Shortly after participating at the GPD in Shanghai, Bekaert will take part as a guest speaker at the Glass Processing Days convention, from 15-18 June 2007 in Tampere, Finland. Customers will discover…
Shortly after participating at the GPD in Shanghai, Bekaert will take part as a guest speaker at the Glass Processing Days convention, from 15-18 June 2007 in Tampere, Finland. Customers will discover the benefits of Bekaert rotatable sputter solutions for architectural and automotive glass at booth 34b. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, GPD is an independent forum dedicated to developing the global flat glass industry. In 2007 GPD will pay special attention to energy saving and to practical case studies concerning processes and product innovations. On Monday 18 June 2007, Bekaert will present its “Flexible and performing upgrades of vacuum coaters” and Bart Verlinden, Technology Manager at Bekaert, will also chair the session “Challenges of the coating process”. Bekaert sputter hardware components provide customers with flexible and performance upgrades of their vacuum coaters. All components needed for sustaining a controlled process and optimizing productivity are included, such as appropriate magnetron mechanics, adjustable magnet systems, gas distribution and pumping systems, fast response high power electronics, dual sided coating modules, custom designed integration and automation. Bekaert is recognized as the market leader in rotatable magnetron technology, integrated in coaters worldwide. Rmy Rochard, General Manager Sputter Products at Bekaert comments: “By upgrading vacuum coating installations with Bekaert sputter hardware components, our customers increase their overall performance and achieve a higher level of productivity and efficiency. Bekaert advanced sputter technology using rotatable targets is implemented in customer coating lines worldwide to apply coatings for architectural and automotive glass, display glass and photovoltaic glass”.
