Thin Film Accessories
With decades of materials expertise and precision manufacturing, Vital supplies crucibles, evaporation boats, and filaments made from high-performance materials designed for durability, uniform heating, and superior film quality. Customized shapes and dimensions are available to meet specific application or equipment requirements.
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Evaporation Boats
Evaporation boats are essential components in batch and continuous coating systems. They are widely used for granules, tablets, or shot evaporation, providing uniform heating and efficient material utilization.
VTFM supplies evaporation boats in various designs, capacities, and material compositions, optimized for thermal stability and resistance to chemical corrosion.
Common materials include:
Common Materials Include
- Boron Nitride (BN)
- Molybdenum (Mo)
- Tantalum (Ta)
- Tungsten (W)
These boats are suitable for small-scale batch coatings as well as large-volume web-coating applications, offering excellent thermal performance and reliability.
E-Beam Crucibles
E-beam crucibles are used in electron-beam evaporation systems for precision optical, electro-optical, and multilayer thin-film coatings.
VTFM provides crucibles and starter cones (slugs) in multiple shapes, sizes, and capacities, tailored to match the configuration of your e-beam source.
Available Materials
- Boron Nitride (BN)
- Copper (Cu)
- Graphite (C)
- Molybdenum (Mo)
- Tantalum (Ta)
- Tungsten (W)
- Alumina (Al₂O₃)
Each crucible is engineered for high purity, low contamination, and stable thermal performance, ensuring repeatable coating results in demanding applications such as optics, semiconductors, and advanced coatings.
Filaments & Other Consumables
To support your complete thin-film process, VTFM also supplies filaments and heating elements compatible with a wide range of thermal evaporation systems.
All consumables are available in standard and custom configurations to match system requirements and coating parameters.
Applications
- Precision optics and multilayer coatings
- Display manufacturing and protective coatings
- Semiconductor and microelectronic devices
- Photovoltaic and Low-E glass coatings
- Decorative and functional coatings
Why Vital Materials
- Global manufacturing and supply capability
- Full range of PVD materials and consumables
- Custom designs available for unique coating systems
- Proven quality assurance with batch traceability and testing