Technical Details - AcuraCoat® CVD coating system

Technical Details - AcuraCoat® CVD coating system

Benefits of AcuraCoat® Hard Coat Over Sputtered Soft Soat

Financial

  • 3X the production volume per capital dollar invested
  • Superior profit margins over soft-coat, often up to 10X the profit
  • Over 10,000 m2 reduction in footprint and civil construction cost
  • 50-60 fewer employees required
  • Lower overall capital and operating costs:
    • 80% reduction in equipment costs
    • 75% reduction in operating costs

Operational

  • Temperable and bendable without color change
  • No edge-deletion required, resulting in higher product reliability
  • On-line coating deposition, eliminates additional handling requirements
  • No desiccated special packaging required

Product Performance

  • Eliminates coating failure upon loss of double-pane insulated glass unit seal
  • Unlimited coating shelf-life
  • Flexibility to store custom cut-sizes because no special packaging is required
  • Can be installed monolithically (single pane, without seal)
  • Coating durability allows for international shipping
  • Suitable for high-temperature applications (e.g. oven doors, fireplace screens)
3D Render of AcuraCoat® Lehr Gap Coater and support steel
3D Render of AcuraCoat® Lehr Gap Coater and support steel

Coatings & Coating Descriptions

There is a superior CVD hard coating product for every climate.

Low-E

  • Appearance: Invisible, Color-Neutral
  • Applications: Residential, Commercial, Appliances
  • Cost: Half the manufacturing cost compared to sputter (includes glass)
  • Regional/Climate Use: In all climates, Low-E CVD hard coatings outperform sputter soft coatings in investment payback, durability, and reliability

Reflective

  • Appearance: Reflective silver or gold, and other colors are possible
  • Applications: Commercial, Appliance, Cosmetic
  • Cost: Half the manufacturing cost compared to sputter (includes glass)
  • Regional/Climate Use: In all climates, Reflective CVD hard coatings outperform sputter soft coatings in investment payback, durability, and reliability

SunLite Solar Control

  • Appearance: Blue-grey tinted glass
  • Applications: Commercial, Residential, Automotive, Appliance
  • Cost: Half the cost of standard tinted glass
  • Regional/Climate Use: In all climates, SunLite CVD hard coatings outperform standard tinted glass in investment payback, durability, and reliability

Transparent Conductive Oxides

  • Appearance: Color-neutral, high-transmission with haze control as needed
  • Applications: Photovoltaic, Commercial refrigerator reach-in-doors (RID), touch screens, displays, tempest control, defrosting of bulletproof windows
  • Cost: One-tenth the manufacturing cost compared to sputter (includes glass)
  • Regional/Climate Use: In all climates, TCO hard coatings outperform sputter soft coatings in investment payback, durability, and reliability

Self-Cleaning

  • Appearance: Ranges from color-neutral to reflective silver
  • Applications: Airport Installations, Lighting, Commercial, Automotive
  • Regional/Climate Use: In all climates, Self-Cleaning CVD hard coatings result in the best investment payback, durability, and reliability

Anti-Reflective

  • Appearance: Color-neutral
  • Applications: Solar, Displays, Touch-Screens, Lighting, Commercial
  • Regional/Climate Use: In all climates, Anti-Reflective CVD hard coatings outperform sputter soft coatings in investment payback, durability, and reliability

AcuraCoat® Specialty Technology

Stewart Engineers can install the AcuraCoat® CVD hard coating system without process downtime in tin baths that were not originally designed for CVD.

Customized Design Process

Stewart Engineers utilizes 3D CAD modeling of AcuraCoat® CVD Technology to achieve:

Operational Expertise

Over thirty-years of CVD hard coat experience has equipped Stewart Engineers with the knowledge to develop:

AcuraCoat® CVD Downloads

AcuraCoat® Online CVD Glass Coating System

AcuraCoat® Online CVD Glass Coating System

AcuraCoat® online CVD coating systems transform low-margin float lines into highly profitable value-added glass facilities. For new facilities or retrofits, adding an AcuraCoat® online CVD coating system is a proven way to increase profit.

AcuraCoat® Anti-Microbial Coating

AcuraCoat® Anti-Microbial Coating

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Coating Technology Comparison

Coating Technology Comparison

The two common methods of depositing thin films on flat glass are chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and magnetron sputtering. CVD ceramic coatings are called ‘hard coatings’ because of their unmatched mechanical and chemical durability...