First commercial leak detector (Veeco)
First leak detector for production floor (Veeco)
Vacuum Instrument Corporation (VIC) founded
US Patent No. 3,070,992 is granted (VIC)
US Patent No. 3,227,872 is granted (VIC)
First portable helium leak detector
US Patent No. 3,548,188 is granted (VIC)
First direct reading leak detector
US Patent No. 3,645,127 is granted (Veeco)
First in setting leak test standards traceable to NBS
US Patent No. 3,768,300 is granted (VIC)
Thermal Mass Flowmeter patented for air and other gases
US Patent No. 3,837,228 is granted (VIC)
US Patent No. 3,891,391 is granted (Phase 1 Instruments)
First industrial leak detector
First leak detector with auto-tuning, auto-ranging, direct reading
First fully automatic industrial leak detector
First gross-and-fine leak detector
First microprocessor-based leak detector
First high-speed leak detector
First dedicated sniff-only leak detector
First leak detector with full-color CRT
First leak detector with a 16-bit microprocessor
NCMS selects VIC to manufacture next-generation leak detection technology
Air Leak Tester Auto-Fill Technique patented, US Patent No. 5,412,978 (Phase 1 Instruments)
VIC acquires Phase 1 Instruments
Introduces Vibra-Leak™ Probe with auto-zero button
VIC acquires Veeco Instruments’ line of helium leak detectors
First fully automated leak test solution for Opto-Electronics industry
US Patent No. 6,196,056 is granted (VIC)
VIC markets have proven USAS technology worldwide
First fully automated 55-gallon drum leak-test system
Introduces portable leak-tester with industry’s largest internal pump capacity (MS-60)
Releases third-generation evacuation and gas backfill system. The Smart Charge III™, a fully automatic, custom-configurable gas evacuation and backfill system
Introduces a new series of helium mass spectrometer leak detectors, the MS-60, for testing the integrity of vacuum systems, and parts using helium leak detection techniques
Introduces the new MS-60 Dry series of helium mass spectrometer leak detectors for testing the integrity of systems, containers, and parts by using helium as a tracer gas
Introduces a new series of helium mass spectrometer leak detectors with touch-screen GUIs for testing the integrity of vacuum systems, and parts using helium leak detection techniques
First portable, switchable helium/hydrogen mass spectrometer leak detectors for testing the integrity of components, systems, and parts using helium or hydrogen leak detection techniques
Introduces the MS-50 GT Console Helium Leak Detector with Sport Touch-Screen Display, a console series of Helium and Argon mass spectrometer leak detectors with LCD touch-screen GUIs
VIC announces new leadership and name change to Vacuum Instruments Corporation, LLC
VIC announces a ramp-up in the production of the MD-490DG to meet the increased demand for Hydrogen Leak Detection
VIC introduces the Integrated Leak Identification Station
Vacuum Instruments Corporation is a pioneer in providing state-of-the-art leak detection solutions for diverse applications and industries. Our systems have ensured the safety and performance of countless products that we use in our daily lives from the cars we drive to the air conditioners in our houses, the pacemakers in our bodies, and the satellites we launch into space.
