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Bekaert Advanced Coatings

Krist Dellaert

Wilmert De Bosscher

Joannes De Boever

Ann Lambrechts

Guido Backers

Gregory Lapeire

David Mertens

Stijn Porteman

A belt () for dosing reinforcing fibres () during the manufacture of fibre concrete material or fibre composite material comprises at least one longitudinal supporting element () and the reinforcing fibres (). The fibres () are applied transversely or under angle different from 0&#xb0; with respect to the supporting element (). The fibres () are connected to the at least one longitudinal supporting element (). The advantage of this way of dosing fibres in concrete is that the filling of sacks or bags is avoided and that the amount of foreign material getting in the concrete material is limited.

Longitudinal belt with reinforcing fibres

An end-block for use in a tubular magnetron sputtering apparatus is disclosed. Such an end-block rotatably transfers movement, coolantand electrical current to the target while maintaining vacuum integrity and a closed coolant circuit. It hence comprises a drive means, a rotary electrical contact means, a bearing means, a number of rotary coolant seal means and a number of vacuum seal means. The inventive end-block occupies a minimal axial length along the target thus allowing 10 space savings in existing equipment such as e.g. display coaters. The axial length is reduced by mounting at least two of the means radial to one another.

Flat end-block for carrying a rotatable sputtering target

An end-block for electrically energising a rotatable tubular target in a vacuum coating installation is disclosed. The end-block has a rotary electrical contact that reduces the joule heating effects when operating in alternating current mode. When compared to known end-blocks, this is achieved by increasing the number of contact areas between a contacting ring and a series of circumferentially mounted contacting shoes. Also the contact shoes are being pressed radially outwardly by means of resilient elements against the contacting ring.

End-block for a rotatable target sputtering apparatus

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Zottegem, Belgium

Krist Dellaert