Eureka Moments: Discovering Non-Obvious Silicone Contamination
The factors that impact the success of adhesion processes are not always as straightforward as they seem. Over the years, we’ve discovered that surface contamination leading to adhesion failures often doesn’t come from the most obvious sources.If you’re doing everything right—measuring surface...
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Webinar: Replacing Water Break Testing with Water Contact Angle Measurement
Experiencing adhesion issues with your coatings and bonds? Join Joann Hilman, Senior Physicist at Brighton Science, as she explains how water contact angle measurement outperforms traditional water break testing for surface quality control.
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Webinar: The Surface Tells All - An Analytics Driven Approach to Better Bath Management
Are you finding it difficult to maintain effective bath quality in your cleaning and surface preparation steps? Our webinar, presented by Lucas Dillingham, Global Applications Director at Brighton Science, in partnership with Mike Valenti, Director of Technology at Hubbard-Hall, dives into the...
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Eureka Moments: Making FIPG Failure Free
In this new video series, Brighton Science will share our Eureka Moment stories. A Eureka Moment is any time that a customer is doing testing and they receive a measurement or a number that just doesn't make sense. We call it a Eureka Moment because it is that number that allows us to explore and...
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Materials Library: IPA Wipe & Sandpaper Abrasion on Aluminum
Welcome to the Brighton Science Materials Library series. In this series, we use the Surface Analyst to demonstrate how the surface quality of a material changes based on common surface preparation processes. We also give typical contact angle measurements before and after processing to give a...
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Materials Library: Atmospheric Plasma Treatment on Aluminum
Welcome to the Brighton Science Materials Library series. In this series, we use the Surface Analyst to demonstrate how the surface quality of a material changes based on common surface preparation processes. We also give typical contact angle measurements before and after processing to give a...
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Materials Library: IPA Wipe & Sandpaper Abrasion on Composite
Welcome to the Brighton Science Materials Library series. In this series, we use the Surface Analyst to demonstrate how the surface quality of a material changes based on common surface preparation processes. We also give typical contact angle measurements before and after processing to give a...
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Improve Your Understanding and Control of Surface Preparation
This video uses an FIPG application to demonstrate how you can measure changes in your surface preparation process simply through the push of a button. {% video_player "embed_player" overrideable=False, type='scriptV4', hide_playlist=True, viral_sharing=False, embed_button=False, autoplay=False,...
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Webinar: Development and Control of Surface Treatments for Adhesive Bonding of Composites
Updated April 2023 Successful adhesive bonding requires precise control of the physical and chemical properties of a vanishingly small volume of material: the first few molecular layers that surround the interface.
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Webinar: Measuring Surface Energy in Manufacturing and Repair of Composites to Assure Quality of Bonded Interfaces
This interactive tutorial provides a comprehensive look at common industry practices, including typical surface preparation methods for composites and an overview of the basic scientific principles involved in measuring surface energy and how it relates to material performance in manufacturing and...
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