Webinar: The Evolution of Measurement - Water Contact Angle and the Path to Reliable Surface Readiness
Join Brighton Science’s Aaron Berding for a practical webinar focused on the evolution of water contact angle (WCA) as a trusted benchmark for surface quality—and where its limits are being tested.
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Webinar: Surface Process Efficiency - Cutting Waste Without Compromising Quality
Preparation of polymers for adhesion includes processes like corona, flame and plasma treatment. These can be very effective if implemented with proper process control feedbacks. However, they don’t always translate into reliable manufacturing processes. Failure analysis has shown that this...
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Webinar: Introducing the Surface Intelligence Maturity Model
The Surface Intelligence Maturity Model (SIMM) is a practical framework manufacturers can use to assess and improve their ability to control surface quality for bonding, coating, and sealing processes. This webinar introduces the model and shows how it helps organizations benchmark performance,...
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Webinar: Establishing and Monitoring Adhesion Specifications
Adhesion failures in composite manufacturing are rarely caused by adhesives—they’re usually a result of undetected issues in surface preparation. In this webinar, Brighton Science shares real-world insights into how leading manufacturers are using Water Contact Angle (WCA) measurement to uncover...
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Eureka Moments: Discovering Non-Obvious Silicone Contamination
The factors that impact the success of adhesion processes are not always as straightforward as they seem. Over the years, we’ve discovered that surface contamination leading to adhesion failures often doesn’t come from the most obvious sources.If you’re doing everything right—measuring surface...
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Webinar: The Surface Tells All - An Analytics Driven Approach to Better Bath Management
Are you finding it difficult to maintain effective bath quality in your cleaning and surface preparation steps? Our webinar, presented by Lucas Dillingham, Global Applications Director at Brighton Science, in partnership with Mike Valenti, Director of Technology at Hubbard-Hall, dives into the...
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Webinar: Surfaces Are Key to Product Quality - Applying Water Contact Angle with Brighton Science
Explore groundbreaking applications of digital technologies in surface analysis with the PQCW Team in our latest webinar. Dive into the intricate world of surface cleanliness, measurement methodologies, and cutting-edge tools revolutionizing our understanding of surface treatment. This engaging...
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Webinar: Automated and Reliable Approach to Monitor the Surfaces of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers Prior to Bonding for Successful Adhesion
In this webinar, Lucas Dillingham, Global Applications Director at Brighton Science, discusses the different surface treatments on unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced polyether ether ketone ( PEEK ) composite surfaces, and the importance of achieving the desired adhesion for manufacturing and...
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Webinar: Applying Water Contact Angle: Increasing Manufacturing Excellence Along the Product Lifecycle
Join us in this webinar as Andy Reeher, Chief Executive Officer, and Lucas Dillingham, Global Applications Director, as they discuss the world of water contact angle measurements and discover their versatile applications across the product lifecycle. Learn about the advantages over conventional...
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Webinar Series Part 4: Introducing Surface Intelligence
Part 4: Process Control for Adhesion In the fourth and final episode of Introducing Surface Intelligence, Dr. Giles Dillingham discusses the critical importance of surface preparation and the hidden factors impacting bonded structures. Discover how precise measurements, automation, and vigilant...
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Webinar: Shifting from Dyne Solutions to Contact Angle Measurements
For years, dyne solutions have been the industry standard for measuring surface treatment and cleanliness levels. Despite the known limitations of dyne testing to discriminating users, there has never been a practical alternative... until now. While dyne inks can frequently provide an indication of...
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Webinar Series Part 3: Introducing Surface Intelligence
Part 3: Surface Analysis for Adhesion In the third episode of Introducing Surface Intelligence, Dr. Giles Dillingham discusses the topic of surface analysis for adhesion. Think about what your current manufacturing process is and how surface measurements for design, control, and troubleshooting...
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Webinar Series Part 2: Introducing Surface Intelligence
Part 2: Surface Preparation of Metals and Plastics In this second episode of Introducing Surface Intelligence, Dr. Giles Dillingham discusses the topic of surface preparation when it comes to metals and plastics. Before you watch the webinar, ask yourself this question: "How do I actually analyze...
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Webinar Series Part 1: Introducing Surface Intelligence
Part 1: Surface Energy and the Chemistry of Adhesion Giles Dillingham, Ph.D., Founder & Chief Scientist at Brighton Science, hosts this new series (Introducing Surface Intelligence) which covers all aspects of surface science. In this first episode, Dr. Dillingham covers the basics of Surface...
