Lesker Tech was a PDF vacuum technology newsletter offered by KJLC covering all aspects of vacuum. Past topics have included improving base pressure in chambers, pumping speed and throughput, gas flow, overview of basic vacuum concepts, chamber bakeout, types of chamber heaters, and more.
Lesker Tech has since evolved into KJLC Innovate. With this transition we're opening our Lesker Tech Archives to the public. Click on a back issue to load it as an Adobe PDF file which may then be viewed, saved, or printed.
Volume 8
Volume 8, Issue 1
How Low Can You Go? (Spring 2013)
Contents:
Surface Modification Surface Coating Real Chemistry Glow Discharge
Volume 7
Volume 7, Issue 1
Practical Process Tips(Summer 2010)
Contents:
Increasing Sputter Rates and Sputter Yield
Volume 6
Volume 6, Issue 1
Gauging the Pressure You’re Under (Part 3)
Contents:
Vacuum gauge specifications jargon demystified
Volume 5
Volume 5, Issue 3
Gauging The Pressure You're Under (Part 2B) (or Glossary-ing over it)
Contents:
Vacuum gauge specifications jargon demystified
Volume 5, Issue 2
Gauging The Pressure You're Under (Part 2A)
Contents:
Vacuum gauge characteristics and applications
Volume 5, Issue 1
Gauging The Pressure You're Under (Part 1)
Contents:
Vacuum gauges and pressure measurement principles
Volume 4
Volume 4, Issue 2
Pumping Up Your Applications (Part 3B)
Contents:
Pump Classification by Chemical and Physical Properties (continued)
Volume 4, Issue 1
Pumping Up Your Applications (Part 3A)
Contents:
Pump Application "Horror Stories", Pump Classification by Chemical and Physical Properties
Volume 3
Volume 3, Issue 2
Pumping Up Your Applications (Part 2)
Contents:
Applications of Various Pump Mechanisms
Volume 3, Issue 1
Pumping Up Your Applications (Part 1)
Contents:
Various Ways of Classifying Pumps
Volume 2
Volume 2, Issue 4
Hot, Hot, Hot!
Contents:
IR Heating Concepts: absorption, transmission, reflection, temperature, and shape factor
Volume 2, Issue 3
How Low Can You Go? (Part 5)
Contents:
Put on those UV-defying Blues Brothers Shades (wavelength, lamp variations, & UV degassing)
Volume 2, Issue 2
How Low Can You Go? (Part 4)
Contents:
Others Like a 'Lite' (light, plasmas, cooling, getters, and prevention)
Volume 2, Issue 1
How Low Can You Go? (Part 3)
Contents:
Some Like it Hot! (chamber bakeout and types of heaters)
Volume 1
Volume 1, Issue 5
How Low Can You Go? (Part 2)
Contents:
Gross Chamber Contamination
Volume 1, Issue 4
How Low Can You Go? (Part 1)
Contents:
Improving Base Pressure in HV and UHV Chambers
Volume 1, Issue 3
Pumping "Effectively"
Contents:
Effective Pumping Speed, Gas Flow, Working Pressure
