Carbon coating offers wear resistance of glass. (Keeping up with Auxiliaries).A new thin-film carbon coating process for plastics is said to offer an unprecedented combination of glass-like wear resistance and optical clarity. Diamonex Diamondshield is the latest addition to the Diamond-like Carbon (DLC (1) (Data Link Control) See data link and OSI. (2) (Data Link Control) The data link layer protocol (layer 2) that is used in IBM's SNA networking. See SNA, data link protocol and Microsoft DLC. ) line of coatings from Morgan Advanced Ceramics Morgan Advanced Ceramics (MAC) is a subsidiary of The Morgan Crucible Company plc, MAC forms part of the Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) group. The group also includes Morgan Electro Ceramics (MEC) and from manufacturing locations in North America, Europe and Asia, an extensive , New Bedford, Mass The company offers the Diamondshield ion-beam deposition process as a service on molded parts, or it can sell its Closed-Drip Source ion-beam deposition system to processors for m house use. With its high hardness and flexibility Diamondshield is reportedly more than 10 times as abrasion-resistant as conventional hard coatings for plastics. The coating can be applied to polycarbonate A category of plastic materials used to make a myriad of products, including CDs and CD-ROMs. and acrylic. It boasts hardness 10 times that of plastic substrates, elongation of 1.5% to 2%, refractive index of 1.5, and hydrophobic properties. Diamondshield resists solvents and most acids and bases. It reportedly can survive weatherability tests such as QUV QUV Relative Magnetic Bearing (radiotelegraphy) A/B A/B Airborne A/B Afterburner (jet engines) A/B Air Blast A/B Answerback A/B Auto-brake A/B Air Bus A/B Afterburning for over 3600 hr. Tel: (508) 998-9012, www.morganadvance&eramics.com |
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