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The Advanced Guide to Transforming Product Development Through Surface Intelligence Data & Technology

The Advanced Guide to Transforming Product Development Through Surface Intelligence Data & Technology

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The Strength of FMEA (Failure Modes & Effects Analysis) is Predictability

The Strength of FMEA (Failure Modes & Effects Analysis) is Predictability

25 minute read
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The Sustainability Advantage: Eco-friendly practices can make you more efficient, productive, and profitable.

The Sustainability Advantage: Eco-friendly practices can make you more efficient, productive, and profitable.

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Digital Transformation: Why it’s real. Why it matters. And why you need it now.

Digital Transformation: Why it’s real. Why it matters. And why you need it now.

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Brighton Science's Guide to Adhesion Science for Flawless Manufacturing

Brighton Science's Guide to Adhesion Science for Flawless Manufacturing

21 minute read
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Manufacturer’s Roadmap to Eliminating Adhesion Issues in Production

Manufacturer’s Roadmap to Eliminating Adhesion Issues in Production

30 minute read
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Checklist: Adhesion Failure Root-Cause Analysis for Manufacturers

Checklist: Adhesion Failure Root-Cause Analysis for Manufacturers

36 minute read
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Predictable Adhesion in Manufacturing Through Process Verification

Predictable Adhesion in Manufacturing Through Process Verification

32 minute read
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The Fundamentals of Adhesion

The Fundamentals of Adhesion

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What is Dyne Testing? Are there Alternative Methods?

What is Dyne Testing? Are there Alternative Methods?

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Usage of Water Contact Angle to Step Up Six Sigma in Cleanliness and Adhesion Functions

Usage of Water Contact Angle to Step Up Six Sigma in Cleanliness and Adhesion Functions

26 minute read
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What is Contact Angle and Why is it Measured?

What is Contact Angle and Why is it Measured?

21 minute read
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Electronics Manufacturing: The Complete Guide to Implementing a New Approach to Increase Quality

Electronics Manufacturing: The Complete Guide to Implementing a New Approach to Increase Quality

18 minute read
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Surface Inspection 101: A Visual Guide to the Surface Analyst, Water Break Tests, and Dyne Ink

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The Hidden Costs of Human Choices: Compromising Optimal Product Design and Manufacturing

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Webinar
Brighton Science WEBINAR Introducing Surface Intelligence: Process Control for Adhesion

Webinar Series Part 4: Introducing Surface Intelligence

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Demystifying Dyne Levels: A Comprehensive Guide

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Discover the Top Alternative to Dyne Testing That Gets Results

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Webinar
Brighton Science Webinar Unlocking Control of Critical Surface Properties - Shifting from Dyne Solutions to Contact Angle Measurements

Webinar: Shifting from Dyne Solutions to Contact Angle Measurements

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Webinar Series Part 3: Introducing Surface Intelligence

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How to Enhance Your Real-Time Production Monitoring of Material Surface Quality

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Webinar
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Webinar Series Part 2: Introducing Surface Intelligence

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Webinar Series Part 1: Introducing Surface Intelligence

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Webinar
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2-Part Webinar: Surface Preparation and Bonding with Contact Angle

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Launch Faster and Smarter: How to Streamline New Product Development with Surface Intelligence

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Case Study
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Bonding Composites: Confirming Surface Readiness with Reliable In-line Assessment

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Recall Mystery: What Causes Wind Turbines to Wilt Like a Daisy?

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Brighton Science: Introducing BConnect

Webinar: Introducing BConnect

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Are You Ready for Zero Defect Manufacturing? Discover the Top Industry 4.0 Strategies

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Video: Does Surface Roughness Impact Surface Analyst Contact Angle Measurements?

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Video: Can You Measure Contact Angle on Concave and Convex Surfaces?

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Evolution of Storage Devices

Accelerate Your Digital Transformation: Why SaaS is the Fastest Path to Success

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Technical Paper
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Technical Paper: Gage R&R for Contact Angle Measurements

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Technical Paper

Technical Paper: A Comparison of Dyne Inks with the Surface Analyst

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Article
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How a Cleanliness Specification Increases Quality Process Control in the Supply Chain

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How Contact Angle Measurements Can Spectacularly Reduce Scrap Rates Today

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Surface Analyst Technology Replaces the Old Language of Dyne Ink

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The Relationship Between Total Quality Management Systems and Sustainability

9 minute read
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Technical Paper
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Surface Analyst: A Sustainable and Reproducible Dyne Pens Replacement

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Article
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Adhesive Bonding vs. Mechanical Fastening in Product Design: The Pros and Cons

