Patent ID: 11953488
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. The analytical inspection system of claim 1, wherein the vacuum furnace comprises:
a pump subsystem configured to reduce pressure inside the vacuum furnace to within a pressure band that is less than about 1×10−4 Torr and greater than about 1×10−10 Torr; and
a heating subsystem configured to raise temperature inside the vacuum furnace to within a temperature band that is greater than or equal to 100° F. and less than or equal to 1,000° F.;
wherein the pump subsystem and the heating subsystem are configured to maintain the pressure band and the temperature band for greater than or equal to 0.5 hours and less than or equal to 50 hours.