Vacuum news
Commercial News TORVAC hothouse produces results TORVAC of Cambridge, high-vacuum engineers, had to build an emergency "greenhouse" in order to have the necessary working space to meet a contract for a £50,000 vacuum metallizer for Belgium. This contract was won against severe international compeht~on on technical specification and delivery time. The 24-1nch metallizer which will be used for metallizing capacitor film, ~s capable of coating a 2 ft strip at a speed of 20,000 yards per hour (1000 feet per minute)--more than twice as fast as the earlier general purpose 15/12 model which they produced for the Plessey installation in Rumania last year. Torvac's order book is growing faster than thew factory expansion scheme and the temporary greenhouse has been rigged up with polythene sheeting inside the steel framework of the new factory extension building while the builders carry on with the cladding of the building round them. Our p~cture shows members of the Torvac design and production engineering staff working on the metallizcr. Torvac of Cambridge, Htston, Cambridge, England.
Company had a net operating loss of $48,470, on sales of $685,000 for the first quarter of the fiscal year. This amounts to a loss of 5 cents per share on 911,594 shares outstanding. The Company had profits of $71,300 on sales of $793,000 for the first quarter of the prior fiscal year. This amounted to earnings of 9 cents per share on 782,000 average shares outstanding. "We are still experiencing the effect of economic conditions which prevail In the major industrial markets we serve," said Riegert. "Incoming new orders for the first quarter were about 20 per cent below the fourth quarter of last fiscal year" The Company's MIcroelectronics Division has just commenced the marketing programme for its standard product line of passive hybrid components. In addition, Sloan has continued its efforts towards the economical production of a disposable thin film thermometer. Both of these projects have required substantial financial support and will require continued financial support in the second quarter. "We have in the past, and will continue in the future, to write off such costs as they are incurred," said Riegert. Sloan Technology Corporation is a leading company in the thin film technology industry.
monly evaporated materials. The Notebook shows the following information for each type of material: Symbol; Melting Point °C; Density; Temperature ( ° C ) @ Vap. Press. at various vacuum pressures; Evaporation results for Electron Beam deposition. Type of Sputtering applications, and the best types of materials for sources; such as Crucibles, Coils, Boats and Baskets. A "Remarks" column is included to note specific characteristics and reactions of materials during evaporation. Sorry, but we must limit this Notebook to only those people working in the thin film vacuum deposition field. Sloan Technology Corporation, Instruments Division, 535 E Montecito Street, Santa Barbara, Calif93103, USA.
Conveyor furnaces bulletin from Lindberg Hevi-Duty An eight-page bulletin, "Conveyor Furnaces That Let You Do What You Will", is now available from Lindberg Hevi-Duty, a dwision of Solo Basic Industries. The bulletin describes in detail the construction, controls, features and dimensional data available in both atmosphere and thick-film configurations. Options for the furnaces are also listed. To receive a copy of Bulletin 47411, write: Sola Basic International, PO Box 753, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA.
Conferences and group activities
Torvac" ~ emergency "greenhouse".
Sloan Technology Corporation reports on first quarter earnings
New literature
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 23, 1970--Richard P Riegert, President of Sloan Technology Corporation (OTC), reported today that the
Thin film vacuum deposition notebook Sloan Technology Corporation is now offering their revised Sloan Notebook containing deposihon data for over 261 com-
The Semaine Electronique Internationale (International Electronics Week) Officially announced in May 1970 by Mr Franqois-Xavter Ortoli, Minister of Industrial and Scientific Development, the Semalne Electronlque internat~onale will be held from 14th to 19th June 1971, in the Grand Palais de la Folre de Lille (France). This specialized exhibition of international interest, will be the first of its kind organized in France. The main topics arc: Electronics in the Service of Industry its objective is to present the industrial world with solutions in electronics adapted to its needs. That is why it wdl be structured around the following three main points: Study, Research, Development, Manufacture, Management, Admmistrat~on,CommumcatJon, Training. It will thus consist of a vast panorama of productions in electronics from the basic technological elements to the most refined systems for the treatment and exploitation of information. The Exhibition properly speaking will be completed by a double achon. F~rstly the Theory with a series of conferences and debates on industrial electronics. Following this the Practice with the operahon "Portes ouvertes" (open doors) in the factories of the Nord and the Pas-de-Calais. This operation is designed to demonstrate 57