10 minute read
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The Knowing Doing Gap: How to Avoid Widespread Adhesion Issues

12 minute read
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How Surface Intelligence Can Improve Your Return on Investment

12 minute read
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Article
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Guess the Contact Angle: IPA Wiped Composite Material

2 minute read
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Article
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The Top 5 Things Product Development Teams Need to Know About Real-World Manufacturing Challenges

12 minute read
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Why Your Business Should Reject a Culture of 'Quick Fixes'

5 minute read
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Why a Surface Chemistry Input Should be Included in New Product Specifications

4 minute read
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Webinar
The New Frontier in Cleanliness Inspection Leveraging Surface Intelligence

Webinar: The New Frontier in Cleanliness Inspection - Leveraging Surface Intelligence

47.26 min to watch
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Article
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How Surface Quality Can Negatively Impact Product Launches

6 minute read
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Article
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Why It's Critical to Add a Cleanliness Specification to Your Vendor Compliance Program

6 minute read
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What Does Surface Intelligence Look Like in Action?

7 minute read
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Using surface intelligence is crucial for developing products and processes that fully consider the sensitivity of material surfaces.

Top 6 Reasons Your Internal Organization Should Care About Surface Intelligence

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Boost New Product Innovation Using Materials Science and Technology

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Webinar

Webinar: The New Frontier in Inspection-Surface Intelligence

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Article

The Best Way to Qualify a Wash Method for Your Manufacturing Process

6 minute read
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4 Critical Questions to Consider When Assessing Risks in New Product Development

7 minute read
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Article

Why You Should Implement a Surface Cleanliness Specification Using Contact Angle

5 minute read
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Article

What The Adhesive Technical Data Sheets Don’t Tell You About Successful Bonding

6 minute read
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Surface Analyst Diagnoses Critical Cleaning Issue of Defense Weaponry Components

2 minute read
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What is Materials Science & Why is it Crucial for New Product Development?

8 minute read
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Fail Early, Fail Often: How Predictive Modeling Allows Teams To Quickly Assess And Correct Adhesion Failure In Product Development

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Article

Does Surface Roughness Impact Contact Angle Measurements?

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How to Measure Contact Angle on Convex and Concave Surfaces

2 minute read
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Article
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Why Creating a Surface Intelligence Center of Excellence is Crucial for Manufacturing

4 minute read
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Webinar
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Webinar: How to Unlock Breakthrough Performance in Manufacturing Using Surface Intelligence

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Article
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Guess the Contact Angle: Plasma Treated Aluminum

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Article

How to Achieve Reliable Manufacturing by Controlling Surface Quality

2 minute read
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How Surface Intelligence Enables Data-Driven Decision-Making & Advances Business Growth

4 minute read
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What Is the Role of Surface Chemistry in Industry?

4 minute read
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How to Bring Reliability to Complex Aspects of Material Engineering

4 minute read
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How to Quickly Qualify Suppliers and Make Changes with Confidence

6 minute read
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The Benefits of Benchmarking Surface Quality in Manufacturing

4 minute read
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Does Your Organization Take A Holistic Approach to Innovation?

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How to Conceptualize and Design Products Using New Materials and Substrates with Confidence

4 minute read
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Article
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Why Automotive Glass Bonding Recalls Should be a Thing of the Past

3 minute read
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How to Use Surface Intelligence Data to Build Smart Prototypes and Rapidly Pilot Manufacturing Lines

4 minute read
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The Solution to Costly Aircraft Paint Adhesion Failure

5 minute read
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How to Get Help Finding the Root Cause of Adhesion Failure in Manufacturing

4 minute read
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Guess the Contact Angle: Abraded Aluminum

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Article

The Surface Analyst™ Instantly Measures Contact Angle to Determine the Potential Adhesive Strength of Bonds

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Article

Meet Brighton Science's Chief Scientist, Giles Dillingham

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Top Challenges Product Development Teams Experience When Bringing a Product Concept to Manufacturing

4 minute read
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BTG Labs evolves capabilities, leadership and name to become Brighton Science—bringing unmatched expertise to the emerging field of Surface Intelligence.

2 minute read
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Why Manufacturers Can’t Achieve Manufacturing Innovation Gains by Simply Purchasing Equipment

4 minute read
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Using an XPS to Understand Surfaces Critical to Adhesion

3 minute read
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Top 5 Trends in Products & Manufacturing Today

6 minute read
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Guess the Contact Angle: IPA Wiped Aluminum

2 minute read
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Data-informed Use of Contact Angle Measurements Minimize the Risk of Making the Wrong Decision about Product Quality

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Webinar

Webinar: Top 3 Strategies to Improve Your Adhesive Bonding Operations

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Article
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Leveraging the Variability in Contact Angle Measurements to Improve Surface Quality and Process Control

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Can Contact Angle Quantitatively Measure Total Surface Energy?

