Bekaert’s Flextrack® AMBV2 Adjustable Magnet Bar Improves Material Utilization Efficiency and Enables User-Friendly Optimization of Layer Thickness Uniformity

The AMBV2 adjustable magnet bar was designed to meet the stringent efficiency requirements of Bekaert’s customers and will support Bekaert’s customers in lowering their total cost of ownership.

The major benefits of using the Bekaert Flextrack® AMBV2 adjustable magnet bars:

• Increased machine uptime: optimized magnetic field strength enhances coater performance through higher sputter target utilization in both DC and AC mode, resulting in longer use of existing targets 

• Accurate and user-friendly optimization of layer thickness uniformity thanks to a new tuning mechanism

The combination of these enhancements in the Flextrack® AMBV2 adjustable magnet bar ensures that Bekaert’s customers will continue to realize maximum sputter efficiency through the optimization of material utilization and layer thickness uniformity.

Sputtering is a vacuum coating process and one of the core methods for depositing thin films on glass. Bekaert works closely with its customers to enable them to upgrade from planar to rotatable technology and offers lower cost of ownership through longer production runs, faster coating deposition and a more complete use of coating material.

Bekaert has built its experience in the sputtering technology field through its own plastic foil coating for window film and industrial applications. Bekaert was the first to bring rotatable targets to market and has successfully partnered with customers to develop the most advanced and complete sputter equipment to effectively use these targets for glass coating lines worldwide.

Industrial customers who execute a coating process for applications such as architectural and automotive glass (including Low-E and solar control films, and anti-reflective coatings), display glass and photovoltaic glass, can significantly benefit from adopting Bekaert’s sputter solutions and technology. Customers can also rely on Bekaert’s world-class customer support and leading research and development.

Bekaert (Euronext Brussels: BEKB) is a European based company, headquartered in Belgium with a presence in 120 countries. In 2005, Bekaert generated a combined sales of € 3.1 billion, employing 16,400 people.