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 carbon 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 for carbon fibre deposition
- 1.2 kW high-current DC power supply for carbon rod deposition (optional)
- 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 and programmable coating process in the automatic mode
- Pulsed or flash carbon fibre coating modes
- Pulsed or ramped carbon rod coating modes
- Automatic carbon fibre/rod deposition according to the set thickness value
- Records and plots coating parameters graphs
- Storing coating recipes for repeatable depositions
Pulsed Carbon Fibre Evaporation
Carbon Rod Evaporation (Optional)
Touch Screen Control
Sample Holder Stages of DCT
Specifications
- Max. consuming power: 2 kW
- Automatically controlled pressure-independent coating
- Fine control of vacuum pressure with automatic leak valve
- Real-time plots of coating parameters
Applications
- Fine grain structural deposition of noble metals for SEM, FE-SEM, EDX, and TEM sample preparation
- Conductive layers
- TEM grid plasma treatment for improved hydrophilicity (optional)
Downloads
DCT Brochure
Options
- Head and power supply for carbon rod
- Plasma rod and high voltage power supply for plasma treatment
- Quartz crystal sensor
- Planetary sample rotation
- Spare cylindrical vacuum glass chamber
- Carbon fibre
- Sealing gaskets
Spare vacuum glass chamber
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