On-Site Education Program

Take Advantage of the Opportunity of Bringing High-Quality, Practical Courses in PVD Processing and Vacuum Technology to a Facility That You Select!

The SVC On-Site Program provides:

• Instructors who are recognized professionals in vacuum technology and PVD processing
• Practical information that will assist your staff in the R&D and manufacturing environment
• Convenient course scheduling
• Cost-effective training by eliminating time-away-from-work, travel expenses, and individual course attendee fees.

Program Objectives
The SVC Charter states that education shall be disseminated both to members and non-members alike in order to attain an expanded and more efficient use of the methods, processes, and technologies of vacuum coating. The SVC makes available On-Site Short Courses to any interested organization. Subject to instructor-availability and certain other conditions, organizations can request any of the following SVC courses be brought to their location.

Interested in Further Information? Costs, Arrangements, etc. Contact SVC!
E-Mail: svcinfo@svc.org
FAX: 505/856-6716
Telephone: 505/856-7188

Courses that are available for On-Site presentation are listed below. For a detailed course description, and biographical sketch of the instructor, you may click on the course title.

Roster of SVC Short Courses

V-201 High Vacuum System Operation

V-202 Vacuum System Gas Analysis

V-203 Vacuum Materials and Large System Performance

V-206 Practical Helium Leak Detection Workshop

V-207 Practical Aspects of Vacuum Technology: Operation and Maintenance of Production Vacuum Systems

V-301 Care and Feeding of Mechanical Pumping Systems

V-304 Cryogenic High Vacuum Pumps

C-101 A Primer on Thin Films and Vacuum Technology

C-102 An Introduction to Evaporation and Sputtering

C-103 Introduction to Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Processes

C-203 Sputter Deposition

C-207 Evaporation as a Deposition Process

C-208 Sputter Deposition in Manufacturing

C-209 Material Science Aspects of Plasma Processing

C-210 Introduction to Plasma Processing Technology

C-212 Troubleshooting for Thin Film Deposition Processes

C-213 Introduction to Smart Materials (half-day)

C-214 Pulsed Plasma Processing

C-301 Optical Coating Design and Monitoring

C-302 Preparation & Properties of Optical Thin Film Materials

C-303 Optical Coatings for Conventional and Unusual Applications, and a Review of Computer Methods for their Design

C-306 Nonconventional Plasma Sources and Methods in Processing Technology

C-307 Cathodic Arc Plasma Deposition

C-308 Tribological Coatings

C-310 Plasma Immersion Techniques for Surface Engineering

C-311 Thin Film Growth and Microstructure Evolution

C-312 Process Control for Applications in Large Area Sputtering

C-314 Plasma Web Treatment

M-101 Basic Principles of Color Measurement