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Advanced Energy in the Windy City – An Update from SVC TechCon 2024
6月 11, 2024
By Kyle Moore
Every year the Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) – a non-profit, international, professional organization primarily devoted to coating and surface finishing using vacuum processes – brings together industry professionals, researchers and academics for SVC TechCon, the world’s largest technical expo for vacuum coating.
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Dynamic Reverse Pulsing – What About the Anode?
12月 04, 2023
By Gayatri Rane
A previous AE blog, Dynamic Reverse Pulsing – What About Duty Cycle?, discussed reactive sputter deposition of insulating thin films in large-area coaters, describing the benefits of using the Dynamic Reverse Pulse (DRP) power-delivery mode over the bipolar (BP) mode of dual magnetron sputtering. In DRP mode , dual targets are bipolar pulsed against an explicit anode and the duty cycle can be varied so that the polarity is positive on the target for a shorter time during pulsing. This allows clearing of charge build-up on the targets. In our studies, DRP mode showed increased deposition rate and reduced substrate temperature when compared to similar depositions with the BP mode.
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CT Imaging: Navigating the Complex Power Needs of Current and Next Generation CT Systems
10月 09, 2023
Computed Tomography (CT) is a computerized imaging technique used in radiology. A rapidly rotating X-ray beam and detector are used to generate cross-sectional images – so-called slices – that form the volumetric and very detailed internal image of the body.
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From Better French Fries to Big Data: What I Learned at Automation Fair 2017
11月 22, 2017
Each year, Rockwell Automation sponsors Automation Fair, which provides an opportunity for their customers, distributors, and Encompass Partners to see new products, discuss industry trends, get training in break-outs and workshops, and network with solution providers from the around the US.
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Best Practices for Cutting Risk of Stress Corrosion Cracking and Galvanic Corrosion in Water Cooling Systems
11月 14, 2017
By Helen Kane
These complex, sophisticated designs overcome truly difficult process challenges, but they also can succumb to failure when best practices around water management, stress corrosion cracking or galvanic corrosion aren’t adequately considered.
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How SCR power controllers improve industrial electric furnace economics
11月 07, 2017
It goes without saying that for efficient industrial furnace operations, SCR based power control modules (PCMs) need to possess a wide range of integrated features that enable precision temperature control, process reliability and, ultimately, end product quality.