Historic Firsts for VIC Leak Detection

Only one company in the world designs, builds, services and supports every aspect of the leak detection process. VIC Leak Detection has been leading the leak detection industry since the introduction of the first commercial leak detector in 1948...

First production leak detector (1948)

First leak detector for production floor (1950)

First portable helium leak detector (1967)

First direct-reading leak detector (1972)

First to set standards traceable to NBS (1973)

First industrial leak detector (1974)

First thermal mass flow meter patented for air and other gases (1975)

First auto-tuning and auto-ranging leak detector (1977)

First fully automatic industrial leak detector (1978)

First gross-and-fine leak detector (1983)

First microprocessor-based leak detector (1984)

First high-speed leak detector (1986)

First dedicated sniff-only leak detector (1990)

First leak detector with full-color CRT (1991)

First with 16-bit processor (1992)

First air leak tester autofill patented (1995)

First Vibra-Leak® Probe with auto-zero button (2000)

First fully automated leak-test system for the Opto-electronics industry (2001)

First to market proven USAS leak detection technology worldwide (2002)

First fully automated VIC leak-test system for 55-gallon drums (2005)

First MS-series leak detector designed and built entirely by VIC; has best sensitivity rating and industry’s largest internal pump capacity (2006)

Vibra-Leak® is a registered trademark and USAS is a trademark

of Vacuum Instrument Corporation.


	Historic Firsts We've been first for 57 years and counting


		Only one company in the world designs, builds, services and supports every aspect of the leak detection process. VIC Leak Detection has been leading the leak detection industry since the introduction of the first commercial leak detector in 1948... First production leak detector (1948) First leak detector for production floor (1950) First portable helium leak detector (1967) First direct-reading leak detector (1972) First to set standards traceable to NBS (1973) First industrial leak detector (1974) First thermal mass flow meter patented for air and other gases (1975) First auto-tuning and auto-ranging leak detector (1977) First fully automatic industrial leak detector (1978) First gross-and-fine leak detector (1983) First microprocessor-based leak detector (1984) First high-speed leak detector (1986) First dedicated sniff-only leak detector (1990) First leak detector with full-color CRT (1991) First with 16-bit processor (1992) First air leak tester autofill patented (1995) First Vibra-Leak® Probe with auto-zero button (2000) First fully automated leak-test system for the Opto-electronics industry (2001) First to market proven USAS leak detection technology worldwide (2002) First fully automated VIC leak-test system for 55-gallon drums (2005) First MS-series leak detector designed and built entirely by VIC; has best sensitivity rating and industry’s largest internal pump capacity (2006) Vibra-Leak® is a registered trademark and USAS is a trademark of Vacuum Instrument Corporation.








Our first leak-test console (1948) and our latest industry-standard console (rollover).









Our newest fully-automated leak-test systems: Optoleak 4000 and our 55-gallon drum tester (rollover).