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Online Time Tracking Is the Future
By Allied Time Time tracking is as important a feature for companies as ever. So long as a business runs with employees, time tracking methods are necessary to ensure that this important resource is reaching its potential. Without time tracking methods, however, this is simply impossible. Like so many things in the digital age, the best options all exist online. With online time tracking options, companies are not just able to track their employees, they have by far the best way for storing this important data too and aggregating it in an efficient way that lets them run reports at will. So companies that just use physical time tracking methods…
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The Uses for a Near Space Balloon
The French balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard set off on a record breaking journey from Paris in 1785. He brought his assistant John Jeffries onto a balloon that carried the pair high into the sky. Unfortunately, the balloon soon lost its lift and was in danger of crashing into the English Channel. They managed to lighten the load and save themselves, but today’s scientists use a much safer way to monitor the skies. A high altitude balloon lets meteorologists and other experts document their observations from the safety of the ground. On any given year, more than 60,000 weather balloons will be launched in the name of science. Hobbyists launch them with…
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Technical Training for Your Sweepstakes Parlor
If you’re planning to launch a sweepstakes parlor, congratulations! You’re about to start a profitable company. But before you can open a sweepstakes company, you will need to learn the technical aspect of running this type of company, such as how to install and use the equipment. Learning how to properly install and use sweepstakes machines and web games can mean the difference between success and failure. But where can you find the technical training you need for your sweepstakes parlor? The answer is by hiring the right consulting firm. If you want to operate a successful sweepstakes machines parlor, consider hiring a consulting firm that can offer onsite installation…
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How Radar Guns Measure Speed
Radar is a directed radio frequency transmission that is projected to an object and bounced back, allowing users to send and receive information. The information may include an object’s location, size, shape, composition, and velocity. First developed during WWII as a means of locating enemy ships and aircraft, radar is now used by a number of devices for an array of reasons, including police radar guns meant to deter speeding. Radar Guns Explained Radar uses a phenomenon known as the Doppler Shift to measure the speed of objects. Similar to sound waves, radio waves have their own specific frequency, or the number of oscillations made for each unit of time.…
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How to Metallize Plastic
Written by: Denton Vacuum Plastic does not innately conduct electricity. It’s also not usually reflective and glossy, unless you metalize it. The process leaves plastic pieces coated in a metallic shell, allowing usage in the same components that metal pieces would be used. Another advantage to metalizing plastic is that you can make a metallic component for cheaper than it would cost to make manufacture the metal piece. The final piece also has some protection against abrasion, and its lighter weight than a metal component would be. Here is how the vacuum metallization process works. Coating To begin, the piece is washed and coated with a base layer. This base…
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Thin Film Solar Uses Are Heating Up
According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, thin film photovoltaic (PV) cells produced roughly 3,700 megawatts of power worldwide in 2010. But recent research by Wintergreen Research shows that this might just be scratching the surface of what thin film evaporation can mean for the solar energy industry. Wintergreen Research estimates that thin film PV cells will be a $44 billion market by 2017, a 15-fold increase from 2010 levels. So why is this market expected to grow so much within the next decade? The growth can be partially attributed to the potential for new markets. According to Wintergreen Research, the auto industry is continuing to make inroads toward the…
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Sweepstakes Parlors 101
If you’re new to sweepstakes games, you might be wondering: what is a sweepstakes parlor? This blog post helps to define this relatively new type of business and explains why so many people are jumping on board. Sweepstakes Parlor Defined A sweepstakes parlor is a type of internet café business that offers consumers the opportunity to play internet sweepstakes games via computers. Similar to an internet café, the shop is home to rows of computers, anywhere from two to 100 of computers. A typical internet sweepstakes café might also feature a lounge area, a snack bar, and other games such as video games. Not Just another Internet Cafe Although a…
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A Touch of Exclusivity
Standing out has always been something that most people aspire for. People always find more and more ways to differentiate themselves from the rest of the pack. Exclusivity is such a desired status and therefore, it is always nice to find better ways. Cars start out as stock cars rolling off the dealerships, after a few months, people start swapping options for better accessories. After some time, modified or personalized cars have become saturated with the available accessories in the market. As such, those who seek exclusivity have gone to something new, boats. Boats not only flaunt exclusivity, they also are very easy to personalize. The basic structure of boats…
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More Insight into Ionization and Sputtering Systems
What divides magnetron sputtering from various other sputtering approaches is the very high level of ionization of the target material which is deposited on the substrate. The film deposited can be as thin as a few atoms, but it’s nearly as strong as a diamond. A magnetron sputtering system, likewise called high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) and high-power pulsed magnetron sputtering (HPPMS), is a fairly new advancement in precision vacuum system processes. The first device was made by Kouznetsov in October of 2001. Most industries that create medical tools, optical instruments and semi-conductors have benefited from this technology If a product to be coated requires many layers of coating, it…
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Sputter Deposition Methods: Ion Beam Sputtering, Magnetron Sputtering and Reactive Sputtering
Guest post is provided by Denton Vacuum, LLC. Denton Vacuum manufactures machines that employ precision sputter deposition methods for diamond-like film quality. Visit www.dentonvacuum.com for more information. Vacuum coating systems are an amazing method of laying down layers of metal so thin that they are only a few atoms thick. Even more stunning is that these layers are incredibly durable, compared to the strength of a diamond. Practical applications for this kind of technology is for coating semiconductor systems or anything else that might have to endure high temperatures, pressures or impact over time. There are 3 main types of sputtering methods offered today: magnetron sputtering, ion beam sputtering and…
