// Capabilities

The only roof
you need.

In-house or in close proximity, AcceleRAD operates virtually every manufacturing and test process required to make a Guide and its critical sub-assemblies — and we hold ISO 9001:2015 across all of it.

// One Roof, Total Control

From HFSS field calculation to He mass-leak detection — no hand-offs, no outsourcing.

Vertical integration is how we guarantee micron tolerances, high yields, and on-time delivery. When every step lives under one roof, we control every variable. That's not a marketing line — it's the engineering argument for why our customers come back.

ISO
9001:2015 Certified
11
In-house processes
6 MeV
On-site beam test
μm
Machining tolerance

// The Process Rail

Every step, in sequence.

01
Design & Simulation
HFSS RF field calculations define the cavity geometry. Thermal simulation confirms power handling margins. Beam-dynamic simulation validates injection and capture efficiency. No metal is cut until the simulation converges.
HFSS · Thermal · Beam Dynamics
02
Precision Machining
Mirror-finish copper cavities machined to micron tolerances. Surface roughness directly governs RF quality factor — every pass is logged, every dimension verified against the sim-derived specification.
OFE Copper · Micron Tolerance · Logged
03
Chemical Cleaning & Grit Blasting
Pre-braze cleaning removes machining oils, oxides, and particulates. Surface preparation is critical for braze joint quality and long-term vacuum integrity.
Surface Prep · Contamination Control
04
Hydrogen Brazing
Copper-to-copper and copper-to-ceramic braze joints formed in a hydrogen atmosphere furnace. The reducing environment eliminates oxides for hermetic, ultra-clean bonds that hold high vacuum and survive RF-induced thermal cycles.
H₂ Atmosphere Furnace · Hermetic Joins
05
High-Vacuum Bake-Out
Post-braze bake-out at elevated temperature drives residual gas and water vapor from the copper and ceramic surfaces — essential for achieving and sustaining the 10⁻⁸ to 10⁻⁹ Torr vacuum that RF structures require.
Ultra-High Vacuum · 10⁻⁹ Torr Target
06
TIG & Spot Welding
Precision TIG and spot welding for structural and vacuum-critical joins that require metallic bonds rather than braze alloy — applied where geometry or material compatibility prohibits conventional brazing.
TIG · Spot · Vacuum-Critical
07
Cleanroom Assembly
Final subassembly and assembly in a controlled-environment cleanroom. Particulate contamination in an RF cavity degrades Q and can trigger RF breakdown — cleanroom discipline is non-negotiable at this stage.
Controlled Environment · ISO Cleanroom
08
RF Tuning & Testing
Network analyzer measurements verify each cavity's resonant frequency and coupling against design targets. Tuning stubs or dimples are adjusted until the full structure's S-parameters match the simulation to spec.
VNA · S-Parameter · Frequency Tuning
09
Electron-Gun & Cathode Testing
Emission, perveance, and beam-optics characterization on our dedicated gun test stand before the gun ever reaches the accelerator. Problems caught here cost an hour; problems caught at system integration cost weeks.
Cathode Emission · Perveance · Beam Optics
10
He Mass-Leak Detection
Helium mass-spectrometer leak testing on all vacuum-critical joints. Detects leaks at rates as low as 10⁻¹⁰ atm·cc/s — two orders of magnitude below the threshold that would degrade accelerator vacuum over operational lifetime.
He Mass Spectrometer · 10⁻¹⁰ atm·cc/s
11
6 MeV Bunker Beam Test
Full-power beam test in our on-site shielded bunker. The accelerator is powered, conditioned, and run at rated energy — measured, logged, and verified. Customers receive a test report, not a promise.
6 MeV · On-Site Bunker · Test Report

Every measurement logged in a cloud-based enterprise system built to comply, scale, and adapt.

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