July 20-26, 2003, New Orleans, USA http://www.uno.edu/~engr/composite The ICCE conference is unique in that while it is an engineering conference, it has...
II International Materials-A Materials Science Forum XI Portuguese Materials Society Conference 14-16 April, 2003, Costa da Caparica-Lisbon, Portugal ...
Dear members of PVD_coatings, The ICMCTF is internationally recognized as a vibrant technical conference that integrates fundamental and applied research...
Hello Group!! My name is Adam Dilday, and i am over a vacuum deposition chamber at Cybershield. I hope to get to know most all of you because i need all the...
... R&D ... Non destructive analysis is a very good challenge to coatings industry! Here so ideas: thickness should be measured by XRF-X-ray fluorescence the...
Hello Group, How thick are we talking about relative to the term "thin coatings"?...
amdatande@...
Jan 3, 2003 6:38 pm
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Hi, Here are 2 articles on coating thickness measurement. from Products Finishing: http://www.pfonline.com/articles/pfd0027.html from Metal Finishing...
... We should talk about two thickness ranges: i) one for protective coatings (>3 micron and up to 10 micron) ii) one for thin coatings (decorative,...
... R&D ... Dear Ricasty, I have a Veeco/UPA XRF system for sale. If you are interested in non- destructive QC, This unit may be the ticket. Best regards, ...
... at ... all ... it ... Dear Adam, My name is Brendan Riley. I work for a company that specializes in New and Used vacuum products. I find that the...
... in ... diameter, ... better ... Dear Oscar, What you need is an aluminum thermal evaporator. Stokes made these systems for many of the observatories all...
Hello Kenvlach, Good idea. I would like also some good references particularly for non-contact thickness measurement. Ball cratering is the usual method at...
not more than 10 micron for PVD layers. But I have also interest up to 600 micron (for sprayed thick coatings). It would be great if someone post references...
Dear Adam I am Vasco Teixeira from Uni. of Minho-GRF-Functional Coatings Group (and I am also this group moderator). I am a member of the AVS, SCV and ASM-TTS...
Dear Oscar I think it will much more effcient for your astronomy club to pay for a coater service than to buy a coating system for a few coatings! Any way you...
At NPL- National Physical Laboratory several projects are running on coatings analysis 8some of the techniques beeing non destructive. here some links: ...
Dear colleagues, It is a great pleasure for me to inform all the members of PVD_Coatings- Surface Engineering, PVD Coatings and Vacuum Technology FORUM that...
Forum Members Update: since the creation on 2002.12.28 already 143 members subscribed! Dear colleagues and friends Surface Engineering, Advanced Vacuum Surface...
I know of the company, Teer Coatings Ltd, and they have done recently a similar job, coating a mirror for a rather large telescope. The best way is to contact...
S.Mikhalovsky@...
Jan 6, 2003 10:49 am
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Hello Everyone, My name is John Carlotto and I am a provider of PVD equipment and processes for PVD. The name of my company is Deposition Equipment & Process...
PVD stands for Physical Vapor Deposition. Generally, Sputtering, Arc and evaporation. John ... From: perkco@... [mailto:perkco@...] Sent: Monday,...
John Keem
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Jan 6, 2003 3:41 pm
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Hi John, Thank you. I have another question, what does the PVD coating do, stop the Sputtering, Arc, and evaporation. And another, I've been in the coatings ...
Dera Tom if you want to learn a few things about what is PVD and deposition techniques for thin films and coatings (less than 10 micron) you may find several...
vasco@...
Jan 6, 2003 4:15 pm
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Hi John, You have some good questions on PVD, I am interested in the answers also. BTW, I have a TM product called SafeSealT for fantastic rust prevention for...
PHIL HOWARD
phoward@...
Jan 6, 2003 4:21 pm
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The term Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) seems to have originated in 1966 (Vapor Deposition, edited by Carrol F. Powell, Joseph H. Oxley, and John M....
SVC
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Jan 6, 2003 4:42 pm
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Mr. Howard, Zero Rust is more for outside application of tanks and pipes, machinery, equipment, marine and autobody uses, etc. plus works on wood and cement...
This is good and helpful background. It should not be lost on initial correspondence only nor be required to be repeated often as new members join the...
PHIL HOWARD
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Jan 6, 2003 4:48 pm
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Hi Don, Thank you, that helped. I have another question for you. How many microns makes a mil or is a mil thicker than a micron? Regards, Tom Davis [Non-text...