Vacuum Web Coating
49th Annual SVC Technical Conference
April 22–27, 2006
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Washington DC
April 23–27, 2006
Monday Morning
Vacuum Web Coating
Moderator: John Madocks, General Plasma, Inc., Tucson, AZ
9:30 a.m. W-1 Roll-to-Roll Production of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells on PET Film Substrate: a Smart Energy Option of the Future
Y. Ziegler and D. Fischer, VHF-Technologies, Yverdonles-bains, Switzerland
9:50 a.m. W-2 Heat Sterilizable Gas Barrier Film Deposited on Polyamide by Plasma-Enhanced CVD
D. Chiba, K. Mikami, H. Sakamoto, and H. Tsuchiya, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
10:10 a.m. W-3 Thin Film Engineering of Indium Tin Oxide and Alternative Transparent Conductive Oxides for Large Area Optoelectronic Application
Invited Presentation
M.K. Olsson, Umicore Thin Film Products, Balzers, Principality of Liechtenstein; and U. Betz, Balzers Verschleifschutz GmbH, Bingen, Germany
10:50 a.m. W-4 Enhanced Water Vapour Permeability Tester For High Barrier Materials
A. Hartvigsen, PBI Dansensor A/S, Ringsted, Denmark
11:10 a.m. W-5 High Performance Low Cost Single Layer Barrier Coatings on Plastic and WVTR Measurement Method for these Coatings
A. Klein, R. Dunkel, R. Bujas, D. Wall, M. Wrosch, and P. Toomes, General Atomics, San Diego, CA
TBD WFT-1 How Items such as Dust, Oligomers & Slip Agents Can Affect the Polymer Film Surface Quality and be Potential Problems in High-Tech Roll-to-Roll Vacuum Deposition Applications.
C. Bishop, C.A. Bishop Consulting Ltd, Nr. Loughborough, United Kingdom
Tuesday Morning
Vacuum Web Coating
Moderator: Greg Tullo, SE Associates, Inc., Raleigh, NC
8:30 a.m. W-6 Pilot Production of Ultrabarrier Substrate for Flexible Displays
Invited Presentation
S. Kapoor, M.E. Seta, and R.J. Visser, Vitex Systems, San Jose, CA; and M.E. Gross and W.D. Bennett, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
9:10 a.m. W-7 Thin Film Magnetic Media on Thin Polymer Substrates for High Density Magnetic Tape
J. Skorjanec, C.M. Merton, and M.B. Hintz, Imation Corporation, Oakdale, MN
9:30 a.m. W-8 Advances in Laser Assisted Vaporization for Micro-patterning in a Vacuum Web Coater
K. Coulter, J. Cernosek, and J. Arps, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX
9:50 a.m. W-9 Clear Barrier Coatings by Plasma CVD for Packing Applications
A. Smith and N. Copeland, General Vacuum Equipment Ltd., Heywood, United Kingdom
11:10 a.m. W-10 New Developments for the Continuous High Rate Production of PVD Flake Pigments Without Use of Consumable Substrates
H. Weinert, Weinert Vakuum VT GmbH, Kaufbeuren, Germany
TBD WFT-2 Microstructural and Barrier Properties of Multilayered Films
B. Henry, J. Topping, C.R.M. Grovenor, and H.E. Assender, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
TBD WFT-3 Generation and Control of Wide Area, Homogenous Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharges for Industrial Coating Applications
A. Hynes, W. Castagna, K. Carr, J. Kennedy, and F. Swallow, Dow Corning Plasma Solutions, Co., Middleton, Republic of Ireland
Papers preceded by TBD and ending with FT, denote Guaranteed Flexible Time (FT) presentations, which will be presented in place of a cancelled paper earlier in the session if such situation arises, or will be presented at the end of the session.