DCT – Dedicated Carbon Coater - Fibre or Rod
DCT is a Turbo-Pumped Carbon Coater that is ideal for FE-SEM EDS/WDS TEM EBSD and thin film applications. This high vacuum coater offers high quality uniform carbon films with fine grain sizes which are suitable for specimens that require high resolution and high quality characterisation.
Manufacturer
Vac Coat
Vac Coat Limited is a designer and manufacturer of high-quality tailor-made Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) and Vacuum Coating Systems with excellent customer care and after sale services. Equipped with more than 25 years’ experience in the vacuum and Thin Film deposition technologies. Their research and development team supported by academic scientists and qualified engineers are highly active to develop new designs and meet special inquiries received from clients. Designed and manufactured components by Vac Coat's engineering team meets high-quality standards. Their vacuum coating systems have been sold to many universities and research centres through distributors worldwide with very good references and feedback.
Key Features
- High vacuum level with built-in turbo pump 90 L/s (Leybold)
- Two-stage rotary vane backing pump (Diaphragm or scroll pump)
- 500 W switching DC power supply
- Quartz crystal thickness monitor with precision of 1nm and resolution of 1 Å
- Automatic venting valve
- Sample rotation, height and tilt adjustable
- Planetary sample holder (optional)
- Electronic shutter
- Easy-to-change specimen stages (rotation stage as standard)
- Two-year warranty
- CE conformity
- Intuitive touch screen to control and monitor the coating process with a capability of rapid data input
- User friendly software that can be updated via network
- Semi-Full automatic coating process (optional)
- Repeatable, programmable coating process in the automatic mode
- Pulsed or flash carbon fibre coating modes
- Records and plots coating parameters graphs
- Storing coating recipes for repeatable depositions
Touch Screen Control
Sample Holder of DCT
Specifications
Vacuum | High vacuum turbo pump 90 l/s(Leybold) |
Pumps | Two stage rotary vane vacuum pump as a backing pumps |
Vacuum range | Full range vacuum gauge(Leybold) |
Vacuum chamber | 170 mm OD x 140 mm vacuum chamber |
Power supply | 0-25 A switching pulsed DC power supply |
Ultimate Vacuum | Ultimate Vacuum: Less than 7 x10-7 torr |
Dimensions | 450 x 500 x 370 mm(H * W & D) |
Utilities | 220V-240V, 50/60HZ, 10A |
Touch screen | Intuitive touch screen with colored display unit |
Sample holder | Sample holder with planetary rotation |
Electronic shutter | |
Automatically controlled coating | Automatically controlled coating – independent of pressure |
Precision metering valve | Precision metering valve for fine control of vacuum pressure |
Plots | Real time plots of coating parameters |
Transfer | Simple transfer of coating data plots via USB port to PC |
Shipping Weight | 46 Kg |
Downloads
DCT Brochure
Options
Head and power supply for rod carbon
Quartz crystal sensor
Sealing gaskets
Carbon fiber
Spare vacuum glass chamber
Planetary sample rotation
Service Support
Comprehensive repairs and servicing
Annual Support Programs
Your metrology instrumentation is a major investment that is critical to your business operation and success. In today’s competitive climate, it is more important than ever to extend the functionality and peak performance of your metrology equipment years beyond the expiration of your factory warranty. CN Tech’s Support Programs will help ensure that your investment is protected, and that you and your instrument’s are always operating at peak performance.
With over 20 years’ experience servicing and repairing you can be assured that your system is in safe hands. The independent services we offer include system relocation, maintenance visits, parts and consumables, and break down interventions.
CN Tech’s Support Programs are an economical way to guarantee optimal working condition:
- Annual Preventive Maintenance
- Priority Technical Assistance
- Preferred Parts Availability
- On-Site User Training
- Remote Diagnostics
- No surprise repair expense and much more!
Support Contact Example
An example of our service and support contracts are shown below:
Metrology & Instrumentation Annual Support Programs 2024/25
CN Tech's Support Programs will help ensure that your investment is protected, and that you and your instrument’s are always operating at peak performance.