Testbourne Limited Jan 24, 2008

Testbourne has two specialist divisions with ISO-9001 Quality Systems and a reliable customer service for clients involved in scientific research, development and manufacturing. Stock On-Hold Service: Small to large quantities of materials or…

… instruments are reserved for contracted customers, immediate availability of the required goods is then guaranteed.

High Purity Materials Division:
Testbourne SupervacR Materials include small lots for research to large quantities for production. Metals, precious metals, alloys, compounds and specially synthesized materials are listed in a range of purity and form in comprehensive electronic and hard copy catalogues and technical data sheets.

Thin Films:Materials for deposition by thermal evaporation, sputtering targets, backing plates and bonding service.

Optical Coating: Materials and sputtering targets for use in different optical wavelengths from ultra violet through visible to far infra-red.

Instrument Division:

High & Ultra High Vacuum
Feedthroughs: Ceramic and glass-ceramic components for use in
cryogenic to high temperature and ultra high vacuum to high pressures.

Oils and lubricants for diffusion and mechanical pumps, greases and sealants.

Thin Films
Deposition controllers and monitors
Quartz crystals and sensor heads
Magnetron sputtering sources
Thermal evaporation sources
Substrate heaters

Microwaves
Microwave power supplies, waveguides, downstream source. Research:
plasma chamber, oven, furnace, torch and microwave test meter.

Sample Preparation
Single Crystal orientation. Precision cutting, lapping and polishing of orientated crystals as used in electro-optic, fibre optic, laser optic and semiconductor applications. Samples for scanning, transmission electron microscopy and electron back scattered deflection.
Products include: Precision slow speed saws and polishers, dimplers, tripod polishers.
Ion Beam thinners; and etchers for surface modification,
High resolution Ion Beam sputter coaters.

NEW Product: Research Quartz Crystal Microbalance
For measuring deposits from gas, liquids, oils and vacuum. Of interest for many industrial, pharmaceutical biological and medical research applications.