By:
Charles Bishop (CAB Consulting Ltd.)
Imprint: William Andrew Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 151mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 1.020kg
ISBN: 9780323296441
ISBN 10: 0323296440
Pages: 602
Publication Date: 18 August 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. What is a Vacuum?2. Products using Vacuum Deposited Coatings onto Films or Foils3. Pressure Measurement4. Pumping 5. Process Diagnostics and Coating Characteristics6. Leaks, Water Vapour and Leak Testing7. Mass Spectrometers, Helium Leak Detectors and Residual Gas Analysers8. Substrates, Surface Quality, Cleaning, Adhesion and Adhesion Testing9. Adhesion and Adhesion Tests10. Surface Treatment of Webs and Foils11. Polymer Coatings12. Nucleation, Coalescence and Film Growth13. Pattern Metallization14. The D.C. Glow Discharge or Plasma15. Electron Beam (E-beam) Evaporation16. Thermal Evaporation17. Radiant Heated and Induction Heated Sources18. Chemical Vapour Deposition onto Webs and Foils19. ALD20. Planar Magnetron Sputtering Source Design and Operation21. Planar Magnetron Design Options22. Reactive Deposition, Set-up and Control23. Machine Specification and Build Issues and Risk Analysis Process24. Heat Load onto Webs and Foils25. Process Variables26. Mechanical Design27. Winding Webs in Vacuum28. Machine Building Trends29. System Design30. Hazards31. Troubleshooting32. Final Thoughts
Charles started his working life as an apprentice in mechanical engineering finishing as a toolmaker. He has a degree in Materials Engineering and Masters and Doctorate Degrees by research in vacuum deposition onto polymer webs. He now has accumulated over 35 years experience in vacuum deposition onto webs with the last 15 spent running his own consultancy business. He has published over 85 technical articles and papers, has 5 patents & has run training courses in Asia, Europe and USA. He has written two books ‘A guide to roll-to-roll vacuum deposition of barrier coatings’ and ‘Vacuum Deposition onto Webs, Films & Foils’, now into the 2nd edition and contributed chapters on transparent conducting coatings and packaging coatings in two other books. Charles is a Blog editor on behalf of AIMCAL and has a regular column in Converting Quarterly.