Company Profile \ Sidrabe has\been designing and \ manufacturing vacuum deposition equipment \ and developing unique processes since 1962. \ vacuum processes. • Customized vacuum equipment. • Optimized and cost effective product • Contract coating. / Numerous processes have been implemented / successfully in Sidrabe equipment for many / • Coating of r/oll-to-roll web materials. / • Metal strip coating. / • Coating of large-size flat glass. ^\ / • Coating of artificial diamonds and various \ / • Protective and decorative coating of 3D • Various material surface activation in the ) /electric discharge plasma. / /"Vacuum lamination. / / • Vacuum drying of webs. Sidrabe is capable of performing contract research in its R&D department which is equipped with many flexible vacuum coaters and extensive measuring instrumentation. The broad spectrum of experience in vacuum technology gained over the past years allows us to carry out extensive contract coating

Our Company was founded as a Vacuum Metallization Design Bureau in Riga, Latvia. Aluminum deposition onto flat mirrors for furniture and other consumer products started. Work coordinator in the area of vacuum coating for the former Soviet Union. Vacuum coaters for depositing protective and decorative coatings onto 3D parts. This period was marked with processes development for the defense industry and space programs of the USSR. The Company started commercial production of vacuum equipment. Sidrabe became a Joint Stock Company in the independent Latvia. The Latvian Ministry of Economy approved...

The Present and the Future The successful progress of the Company is based on an experienced management, world recognized quality standards and a powerful team of scientists and technologists. Our track record is founded on the following principles: 3D Parts Coating 5% Large-area Glass 18% Contract Coating 4% Components 7% Pilot Coaters 6% • individual approach to each customer. An • extensive process investigation in the Company’s lab for An all new processes to be implemented in future machines and samples production. • new machine designs are carried out strictly in accordance All with the...

From Idea to the Product Quality, innovative technologies and flexible design are three foundations of our competitiveness and long-term activities. The quality management system embraces all stages of the product cycle, from the market exploration and customer search to manufacture and delivery to the customer with subsequent analysis of customer satisfaction with our product. Our products are certified based on the directives and regulation of the European Union, but we also ensure that they comply with the standards of the customer’s country. Each project begins at the stage of pre-contract...

From Idea to the Product The latest computers and computer designing programs (ACAD® and SolidWork®) in the hands of our specialists, is the guarantee of success in solving the most challenging tasks. Electrical and automatic control systems, that are the flesh and blood of any modern system, are designed by our electric and software department. To ensure safe operation all necessary hardware and software interlocks are provided meeting European safety standards and directives as well as specific requirements of customer’s country. Our machinery shop is a highly experienced resource for the effective...

Contract R&D Our R&D personnel and facilities allow the development of deposition processes, manufacturing samples of future products, and prototyping new assemblies. This becomes the basis for new coaters or units. Carrying out all these activities in conjunction with the customer ensures the accuracy of design, reliability, operability and cost-effectiveness of future coaters. The R&D department is fully equipped with coaters of various sizes and applications. Wide range of measurement and control instrumentation is available at the lab for coating analysis. All this equipment is continuously...

Our lab is equipped with several pilot web coaters for deposition onto polymer films and metal foils by means of magnetron sputtering and thermal evaporation. The pilot web coaters allow to coat magnetic as well as non-magnetic metals and alloys, oxides and nitrides of different metals. ITO, ZAO, AR layers used in displays and solar cells as well as Cu layers for FPCB can be deposited onto polymeric films with width up to 600mm. Own developed evaporation boats allow to deposit Al, Cu, Ag, Au and other materials onto polymeric films and metal foils with width up to 300mm. Powder coating Pilot...

Coating of Non-metal Web Materials Responding to sophisticated demands in the coating of innovative materials, Sidrabe offers vacuum machines for coating non-metal webs for a wide range of applications: • Display technology (AR, AS and TCO coatings). • Solar cell technology (metal, TCO coatings and CIS structures). • Automotive industry (heat-reflective and solar-control coatings). • PCB technology (Cu coatings). • Battery industry. • Other functional coatings. Sidrabe manufactures laboratory, pilot and production-scale machines for vacuum coating of plastic webs, nonwoven materials, fabrics...

Coating of Metal Web Materials Sidrabe has got significant expertise in the development and manufacture of vacuum equipment for coating metal foils and strips, using PVD and PECVD processes. At present, we have the processes at our command for depositing: • Si, St. St., Ti, Cu, Ni, Al, Zn, Mg, Se, TiN, In, Te onto metal strips. • Al and Cd coating onto nickel foil. • Cu, TiN, Si onto aluminum foil. • Various metals and alloys onto copper foil. For commercial exploitation of the above processes our engineers have developed and embodied specific designs of: • Electron beam and resistive evaporators....

Sidrabe has been working with vacuum coating of various particulate materials since 1969. The works included: encapsulation of particles for solid fuel, copper deposition onto graphite powder for heavy-duty electrical brushes, coating diamonds for abrasive tool manufacture. Depending on the material nature and targeted coating, the Company has developed numerous processes for layer deposition onto: • Falling powder curtain. • Gravitational layer of powder, transported by vibration. • Dense layer formed by centrifugal forces and mixed mechanically. Thermal evaporation and magnetron sputtering...