Soleras, Ltd.

D2 In-line Solutions, LLC

Michael Asbas

Dean T Plaisted

Donald G Parent

Paul G Carter

Guy P Laverriere

Lawrence C Ferrin

A method for casting a reactive material PVD target, as well as targets thus obtained and a mold for casting. The method includes providing a mold defining an opening, placing a reactive material ingot into a reservoir () proximate the mold, forming a vacuum and melting the reactive material in the reservoir, heating the mold to above a casting temperature and forming a vacuum therein, introducing molten reactive material from the reservoir into the opening and cooling the mold to form the PVD target.

Sputtering target

A rotary barrel gate valve includes a body and at least one passage through the body defining an inlet and an outlet. There is a first actuator for rotating the body, a second actuator for translating the body, and a sealing portion on the body which seals the body with respect to an opening into a chamber adjacent the body.

Rotary barrel gate valve

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Alfred, ME, United States of America

Michael Asbas