[labnetwork] Experience with Angstrom E-Beam Evaporators?

Wed Oct 22 20:17:21 EDT 2025

Hi Gabriel,
I double the previous referral.
We have two Angstrom ebeam tools (one older and one newer system) and they
are great. Great tools and great service.
I never worked with Kj Lesker tools and we do have two AJAs sputtering
systems. So I can’t comment on the e-beam performance. The sputtering tools
are pretty sturdy and robust. The service tends to be a bit on the slow
side, I think they might be bigger company (not sure about that) so it
takes time to get the answers.
Hope this helps.
Youry

On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM Trieu Nguyen <trieu.nguyen at mail.wvu.edu>
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> Hi Gabe, Angstrom is a very good choice for PVD. They have provided very
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> Angstrom is a very good choice for PVD. They have provided very good
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> Hi Gabe,
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> We have both a sputter and e-beam evaporator.  We’ve been really impressed
> with both the equipment and the service – despite us being in Scotland.
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> The equipment is very easy to use with similar software.
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> Best
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> Peter
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> Hi Gabe,
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> Angstrom is a very good choice for PVD hardware.  Our lab has 4 Angstrom
> systems (1 E-beam, 2 Thermal, 1 LPCVD) and we are quite happy with our
> purchases.  They have been a very good partner for our lab.  We also
> benefit greatly by having local support since Angstrom is 30 minutes away
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> Nothing in the equipment world is perfect, but I would be happy to talk
> openly (offline) about Angstrom’s strengths and weaknesses.  I’m somewhat
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> *Subject: *[labnetwork] Experience with Angstrom E-Beam Evaporators?
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> Hello All,
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> We are in the process of procuring a new E-Beam evaporator and considering
> options from Kurt J. Lesker, AJA Internation, and Angstrom Engineering; the
> pricing between all three vendors is comparable. We have lots experience
> using and maintaining KJL and AJA systems, but do not have much exposure to
> Angstrom Engineering's systems. We are curious for other nanolabs
> experience with these tools, particularly from a maintenance prospective.
> We plan to use this tool for both metal and oxide depositions. Any feedback
> or thoughts on Angstrom's E-beam systems is very much appreciated!
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