Category: Electronic
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Ground Power Units
Airplanes are grounded for minutes, sometimes hours at a time. The planes are shut off during this time to allow crews to perform diagnostics, and for the admission of passengers. As you sit down on the plane, you’ll notice lights come on and various mechanical noises come from the cabin. This is the normal sound…
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Why You need Portable Power
Have you ever had a bad dream that involved a blackout? Are you the owner of a business who has worried about what would happen to revenues if the power all of a sudden went out? Perhaps, as a homeowner, you’ve seen news stories that reminded you of how bad things can be when…
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Designing a Paging System for Your Business
A paging system can help your business relay information quickly, and can be utilized as part of a management strategy to direct employees. A well-designed system allows you to quickly reach employees and get them where they need to be. Here is some advice on how to design a paging system for your business. Basic…
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Top Factors to Consider When Selecting a Custom Control Center Designer
Summary: If you want your IT team to be more efficient, you’ll want to ensure that you command center is designed appropriately. With so many organizations and businesses looking to remodel, upgrade, or build new command centers, standards are thrown out the window and even the laziest design seems feasible to many. If you’re one…
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PVD Coating vs. Gold Plating
Both techniques have their own unique advantages to them that offer the user numerous benefits. In the jewelry business, there are several different processes and techniques used to achieve a gold look. Now, aside from the fake products, two of the more common ways to achieve this appearance are through gold PVD coating and gold…
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Vacuum Metalizing Everyday Household Items
The trophies and medals hanging from your walls have that distinct shine thanks to PVD coating. The process of vacuum metallization is essentially a form of physical vapor deposition. The process requires the combination of both non-metals and metals to evaporate and then deposit into a thin film. The most common metal used in vacuum…
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Advantages to Vacuum Deposition Systems
When you need a thin film of materials, the process can be surprisingly difficult depending on what you want to manufacture. For instance, if you wanted to coat a plastic screw in metals. You couldn’t melt the metal and apply it to the screw, you’d need another method to bond the metal to the plastic.…
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The Role of Thin Film Vacuum Coating in Computers
Thanks to thin film vacuum coatings, we can produce powerful semiconductors for a lower cost. Semiconductors rely on conductive material to transfer electricity from one part of a computer to another. This process is constantly at work as you type behind your desk or even when you microwave your lunch for the day. Here is…
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How to Launch a Balloon to the Stratosphere
Weather balloons used to be science experiments reserved for those with the money to do the research. New technology has not only made the balloon cheaper, but the technology to capture images and data has also lowered in price. Here is the lowdown on how you launch a weather balloon into the stratosphere to collect…
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Ion Beam Sputtering and Electron Microscopy
Guest post provided by Denton Vacuum, LLC. Denton Vacuum manufactures machines that employ precision methods like ion beam deposition practical applications such as electron microscopy. Visit www.dentonvacuum.com for more information. Applications for vacuum coating systems are vitally useful for the electron microscope. Scientists studying sensitive specimens need optics that do not interfere with how the…