Key Capabilities & Competitive Advantages:

• Up to 30 mm Cube Large Sample Capacity: Measures full-size actual component coupons (such as structural bolts and automotive springs) without destructive slicing, effectively evaluating hydrogen embrittlement (delayed fracture) risks on-site.

• High-Throughput Direct Loading: Replaces tedious vacuum load-lock handling with a streamlined direct-placement quartz stage, dramatically cutting measurement setup time and initial cost.

• 100% Zero Gas Interference: Unlike traditional Gas Chromatography (GC) or carrier gas melting methods that suffer from severe H2O/CO background noise, ESCO’s direct QMS mass separation (m/z=2) isolates true diffusible hydrogen causing hydrogen embrittlement.

• High-Speed Continuous Plotting: Plots hydrogen desorption kinetics second-by-second (300x faster than GC sampling) to capture sharp desorption peaks across practical heating rates (e.g., typical 10°C/min for bulk metals and 60°C/min for thin films).

Target Applications in Europe:

• Hydrogen Core Network Infrastructure: Quality verification and hydrogen embrittlement (delayed fracture) risk mapping for steel pipelines (Mannesmann / Vallourec standards).

• Automotive, Fasteners & Springs Manufacturing: Post-electroplating and hot-stamping baking efficiency verification for Grade 10.9+ structural bolts, bearings, and high-strength automotive springs.

• Energy & Materials R&D: Evaluation of hydride hydrogen storage materials, proton conductors, and plating coatings.

Complete ESCO UHV-TDS Ecosystem:

ESCO also offers specialized UHV-TDS models for cryogenic mobile hydrogen capture (-100°C to 500°C Cryo-TDS for lattice defect trap analysis), direct silicon surface temperature monitoring (TDS1200II IR BGM for MEMS sensors), and extreme 1,700°C induction heating (TDS1700 IH for battery carbons & fusion materials). Contract Analytical Services are available.