2 minute read
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Eliminate Surface Engineering Challenges & Design with Freedom

7 minute read
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Technical Paper

How Many Measurements Are Enough to Make Quality Decisions?

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Article

How to Master Industrial Adhesion with Scientific Predictability

4 minute read
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Webinar

Webinar: The Impact of Surface Preparation on Adhesive Performance

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Webinar

Webinar: Creating a Digital Thread for Surface Preparation

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Article
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How Manufacturers Can Optimize the Effectiveness of Plasma Activation

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Using Plasma for Surface Cleaning and Activation

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Surface Quality Measurements Enable Plating and Coating Chemistry Suppliers to Guarantee Quality to Their Customers

6 minute read
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Quantifying the Effectiveness of High Volume Metal Cleaning in Fresh and Aged Baths

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Webinar
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Webinar: Shortening Development Timelines with Better Adhesion Materials and Technology

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What Are Material Handling Best Practices to Keep Surfaces Clean?

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Guess the Contact Angle: Aged 'as is' Aluminum

2 minute read
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What to do When Your Contact Angle is out of Spec

8 minute read
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Article
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Harnessing the Power of Water to Achieve Precise Results

5 minute read
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Why You Should Rethink Your Manufacturing Cleaning Process

9 minute read
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The Best Method of Measuring Contact Angles for Reliable Manufacturing Processes

9 minute read
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Article
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The Water Break Test as a Surface Measurement Gauge

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Video

Webinar: Creating a Digital Thread for Surface Preparation of Composites

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Article
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Why Knowing Water Contact Angle is Important for Successful Adhesive Performance

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Article
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How to Avoid Polymeric Coating Failure Which Leads to Corrosion in Materials

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Article

What are Surfactants and How Do They Impact Surface Tension?

7 minute read
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What is the Difference Between Surface Free Energy and Surface Energy?

8 minute read
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How to Measure Surface Tension

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What is the Difference Between Surface Tension and Surface Energy

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Surface Energy Measurement is the Key to Process Control and High Performance

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Why You Should Use Predictive Data in Building Material Manufacturing

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Maintaining Consistent Adhesion Quality for Shoe Manufacturers even with Material Changes

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How Surface Sensitive Measurements Help Medical Device Manufacturers Avoid Regulatory Bottlenecks

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Reduce Field Repairs Through Zero Defect Manufacturing

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How to Reduce Medical Device Surface Testing Time and Subjectivity

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Manufacturing Best Practices for Business Continuity Plans

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Better Consumer Electronics Reliability: Coatings and Adhesives

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NASA and UVA Work with Brighton Science (formerly BTG Labs) to Co-Author Spectroscopy Journal Article

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What is the Best Surface Quality Inspection for Smart Manufacturing?

11 minute read
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Video
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CO2 Cleaning Validated Through Automated Contact Angle Measurement

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Reliable Wire Bonding Through Quality Data Collection for Industry 4.0

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Webinar
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Webinar: Guide to Controlling Non-Obvious Variables Using Predictive Analytics

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Article
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What Medical Device Manufacturers Need From Surface Cleanliness Testing

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Article
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A Great Idea to Help Save the Aerospace Industry

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Webinar

Webinar: Finding the Most Predictive Cleanliness Validation Test for Zero Defect Manufacturing

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Article
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Everything Breaks: What Reliability Means for Adhesively Bonded Products

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Article
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Where to Look to Achieve Operational Visibility in Manufacturing

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Webinar

Webinar: Maximizing Cleaning System Overall Equipment Efficiency to Increase Throughput and Performance Reliability

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Article
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Effective Strategies for Efficient and Reliable Manufacturing That Can’t Wait

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Webinar

Webinar: How to Make the Switch with Confidence and Reliability: From Fasteners to Adhesives

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Article

The Huge Need for Zero Defect, Large Scale Molding Processes

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Process Control Innovations for Card Manufacturers

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The Best Method of Controlling HMDS Use in Semiconductor Manufacturing

9 minute read
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Surface Preparation for Reliable Optical Coatings in Photonics Manufacturing

8 minute read
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Article
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Ensuring the Durability of Oleophobic Coatings on Consumer Tech

7 minute read
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Case Study

Kala Adopts New Surface Quality Measurement Method for Better Vendor Compliance

5 minute read
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Article

Using Data to Improve Ink Adhesion to Polymer Film

5 minute read
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Article
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How to Get a Stronger Weld Through Cleaning

