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Vacuum coatings use technology to create a sub-atmospheric pressure environment and an atomic or molecular condensable vapor source to deposit thin films and coatings. The vapor source may be from a solid or liquid surface (physical vapor deposition - PVD), or from a chemical vapor precursor (chemical vapor deposition - CVD).
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Vacuum Coating: A Clean Technology
Vapor Technologies has developed a coating application process that produces corrosion and wear-resistant coatings with a highly decorative appearance, without generating hazardous waste...
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Vacuum Deposition Processes
The deposition of a film or coating in a vacuum (or low-pressure plasma) environment. Generally, the term is applied to processes that deposit atoms or molecules one at a time, such as in physical vapor deposition (PVD) or low-pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) processes. more(+)Most Recent Content in this Zone:
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Cleaning Prior to PVD/CVD Coating
3/1/2013 Products Finishing - Determining the cleanliness and chemical de-coating of PVD/CVD layers.
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Why Vacuum Coating?
2/1/2013 Products Finishing - There is common interest among platers and vacuum coaters.
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Bringing You the Future of Coatings with PVD
2/1/2013 Products Finishing - Products Finishing partners with Society of Vacuum Coaters
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Progress in Replacing Decorative Electroplating Chrome Coatings on Plastics with Physical Vapor Deposition Coatings
1/3/2013 Products Finishing - Decorative electroplated chrome coatings on plastics have been produced for decades. For environmental reasons, there has been a shift away from hexavalent chrome (Cr6) to trivalent chrome (Cr3) with increased investments towards elemental chrome PVD coatings to maintain the true chrome appearance.
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Vacuum Deposition and Coating Options
1/3/2013 Products Finishing - This overview takes a look at vacuum deposition technologies as processes that may be used to create coatings that can be substituted for or enhances the properties of electroplated coatings. Initially, this work discusses trends in metal finishing and environmental regulation.
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