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Plasma Express

Plasma Express III

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The Multilayer Express meets the AR Coating needs of the smaller laboratory, group practice or Optical Superstore. The Express puts you in charge of AR coating so that the total lens manufacturing process is under your control. The Express has a capacity of six 72mm lenses and a cycle time of less than 20 minutes. Silicon and Zirconium targets are provided as the coating materials.

The Express has a small footprint 600mm wide by 680mm deep and fits easily through a normal single door frame. A dedicated chiller is supplied to provide cooling to the system. Powered by a regular 220V/110V electrical supply the Express is installed quickly .

The AR coatings are compatible with most factory thermally cured hard coats as well as some of the fast curing UV hard coatings.

Applied Multilayers supplies a complete turnkey coating Lab including:

  • Automated ultrasonic cleaning
  • Spin hard coating for back-side protection
  • Optical spectrophotometer for quality control
  • Hydrophobic coatings

Multilayer Express AR Coating system

  • 6 lens capacity (72mm dia)
  • Two 6 inch circular magnetrons
  • 200mm drum diameter
  • Load Lock for fast cycle time
  • Turbomolecular pumped system
  • Modem and Internet diagnostics
  • In situ hydrophobic process
  • AR coating cycle time typically 15 minutes
The “Express” can AR coat 6 lenses on one side in about 15 minutes. The machine is ideal for the smaller laboratory.

Plasma Express IV

The Plasma Express IV coater meets the coating needs of research and development or for usage as a small run production for precision optical coatings. The Express IV puts you in charge of your coatings so that the total lens manufacturing process is under your control. Utilizing the patented exclusive licensed Applied Multilayer LLC closed field magnetron sputtering technology, The Express Coater is far simplified as to its previous generations. Simplification to the coater means less maintenance and costly non-productive downtime.

The Express Coater has a small capacity process chamber with fast cycle loadlock for vacuum integrity and a AR cpatomg cycle time of less than 20 minutes. Silicon and Zirconium target sources are utilized as the coating materials for the coating process. A third target position is availble for other sputtering materials.

The Express has a small footprint of 600mm wide by 680mm deep and fits easily through a normal single door frame. A dedicated chiller must be supplied (optional) to provide cooling to the system. Powered by a regular 220V/110V electrical supply the Express Coater is installed quickly .

The AR coatings are compatible with most factory thermally cured hard coats as well as some of the fast curing UV hard coatings.

Multilayer Express AR Coating system

  • 6 lens capacity (72mm dia)
  • Two 6 inch circular magnetrons
  • 200mm drum diameter
  • Load Lock for fast cycle time
  • Turbomolecular pumped system
  • Modem and Internet diagnostics
  • In situ hydrophobic process
  • AR coating cycle time typically 15 minutes

The machine is ideal for the smaller laboratory.