Vacuum Sample Coater Finding Many R&D Uses

From: R & D | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: Comello, Vic | Copyright information

The modular design of the Auto 306 vacuum coater accommodates many deposition technologies and surface treatment/thinning methods, too.

In the market for a versatile vacuum coater for your R&D lab? If so, check out the Auto 306 coating system from BOC Edwards Vacuum Technology, Wilmington, Mass., because many researchers are finding that it has numerous uses.

Dave Calvert, a senior research physicist at Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, Tenn., uses the Auto 306 in a ...

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