Cressington
Sputter Coater 108auto
 Sputter Coater 108auto/SE
 Sputter Coater 108

Cressington 108 Sputter Coaters are ideal for routine sample preparation. Compact, economical and simple to operate, they offer rapid pumpdown times, fine-grain coatings and negligible sample heating. Cool, fine-grain sputtering is achieved with a very efficient dc magnetron head. A quick-change target method allows a range of metals to be used. The variable, safety-interlocked sputtering supply is not influenced by vacuum level.
Sputter Coater 108auto
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sputter coater 108auto;
thickness controller MTM-20

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The Cressington 108auto sputter coater offers the choice of manual or automatic operation. The specification also includes a vent gas inlet and argon purge control.

In automatic mode the coater can be controlled in two ways. The digital timer can be used to give repeatable coatings or the (optional) MTM-20 controller can be used to terminate the sputtering process at the desired thickness.

The sputter current and argon gas pressure are set independently for the desired coating conditions.
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Sputter Coater 108auto/SE
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sputter coater 108auto/SE;
thickness controller MTM-20

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The Cressington 108auto/SE has the same specification as the 108auto except for the larger chamber size of 150mm Ø (5.9") x 165mm (6.5").

The 108auto/SE is intended for use in applications where coating thickness must have a very high degree of uniformity. The unique Rotary-Planetary-Tilt stage, originally developed for the 208hr high resolution coater, can be used on the 108auto/SE.
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Sputter Coater 108
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sputter coater 108
(without thickness monitor)

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Although it is the simplest sputter coater in the Cressington range the 108 has an excellent specification. The standard 108 has fully variable current control, digital process timer with "pause", variable height specimen table, hinged top-plate and o-ring sealed vacuum chamber. The current controller allows independent choice of sputter current and argon pressure. Coverage and grain size are optimized for any specimen. The 108 can be fitted with a Cressington MTM-10 high resolution thickness monitor system.
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Pumping System

The modular desktop design combines sputter control unit, pumping system and thickness monitor into an area of approximately 16" x 24" (42cm x 60cm). The desktop pumping system is connected with a metal coupling system. The compact high speed rotary pump is mounted on an anti-vibration table with a desktop base.

The pumping system can be easily extended into a dual pumping system to accomodate the Cressington Sputter Coater along side a Cressington Carbon Coater.
Thickness Monitors

Two types of high resolution thickness monitors are available. Each monitor has a 4 digit LED display, push button zero, and crystal lifetime check. Resolution is better than 0.1nm for any material.