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2-Part Webinar: Surface Preparation and Bonding with Contact Angle
In this comprehensive session, we delve into the fascinating realm of surface science and its pivotal role in achieving strong and enduring material bonds. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just beginning your journey in materials engineering, this webinar will equip you with valuable...
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Plasma Treatment Station with Automated, Inline Validation - The Surface Analyst XA
Automating the world's most powerful and reliable surface quality inspection technology has opened the doors for exciting collaborations. Our partners at PVA have integrated surface cleanliness measurement via the Surface Analyst XA, before and after using Plasmatreat's atmospheric plasma system,...
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Webinar: Top 3 Strategies to Improve Your Adhesive Bonding Operations
In this new webinar, industry experts Wilson Lee (Enercon Industries) and Lucas Dillingham (Brighton Science's Sales Manager) will provide the top 3 strategies industrial manufacturers use to reduce risk, improve quality & gain throughput in their adhesion operations:
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Webinar: The Impact of Surface Preparation on Adhesive Performance
Join us as Douglas Katze, Defense & Space Sr. Market Manager for Henkel and Bill Buschle, former Manager of Applications Development for Brighton Science discuss the impact surface preparation has on adhesive performance and best practices for achieving successful wetting and flow of electronic...
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Webinar: Creating a Digital Thread for Surface Preparation of Composites
Manufacturing environments create numerous opportunities for contamination, process variance, and poor performance in surface preparation steps. These risk factors impact bond strength, durability, reliability, and coating success. Knowing what contaminates are threatening composite surfaces and...
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CO2 Cleaning Validated Through Automated Contact Angle Measurement
To optimize your CO2 cleaning process you need a measurement system that is sensitive to the invisible changes occurring on the surface. Automated contact angle measurements through the Surface Analyst XA provide fast, accurate, quantitative validation of your cleaning process so you can be...
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Webinar: Finding the Most Predictive Cleanliness Validation Test for Zero Defect Manufacturing
For an adhesion and cleaning process control method to be truly effective, it must completely fulfill two large criteria. It must have a precise measurement mechanism, and it must be easily scalable throughout the production process. Outmoded testing methods such as dyne solutions, water break...
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Webinar: Pushing Towards Zero Defects -Ensuring High-Reliability in High-Volume Manufacturing Processes for Bonding and Coating
Ensuring predictable outcomes in a manufacturing process is a critical component of quality assurance. Recent experience with bonding and coating operations across a range of industries has revealed processes that were successfully demonstrated in a materials and process laboratory don’t always...
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Webinar: How to Control Trace Contaminants to Prevent Composite Bond Failure
Manufacturing environments create numerous opportunities for contamination. Knowing what contaminants are threatening composite bond strength and reliability, as well as knowing where they are coming from (such as mold release left on a surface), is crucial to putting process controls in place to...
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Webinar: Guide to Effective Plasma Treatment for High Volume Medical Device Manufacturing
Plasma treatment has been utilized for decades as a means of engineering the surface properties of polymeric materials for purposes such as adhesion. Until recently, plasma treatment has been a batch vacuum process, limiting its broader application. Recent development of atmospheric pressure...
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Eureka Moments: Exposing Improper Abrasion Materials
From Confusion to Eureka! In the video below, part of our Eureka Moments video series, we delve into what happened when a customer who does aircraft repair used standard and completely approved abrasion materials, and yet they got some surprising outcomes when we took a closer look at what was...
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Eureka Moments: Making FIPG Failure Free
In this new video series, Brighton Science will share our Eureka Moment stories. A Eureka Moment is any time that a customer is doing testing and they receive a measurement or a number that just doesn't make sense. We call it a Eureka Moment because it is that number that allows us to explore and...
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Webinar: Maximize Adhesion Reliability by Controlling Variables in Surface Cleanliness and Preparation Processes
Preparation of surfaces for adhesion includes processes like solvent or aqueous cleaning, ultrasonic cleaning, and plasma treatment. These can be very effective if implemented with proper process control feedback. However, recent experience has revealed that processes that were successfully...
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Webinar: Uncovering Non-Obvious Variables in Surface Preparation Processes for Bonding and Coating of Composites
Surface preparation for aerospace and automotive bonding and coating operations are still largely manual processes which frequently include some combination of solvent wiping and abrasion. These processes can be very effective if implemented with proper process control feedbacks.
