Vacuum Coating Materials

The PELCO easiShaper™ is an electric motor driven carbon rod sharpener which offers easy, quick and clean carbon rod shaping for carbon evaporators which are using either 1/4", 1/8" or 3/16" stepped carbon or graphite rods.

These are softer (graphite type) carbon rods, 55mm long, pre-shaped and ready for use in the vacuum coating unit.

Carbon rods for vacuum coating.

Evaporation boats

These boats accommodate several aperture discs which should be heated in a vacuum chamber to bright red heat for cleaning.

Tungsten filaments offer a convenient ready prepared, reproducible evaporation sources.

High purity wires and materials for use in evaporation and shadow casting.

Indium wire for high vacuum seals in clean systems.

This is a high precision hand-held tool for shaping carbon rods to make cylindrical tips.

A simple sharpener that gives a good conical point on carbon rods.

Evaporation of braided carbon fibre gives a very reproducible film thickness.

Protective goggles with coloured glass in flip-front for observing the evaporation process.

Replacement spare parts including glass chambers, gaskets, valves and vacuum gauges can be supplied for current and older models of Agar, Polaron/Bio-Rad/VG and Edwards coating units.

High purity 99.9% chromium chips graded for use with wire baskets.

“Air-Out” Vacuum System, 220V for removal of air bubbles from the epoxy resin mixture, providing enhanced bonding and embedding quality.