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Working toward recovering the aluminum and recycling the polymer or paper substrate
By Charles A. Bishop, Ph.D., CEng., C.A.Bishop Consulting, Ltd. Aluminum has been vacuum-deposited onto polymer films for more than 70...
Mar 26, 2024
“Roll to product: What is coming?”A pro flex 2021 conference report
By Charles A. Bishop, Ph.D., CEng., C.A.Bishop Consulting, Ltd. This technical paper summarizes presentations given at the hybrid pro...
Mar 15, 2024


Vacuum-deposited coatings to reduce disease contagion for touch surfaces: Part 2
By Dermot Monaghan, Victor Bellido-Gonzalez, Tommaso Sgrilli, Patrick McCarthy and Lara Maroto Diaz of Gencoa, Ltd., and...
Mar 7, 2024
Vacuum-deposited coatings to reduce disease contagion for touch surfaces: Part 1
By Dermot Monaghan, Victor Bellido-Gonzalez, Tommaso Sgrilli, Patrick McCarthy and Lara Maroto Diaz of Gencoa, Ltd., and...
Mar 7, 2024


Induction-heated evaporation metallizing: Halfway to paradise?
By Charles A. Bishop, Ph.D., principal, C.A.Bishop Consulting, Ltd. Introduction Vacuum metallizing is not a perfect process. It has been...
Mar 7, 2024


Advancements in laser patterning of sputtered coatings for high-volume production of flexible microelectronic devices
By Mike Simmons, president & CEO; Matthew Kleyn, Joseph Vlach, and Liz Josephson, Intellivation LLC Laser patterning of conductive,...
Feb 12, 2024


Determining the vacuum-system parameters for R2R coaters by using a simulation program
By Norbert Palenstijn, product sales development mgr., Leybold USA, Inc. Editor’s Note: This paper is based on the author’s presentation...
Feb 12, 2024
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