Vacuum Coating Equipment Vacuum Plating Technology Corp. San Jose, Calif.

V.P.T. introduces its new vacuum coating equipment. The CAP-4, CAP-8, or CAP-12 machines produce a very durable long-lasting brass finish, without the need for brass electroplating or protective clear-coat finishes. These CAP Cathodic Arc Plasma machines allow you to apply brass, gold, or color finishes utilizing such long- lasting coatings as zirconium nitride, titanium nitride, and chromium nitride.

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Pressure Transducers MKS Instruments Inc. Andover, Mass.

MKS Instruments Inc. offers thin film coaters a new line of pressure transducers featuring 0.5% of reading accuracy. The 600 Series Baratron capacitance manom- eters operate over a wide 1,000 to 1 measuring span and have an improved overpressure rating of 45 psia. Unlike vacuum gauges, Baratrons measure pressure directly-- independent of gas composition.

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Portable Leak Detector Veeco Instruments Inc. Plainview, N. Y.

Veeco Instruments Inc. offers the MS-40 Portable Leak Detector, the easiest-to-use and most automated in the industry. The MS-40 is the first portable leak detec- tor to provide two modes of operation: direct mode for higher sensitivity and reverse mode for faster cycle time. The MS-40 features a simple one button start-up, and is ready to test in less than three minutes. All start-up, calibration, and shutdown operations are automated to eliminate operator error and reduce operator training. A built-in temperature-compensated leak standard pro- vides accurate measurements traceable to NIST.

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Zirconium Nitride Coatings Leybold Technologies Inc. Enfield, Conn.

Leybold's exclusive Interpole Target Magnetron Cath- ode (IPTC) produces zirconium nitride (ZrN) coatings for the look of polished brass. The ZrN-coated surfaces offer exceptional brilliance and high wear resistance, with no tarnishing. Depending on the target used, coat- ings can show a range of color for application on various hardware products. The process features automatic com- puterized control to assure repeatable performance, large coating volume, and 60-80-min cycle times based on part geometry and coating thickness.

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Thin Film Deposition Materials Research and PVD Materials Corp. Wayne, N.J.

Research and PVD Materials Corp. manufactures highly characterized materials for the diverse and so- phisticated requirements of th e semiconductor, electron- ics, electro-optic, and related research communities. Thin film deposition materials available from this single, quality source of supply include fabricated metals, al- loys, ceramics, and custom manufactured one-of-a-kind sputtering targets and evaporation sources.

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