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GNB CorporationVacuum Excellence Defined

A Message from our President

Welcome, and thank you for your interest in GNB. GNB has been providing highly successful vacuum products for the worldwide scientific and industrial markets since 1968. Our vision is that our customers will be so impressed that they say “WOW! We’d like to do business with GNB again.” Because of this, GNB will consistently grow in sales and profitability, and become renowned for the value we add to our products and services. GNB values customers, partners, and employees who demonstrate positive and productive attitudes, enthusiasm for excellence, integrity, highly skilled work, professionalism, and community service.

Ken Harrison, P.E.

GNB Corporation

The Benefits of Partnership

• 40+ years of engineering and manufacturing experience specifically for the vacuum industry

• Complete range of vacuum valves, chambers and accessories that can be combined and integrated for reduced costs

• Innovative, custom solutions to match any specification and budget

• Large project CNC machining capability

• Stable and reliable company that stands behind its products

Engineering

The GNB engineering team is recognized in the industry for

solving the most difficult challenges

Our capabilities include:

•Design

•Modeling

•Finite Element Analysis

•Stress Calculations

•Thermal Calculations

Engineered for Excellence

GNB EngineeredChamber measuring 60” in diameter. Includes a 170˚custom valve that seals with differential pressure in either direction.

Products and Services

• A partnership offering solutions to help our customers succeed, not just a catalog of parts from which to choose

• World leader in custom engineered products

• Standard and custom vacuum valves

• Medium to large custom vacuum chambers

• Multi-coolant baffles & liquid nitrogen traps

• Custom engineering and analysis—to solve some of the most difficult applications

Primary Vacuum Applications Served

• Solar

• Flat Panel Display

• Semiconductor

• Coating Processes

• Aerospace and Satellite Testing

• Automotive

• Government and University Research

• Vacuum Casting and Metallurgy

• Medical Processes

In-line Coating Systems

Solar Panel Coating System

11-chamber production system with

22 ea 4” x 64” rectangular valves

Wear Coating System

3-chamber production system

with 2 ea 20” by 54”

rectangular valves

Rectangular Gate

Valves Slit, Flapper, Flangeless and Bodiless

3” x 24” Valves

Solar panel coating system

26” x 52” Custom Valve

Laser isotope separation research system

Bodiless Valves

42” Gate Valve

10” x 34” Gate Valve

Bodiless Valves designed into your chamber by GNB’s engineers for reduced costs.

Key Features of GNB Gate Valves

• Seals both ways with atmosphere differential pressure, offering

greater flexibility in system configuration

• Oversized rollers to handle sealing forces

• Field-adjustable gate allows for flange irregularities

• Valve body supports itself and pump without stands or brackets

• Valve operates in any position

• Designed and cleaned for 10-8 Torr operation

• Heavy duty design for long life

Gate ValvesIsolation, 3-position and Throttling

•Sizes 4” to 72”

•304 stainless steel or painted mild steel construction

•Heavy duty design for long life

•Bellows or dual o-ring shaft sealing available

•Water cooled flanges and body options available

•Leak tested with Helium Mass Spectrometer to <1x10-9 std cc/sec He leak rate

Large Gate Valves

52” Gate Valves

44” UHV Gate Valve

Vibration <.01Gs peak to peak

LIGO Project

Water Cooled Gate ValvesCooled Gates, Bodies and Flanges

14” High Vacuum Gate Valve

Loadlock isolation on Si Crystal Growing Furnace

Operates at 900 degrees C

6” Sight Port Isolation Gate Valves

Isolates and protects site ports on furnace

Protective Metal Guardring Valves

Designed to reduce particles or heat from process getting into the valve

PMG valves available in sizes 4” to 72”

Mild or Stainless Steel construction

Pendulum Valves

•Sizes 150mm to 320mm

•304 stainless steel

•Small footprint design

•Seals both ways

•Low particulate

•Easy cleaning

•Rotary feed-through for long o-ring life

Poppet or Angle ValvesFEATURES

•304 stainless steel or painted mild steel construction

•Heavy duty design for long life•Bellows or dual o-ring shaft sealing•Water cooled flanges and body options available

•Leak checked to <1x10-9 Torr•Integrated baffle option available

Chambers – Mid Size

Chambers - Large

Chambers – Very Large

9 ft Diameter by 16 ft Long

Multi-coolant Baffles Liquid Nitrogen Traps, Baffles and Diffusers

Throttle PlatesPneumatic and Servo Controlled

ISO Clamped FlangeASA Bolted Flange

Optional Pneumatic or Electric Drive

Valve Rebuilding

BEFORE

AFTER

GNB will rebuild our own or our competitors valves.

GNB can also provide custom modifications to many valves to meet customers’ new requirements.

Note: Evaluation of valves is currently performed at GNB plant in California, but global service centers are being developed

Vacuum Products

Products

•Viewports

•Bellows

•Large Flanges

•Tees, Elbows, Nipples

•Crosses

•Many Custom Components

Manufacturing Facility50,000 sq ft Designed for Manufacturing Designed for value

Manufacturing Capabilities

• Horizontal Boring Mills travel to 120” each axis

• Vertical Turning Lathe to 80” diameter

• Vertical Machining Centers to 80” travel

• 5-axis Waterjet Cutting

• Material Handling Capacity to 40,000 lbs.

Vacuum Testing

RGA and Bakeout Capability

GNB is one of the few companies that understands

UHV and knows how to provide additional leak checking services to <1x10-11 Torr

Helium Mass Spectrometer Leak Detection

All products are leak checked to <1x10-9 std cc/sec He by pumping product to base

pressure and then using the Helium to spray all welds and o-ring seals for leaks.

Thank You!

We very much

appreciate your time

and consideration. We

look forward to working

with you soon!