Society of Vacuum Coaters

Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)
Formation Founded: 1957
Type Not-for-Profit 501c6 Professional Organization
Purpose Focus: Surface Engineering Produced by Vacuum Deposition Techniques
Location
  • Materials Park; OH, USA
Region
Area: Worldwide
Services Conferences, Publications, Exhibit, Tutorial Courses, Webinars
Membership
~800
Key people

President, Gary Vergason (2016-2018); Technical Director, Carl M. Lampert; Program Chair, Ralf Bandorf (2017-2018)

Managed by: ASM International
Website www.svc.org

The Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) is a non-profit, international, professional organization for individuals involved in depositing films and coatings in vacuum or rarefied environments for surface engineering purposes.[1] Vacuum coatings are deposited by sputtering, vacuum evaporation, ion plating, ion beam deposition, laser ablation, atomic layer deposition, or plasma arc techniques.[2][3][4] The Society’s international membership includes scientists, engineers and technologists from industry, academic, private and national research institutes. SVC organizes technical conferences, trade exhibitions and educational programs for professionals. SVC is most known for its annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (TechCon).

SVC stays abreast of coatings and surface modification by other techniques, including atmospheric plasmas, chemical vapor deposition and printing. The scope of applications includes functional coatings used in optics, architectural & vehicle glass industry, electronics, transportation industry, aerospace, industrial, decorative products, anti-counterfeiting, military, packaging and medical fields. Examples of coating types are electrical conductors, transparent conductors, semiconductors, flexible electronics, hard coatings, vapor barriers, medical monitoring and bio-reactive films, tribological coatings for wear resistance (including diamond coatings), anti-corrosion, optical coatings for consumer products, telecom and consumer products, Low-e coatings for glazing, photovoltaic and solar coatings and smart coatings. The Society’s Corporate Sponsors include deposition equipment builders, chemical and deposition target manufacturers, vacuum components and analytical equipment manufacturers.

SVC publishes the Technical Conference Proceedings each year.[5] Reference volumes are available in print or on-line through the SVC Website. In agreement, Elsevier publishes selected peer-reviewed papers from the TechCon in the journal of Surface and Coating Technology. SVC established the SVC Foundation in 2002 for scholarship and travel awards to the TechCon for students.

Mission Statement

To provide technical excellence by providing a global forum to inform, educate and engage the members, the technical community and the public on all aspects of vacuum coating, surface engineering and related technologies.

Our Goals

Conferences and Exhibits

SVC’s TechCon annual conference has four days of presentations by some of the most respected vacuum coating professionals in industry and academia. Elements of the TechCon are:

Also, SVC organizes Topical Conferences and Workshops and participates in other technical meetings. Examples are:

SVC Publications

Technical Advisory Committees

These committees are responsible for organizing topical sections of the TechCon program

Awards

Education Program

References

  1. ↑ Mattox, Donald M.; Harwood Mattox, Vivienne (2007). 50 Years of Vacuum Coating and the growth of the Society of Vacuum Coaters. Albuquerque, NM, USA: Society of Vacuum Coaters. ISBN 978-1-878068-27-9.
  2. ↑ Mattox, Donald M. (2003). Foundations of Vacuum Coating Technology. Noyes Publications/William Andrews Publications/Elsevier. ISBN 0-8155-1495-6.
  3. 1 2 Mattox, Donald M. (2009). Education Guides to Vacuum Coating Processing. Albuquerque, NM, USA: Society of Vacuum Coaters. ISBN 978-1-878068-28-6.
  4. 1 2 “Historical Perspectives on Decorative Vacuum Coating”, Society of Vacuum Coaters, 2001.
  5. 1 2 Society of Vacuum Coaters Annual Technical Conference Proceedings. Albuquerque, NM, USA: Society of Vacuum Coaters. 1957–2015. ISSN 0737-5921.
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