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: 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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Webinar: The New Frontier in Cleanliness Inspection - Leveraging Surface Intelligence
Manufacturers today are missing the mark when it comes to their cleaning processes. Either they struggle to get consistent results from their cleaning processes or chemistry, they outsource cleaning to a supplier who fails to control the process, or they do not know that a cleaning specification is...
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Webinar: Creating a Digital Thread for Surface Preparation of Composites
Manufacturing environments create numerous opportunities for contamination, process variance, and poor performance in surface preparation steps. These risk factors impact bond strength, durability, reliability, and coating success. Knowing what contaminates are threatening composite surfaces and...
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CO2 Cleaning Validated Through Automated Contact Angle Measurement
To optimize your CO2 cleaning process you need a measurement system that is sensitive to the invisible changes occurring on the surface. Automated contact angle measurements through the Surface Analyst XA provide fast, accurate, quantitative validation of your cleaning process so you can be...
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Webinar: Finding the Most Predictive Cleanliness Validation Test for Zero Defect Manufacturing
For an adhesion and cleaning process control method to be truly effective, it must completely fulfill two large criteria. It must have a precise measurement mechanism, and it must be easily scalable throughout the production process. Outmoded testing methods such as dyne solutions, water break...
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Webinar: How Verification of Medical Device Surfaces in Product Development Eases Manufacturing
One of the most cumbersome aspects in medical manufacturing can be crossing the chasm between product development and production. This is where oversight groups can provide necessary checks for the safest and most reliable products. Manufacturers are always looking for ways to make testing in...
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Webinar: How to Control Trace Contaminants to Prevent Composite Bond Failure
Manufacturing environments create numerous opportunities for contamination. Knowing what contaminants are threatening composite bond strength and reliability, as well as knowing where they are coming from (such as mold release left on a surface), is crucial to putting process controls in place to...
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Webinar: Maximize Adhesion Reliability by Controlling Variables in Surface Cleanliness and Preparation Processes
Preparation of surfaces for adhesion includes processes like solvent or aqueous cleaning, ultrasonic cleaning, and plasma treatment. These can be very effective if implemented with proper process control feedback. However, recent experience has revealed that processes that were successfully...
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Using the Surface Analyst to Validate Medical Tubing
Are you a medical supply or device manufacturer that has struggled to achieve FDA validation of your products due to medical tubing or otherwise?
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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: 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: Quantitative Control of Cleaning Processes
Updated April 2023 Primary Topics:• The Meaning of Surface Cleanliness--Going Beyond Particulates• Quantifying Parts Washing• How to Measure Surface Cleanliness• Establishing Strong Interfaces that are Ready for Successful Adhesion
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Webinar: Guaranteeing Cleaning Success in Manufacturing, Controlling your Surface with the Surface Analyst
Updated April 2023 This webinar delves into the challenges manufacturers face when establishing a bond. The success of printing, painting, sealing, or coating relies on the ability to control the bond surface. Brighton Science's (formerly BTG Labs) Surface Analyst uses contact angle measurements to...
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