47th Annual Society of Vacuum Coaters Technical Conference
Adam's Mark Dallas Hotel
Dallas, TX
April 24–29, 2004
The following information is provided as historical information for those who were unable to attend the show in April 2004, or those interested in learning more about the Society of Vacuum Coaters Annual Technical Conference.
Technical Program – Vacuum Web Coating
This Technical Program is subject to change. See "Guaranteed Presentation Backups" for a list of presentations that will be moved into the schedule in place of a cancelled presentation. The underlined names are the presenters.
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Monday Morning
Vacuum Web Coating
Substrates, Coating Materials, and Applications
Monday Morning, April 26
Moderators: P. Moulds, Ursa International Corporation, and C. Outten, Southwall Technologies, Inc.
9:30 a.m. W-1 A New Class Of Ultra-Barrier Materials
Invited Presentation
J.D. Affinito and D.B. Hilliard, Helicon Research, LLC, Tucson, AZ
10:30 a.m. W-2 Metallized Polymer Films as Replacement for Aluminum Foil in Packaging Applications
W. Decker, C. Voght, and P. Dabbert, Toray Plastics (America), Inc., North Kingstown, RI
10:50 a.m. W-3 UV Versus Electron Beam Radiation Curing of Vacuum Deposited Polymer Leveling Coatings for Ultra High Barrier Applications
A. Yializis and Michael Mikhael, Sigma Technologies International Inc., Tucson, AZ
11:10 a.m. W-4 Development of a Pilot Manufacturing Process for High-Volume Catalyzation of Fuel Cell Electrodes
J. Arps and B. Lanning, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX
11:30 a.m. W-5 Reactive Sputter Deposition in the Manufacture of an Optical Biosensor
S. Schulz, B. Cunningham, and K. Albertson, SRU Biosystems, Woburn, MA
Thursday Morning
Vacuum Web Coating
Processes, Process Control, and Packaging
Thursday Morning, April 29
Moderator: R. Kelly, Amcore Flexibles Camvac, United Kingdom
8:30 a.m. W-6 Gas Barrier Properties of Transparent Metal Oxide Coatings on PET Film
Invited Presentation
B.M. Henry, D. Howells, H.E. Assender, A.G. Erlat, C.R.M. Grovenor, and G.A.D. Briggs, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
9:10 a.m. W-7 Possible Future Trends for Aluminium Metallizing
C.A. Bishop, C.A. Bishop Consulting Ltd., Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
9:30 a.m. W-8 Electron Beam Web Coating - Not only for Consumables?
R. Ludwig, G. Hoffmann, R.Kuklas, H.-G. Lotz, J. Schroeder, and G. Steiniger, Applied Films GmbH & Co. KG, Alzenau, Germany
9:50 a.m. W-9 High Speed EB-PVD Web Coating - A New Coater Concept for New Applications
E. Reinhold, M. List, H. Neumann, and C. Steuer, Von Ardenne Anlagentechnik GmbH, Dresden, Germany
10:30 a.m. W-10 Adhesion Promotion Techniques for Coating of Polymer Film
R. Rank, M. Fahland, C. Charton, and N. Schiller, Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology, Dresden, Germany
10:50 a.m. W-11 Buckling or Wrinkling of Thin Webs Off a Drum
M.J. McCann, McCann Science, Chadds Ford, PA; D.P. Jones, Emral Ltd., Cleveland, United Kingdom; J. Affinito, Sion Power Corp., Tucson, AZ
11:10 a.m. W-12 The Application of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) to High Volume Thin-film Coaters
A.D. Douglas Jr., Flex Products Inc., Santa Rosa, CA
Guaranteed Presentation Backups
The following papers are guaranteed to be presented. Their time slot will be listed in the Final Program or posted on a bulletin board and outside the session room at the TechCon (see below).
Vacuum Web Coating
WGP-1 Control of Transparent Conductive and Antireflection Coatings Deposition Processes
E. Yadin, V. Kozlov, and E. Machevski, Sidrabe, Inc., Riga, Latvia
WGP-2 Ultra High Barrier Coatings on Polymer Substrates for Flexible Opto-electronics: Water Vapor Transport and Measurement Systems
A.G. Erlat, M. Schaepkens, T.W. Kim, M. Yan, C.M. Heller, and P. McConnelee, General Electric Global Research Center, Niskayuna, NY
The designation "Guaranteed Presentation Backup" means that if there is a cancellation in the session for which a presentation is designated, the GPB presentation will move into the time slot of the cancelled paper. If there are no cancellations in the session, the Guaranteed Presentation Backup (GPB) will be presented at the end of the session for which it is designated.