This is the first book to thoroughly examine and elucidate the roll-to-roll vacuum deposition process. The expansive coverage of the process it offers is intended to benefit manufacturing efficiency, reduce unit costs, improve quality, and provide stronger bottom-line results. Vacuum Deposition onto Webs, Films, and Foils offers a sweeping approach to the total design of the vacuum deposition process, demonstrating a comprehensive view of vacuum deposition, from material supply through the downstream processes that the product will encounter. Highly recommended.

From the Preface: “...[F]rom the start it is essential to include both upstream and downstream processes and materials when developing any new vacuum deposition process. Once the process has been defined in as much detail as possible, the system design and operation can then be worked on. This book highlights some of the preocesses available and the choices that will have to be made in specifying a new machine...”

Target Audience: Roll-to-roll machine operators, process engineers, and research and development engineers concerned with vacuum coating of webs.

Table of Contents:

Vacuum Basics:

Vacuum, What It Is and Why It Can Be Useful

Products Using Vacuum Deposited Coatings

Pressure Measurement

Pumping

Process Diagnostics and Coating Characteristics

Leaks, Water Vapor, and Leak Testing

Mass Spectrometers, Helium Leak Detectors, and Residual Gas Analyzers

Substrates, Surface Modification, and Nucleation:

Substrates — Surface Quality, Cleaning — Adhesion and Adhesion Testing

Surface Treatment of Webs and Foils

Nucleation, Coalescence, and Film Growth

Process:

The DC Glow Discharge or Plasma

Electron Beam (E-Beam) Evaporation

Thermal Evaporation

Radiant Heated and Induction-Heated Sources

Chemical Vapor Deposition/Polymerization onto Webs

Planar Magnetron Sputtering — Source Design and Operation

Planar Magnetron Design Options

Reactive Sputter Deposition — Setup and Control

System Issues:

Machine Specification and Build Issues — Risk Analysis — Process

Heat Load on the Webs/Foils

Process Variables

Mechanical Design

Winding Webs in Vacuum

Metallizer Machine Building Trends

System Design

Hazards

Troubleshooting

Final Thoughts

Index