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Webinar: Uncovering and Controlling Non-obvious Variables in Surface Preparation of Polymers to Maximize Adhesion
Updated April 2023 Preparation of polymers for adhesion includes processes like corona, flame and plasma treatment. These can be very effective if implemented with proper process control feedbacks. However, they don’t always translate into reliable manufacturing processes. Failure analysis has...
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Webinar: How to Develop and Quantitatively Control Plasma Treatment Processes for Polymers
Watch the recorded webinar where Brighton Science's (formerly BTG Labs) Founder and Chief Scientist, Giles Dillingham and Khoren Sahagian of Plasmatreat discuss the basic principles of plasma treatment of polymerics and outline well-defined methodologies for developing, evaluating, and controlling...
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Webinar: Strategies to Control and Optimize Plasma Treatment in Composite Manufacturing
With the recent advent of practical atmospheric pressure plasma treatment systems, pre-treatment of composite materials via plasma to improve the reliability of composite/composite adhesive bonds has been receiving a lot of attention. Understanding the relationship between plasma/material...
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Materials Library: Atmospheric Plasma on Catheters
Watch how the Surface Analyst lets medical manufacturers verify the quality of plasma treatment prior to coating catheters in order to achieve FDA validation.
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Materials Library: Flame Treatment on Polymers
Watch how flame treatment of polymers affects how ready your polymer surface is for additional processing. When it comes to preparing polymers for painting, printing, coating, sealing or bonding, there's an optimal level of treatment, and the Surface Analyst shows how overtreatment can negatively...
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Using the Surface Analyst to Validate Medical Tubing
Are you a medical supply or device manufacturer that has struggled to achieve FDA validation of your products due to medical tubing or otherwise?
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Materials Library: Corona Treatment on Polypropylene Film
Welcome to the Brighton Science Materials Library series. In this series, we use the Surface Analyst to demonstrate how the surface quality of material changes based on common surface preparation processes. We also give typical contact angle measurements before and after processing to give a...
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Materials Library: Atmospheric Plasma Treatment on Composite
Welcome to the Brighton Science Materials Library series. In this series, we use the Surface Analyst to demonstrate how the surface quality of a material changes based on common surface preparation processes. We also give typical contact angle measurements before and after processing to give a...
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Materials Library: IPA Wipe & Sandpaper Abrasion on Aluminum
Welcome to the Brighton Science Materials Library series. In this series, we use the Surface Analyst to demonstrate how the surface quality of a material changes based on common surface preparation processes. We also give typical contact angle measurements before and after processing to give a...
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Materials Library: Atmospheric Plasma Treatment on Aluminum
Welcome to the Brighton Science Materials Library series. In this series, we use the Surface Analyst to demonstrate how the surface quality of a material changes based on common surface preparation processes. We also give typical contact angle measurements before and after processing to give a...
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Materials Library: IPA Wipe & Sandpaper Abrasion on Composite
Welcome to the Brighton Science Materials Library series. In this series, we use the Surface Analyst to demonstrate how the surface quality of a material changes based on common surface preparation processes. We also give typical contact angle measurements before and after processing to give a...
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Improve Your Understanding and Control of Surface Preparation
This video uses an FIPG application to demonstrate how you can measure changes in your surface preparation process simply through the push of a button. By capturing real-time, objective data at the point of production, manufacturers can instantly validate surface readiness and prevent costly...
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Webinar: How to Control the Surface Properties of Thermoplastics to Maximize Adhesion
Updated April 2023 The success of bonding and printing to thermoplastics depends on effective control of a remarkably thin zone on the surface of a polymer.
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Webinar: Guaranteeing Cleaning Success in Manufacturing, Controlling your Surface with the Surface Analyst
Updated April 2023 This webinar delves into the challenges manufacturers face when establishing a bond. The success of printing, painting, sealing, or coating relies on the ability to control the bond surface. Brighton Science's (formerly BTG Labs) Surface Analyst uses contact angle measurements to...
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Webinar: Understanding and Controlling the Bond Surface in Manufacturing for Reliable Adhesive Bonding of Composites
Updated April 2023 The interactions between a bond surface and an adhesive that determine the strength and reliability of a bonded structure occur in a zone that is perhaps 1 nanometer thick.
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