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News Release from: Deposition Sciences | Subject: Filter Coatings on Tubes
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 January 2008
Optical filter coatings deposited on
tubes
Special tooling and processes permit coating the outside of tubes with durable and precision optical filters that withstand extreme heat, temperature fluctuations and high humidity.
Manufacturer of highly durable thin film optical coatings, Deposition Sciences, has announced Filter Coatings on Tubes, described as an innovation in coating technology Special tooling and processes permit coating the outside of tubes with durable and precision optical filters
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 27 Aug 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Current capabilities allow DSI to coat tubes up to 45cm in length and up to 7cm nominal outside diameter.
Designed to withstand extreme heat, temperature fluctuations, high humidity and still offer long service life and unmatched stability, DSI's new filter coatings on tubes are rugged and reliable.
Coated tubes are employed to trim the spectral output of light sources in applications such as sunlight simulation (both space-based and terrestrial), heat control, night vision compatibility, and narrow band wavelength rejection filters for process monitoring.
DSI's proprietary MicroDyn sputtering technology yields high performance, highly durable coatings.
This advanced technology uniform coating is extremely stable over temperature and humidity changes, meeting the severe abrasion, adhesion, humidity, and salt fog tests of Mil-C-675 standards.
* About Deposition Sciences - for over 20 years, Deposition Sciences Incorporated has produced the most durable optical thin film filter coatings in the industry.
DSI's coating capability ranges from the ultraviolet (UV), through the visible and includes near-infrared (NIR), midwave-infrared (MWIR) and out to the longwave-infrared (LWIR).
At the heart of these capabilities is DSI's patented MicroDyn reactive sputtering technology enabling superior multilayer thin film coatings for optics, MEMS and other thin film technologies.
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