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Webinar

Webinar: How Verification of Medical Device Surfaces in Product Development Eases Manufacturing

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3 Things You Need to Know to Create Strong, Reliable Bonds With Laser Cleaning

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Surface Analyst vs. Goniometer Measurements

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How to Know if Hydrophilic Coatings on Medical Devices Provide the Necessary Comfort for Patients

8 minute read
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How to Control Surface Quality for Bonding Dissimilar Materials

7 minute read
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COVID-19 Makes Remote Quality Monitoring Crucial for Manufacturers

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How to Bond Fiber Reinforced Plastics for Harsh Environments

7 minute read
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Coatings on Car Sensors and Why We Don’t Have Driverless Cars Yet

8 minute read
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Controlling Parts Washing Methods for Medical Components

8 minute read
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The Dangers of Missing Vital Surface Quality Information in Production

12 minute read
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Article
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Verification vs. Validation for Medical Device Product Quality Assurance

6 minute read
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Article
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How to Control Additive Blooming in Polymer Films

10 minute read
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The Best Way to Verify Medical Diagnostics Coatings

7 minute read
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Article
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Single vs Multi-fluid Contact Angle Techniques Part 2: Why one fluid is all you need for process control in manufacturing

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Single vs Multi-fluid Contact Angle Techniques Part 1: Surface energy and the attractions between substances

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Single Fluid Contact Angle Measurements Make Process Control Easier

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Will New Hand Washing Practices Cause Problems for Manufacturing?

9 minute read
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Webinar

Webinar: Pushing Towards Zero Defects -Ensuring High-Reliability in High-Volume Manufacturing Processes for Bonding and Coating

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Webinar

Webinar: How to Control Trace Contaminants to Prevent Composite Bond Failure

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Proposed ASTM Standard Will Ease the Pain of Manufacturers

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Demystifying the Greatest Metal Brazing Process Challenges

9 minute read
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How to Protect Overmolded Connectors for Medical Devices

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Study Proves the Surface Analyst is Dependable for Process Control

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Case Study
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Identification of a Non-Obvious Contaminant on Polymer Film

3 minute read
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Article
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How to Get the Most Out of Your Vacuum Plasma Treatment

8 minute read
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How to Bond PTFE to Anything

7 minute read
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Covid-19: Biological vs. Chemical Contamination in Manufacturing

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Webinar

Webinar: Guide to Effective Plasma Treatment for High Volume Medical Device Manufacturing

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Article

A Summary of Surface Treatment Methods for Manufacturers

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Cleaning Strategies for Great Adhesion

Cleaning Strategies for Great Adhesion

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Plasma Treatment for Complete and Reliable Cleaning with Richard Burke

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History of Cleaning for Ideal Electronics Manufacturing with Mike Konrad

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Article

Topcoat to Primer Surface Reliability for Aircraft Painting

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Surface Quality in Aircraft Sealing and Bonding for Repairs

6 minute read
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Why Surface Cleanliness is Crucial for Electronic PCBs

7 minute read
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Gold Plated

Component Connection Failure Root Causes on ENIG PCBs

10 minute read
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Article

Formed In Place Gasket (FIPG) Reliability Starts with the Surface

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Video

Eureka Moments: Exposing Improper Abrasion Materials

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Eureka Moments: Discovering Non-Obvious Silicone Contamination

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Article

Surface Preparation for Primer Coating of Composites in Aerospace Applications

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Conformal Coating Failure Caused by Poor Surface Cleanliness

7 minute read
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Benefits of The Surface Analyst

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Importance of Adhesion & Composites in Lightweighting Cars

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Is Roughness as Important as Surface Cleanliness to Adhesion?

7 minute read
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Article
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Surface Treatment of Thermoplastics for Aerospace Components

6 minute read
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Video
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Plasma Treatment Station with Automated, Inline Validation - The Surface Analyst XA

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Materials Science Explained using an Oreo Cookie

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The Tools & Skills to Address Adhesion Problems in Production

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The 3 Crucial Elements for High-Performance Adhesion in Manufacturing

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Fundamentals of Adhesion & Why 3 Molecular Layers Matter

6 minute read
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New Solutions to Address Adhesion Failures in Manufacturing

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Best-practice Surface Preparation Processes for New Products

8 minute read
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What are the Primary Causes of Chronic Adhesion Failures?

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How to Minimize Production Scrap from Adhesion Failures

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Best Approach to Adhesion Failure Root-Cause Analysis

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Identifying Adhesive Bond Failure Points in Manufacturing

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What is the Best Fast & Accurate Alternative to Dyne Testing?

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