation Twisting of Tubes Male / Female Parts Inventory Welding Panel Design Assembly Footprint ? ?

50. Patented

51. With some Modular RHP components

52. With only 9 Modular RHP sub-components Cross Elbow Tee StraightFlange Click-Pipe

53. RHP Modular Grid 1” x 1”

54. elbows and tees, components, RHP Modular Grid 1” x 1”

55. tubes and click-pipes, elbows and tees, Components, RHP Modular Grid 1” x 1”

56. flanges. tubes and click-pipes, elbows and tees, Components, RHP Modular Grid 1” x 1”

57. Modular gas panel

58. Reduced footprint -30% to -50%

59. Reduced design time -75%

60. Easy to assemble Easy to maintain

61. Main References Air Liquide Leybold Unaxis Balzers IBM Argonne Nat Lab L'Oréal Motorola Trikon Siemens ST Microelectronics Rhône Poulenc Matra Marconi Space

62. Why IGS Systems ? Reduced connections. Fewer welds. Reduced Footprint. Lower Cost. Process improvement Less dead volume. ??????

63. Integrated Gas System High cost More Connections Welding still required Many different sealing systems Completely new parts inventory

64. The Facts 8 Component IGS Stick has 18 gasketed connections 36 seal planes. Welds are still required. Reduced Footprint. Yes BUT $$$ Cost may be 3-4 X present. Blocks & Gaskets = dead volume Process improvement. ???

65. RHP Modular —> Initial —> Replacement —> No Gasket —> No dead volume —> Fewer Connections Low cost Easily modified Same parts inventory Connections Weld free

66. The Facts RHP Has 8 gasket free connections. No welds required. Reduced Footprint. Yes. Cost same as present. No Blocks No Gaskets No dead volume = Process improvement.

67. FLOWMECA The RHP Fitting ™ Patent protected