In our thirty-five years in the Vacuum Industry, we have seen many diverse and remarkable innovations deployed. High Vacuum today has afforded the researcher opportunities that were once the things that dreams are made of.
Kudos to the equipment engineers whose systems now provide regular access to the minus 9 and 10 scales.
The first Ultra High Purity materials came to market in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, with
Purities at or approaching 99.999%. These zone refined and highly characterized (MARZTM) metals and alloys, typically the highest quality available,
were a natural for “pioneering” researchers facing the
challenge of materials capable of satisfying their increasing appetite for
“more nines”, that is - 99.99+++%.
Reproducible properties of thin films produced by Sputtering and Electron Beam
deposition techniques were coming into their own due to the advances in the quality of source materials.
Applications for PVD coatings have given us such wonders as the Chip, for microelectronics, as well as the advanced packaging methods that help the other "chip" remain fresh on your grocer's shelf.
PVD Deposition has all but replaced environmentally unfriendly processes such as Chrome Plating in the automotive industry.
Windows, which at one time had been no more than a sheet of "Glass", are now designed to demanding technical specifications. Even charge cards and cash have Holograms and PVD Transfers to prevent counterfeiting.
Limited only by imagination, extremely sophisticated experiments in all aspects of materials science, computer engineering, microelectronics and nanofabrication have come into their own.
Wow – look at PVD today.
We are proud to offer STATE OF TECHNOLOGY materials, perhaps the finest available.
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