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SilcoTek January 27 2023

How Do You Know You're Getting the Same Coating Every Time?

SilcoTek®  has adopted Intel's Copy Exactly! philosophy. What is Copy Exactly? Intel states, "the methodology focuses on matching the manufacturing site to the development site. Matching occurs at...

Chemical Inertness January 20 2023

How to Ensure Your Analytical System is Performing at its Peak

An under-performing sampling system can cost an operator more than just time and money. A lousy system can be the cause of poor yield, slow response, bad decisions, and regulatory or contract...

Silicon coating properties January 13 2023

How Does SilcoTek Compare to Other CVD Coatings?

Since SilcoTek’s researchers first pioneered Silcosteel® for making stainless steel gas chromatography columns inert in the late 1980s, several alternatives have emerged for overcoming the analytical...

Silicon coating properties January 09 2023

How to Know if a CVD Coating is Still Performing

How do you know if your coating is still performing as it should? We get this question quite often and the answer is... not that simple. Each situation is different, which makes it difficult to...

SilcoTek December 30 2022

Goodbye, 2022! SilcoTek Recap

  2022 has been a year for the record books. In the wake of the pandemic and starting to get back to "normal," SilcoTek has made many improvements and enhancements in all aspects of the business.   ...

food flavor and fragrance December 23 2022

Smells like Christmas, How SilcoTek Coatings Help the Fragrance Industry

Have you ever wondered why certain flavors taste or smell differently depending on the brand? SilcoTek has helped Givaudan, a world leader in creating many natural and artificial flavors. This CNN...

bio-medical December 16 2022

SilcoTek Story: Misdiagnoses From Suspected Analyte Carryover

This week, we wanted to share a real world example that comes from within. A SilcoTek® employee had a baby girl who was errantly diagnosed with hyperthyroidism at birth due to suspected analyte...

December 09 2022

Electrical Conductivity Properties of SilcoTek Coatings

We frequently get questions about the electrical conductivity of our coatings. SilcoTek® offers coatings that are both conductive and insulative for various applications. We will characterize and...

SilcoTek December 02 2022

SilcoTek's Best Practices for Packaging Parts for Success

One of SilcoTek's most important strategic directives is to coat every part perfectly and on time, every day. This week, we wanted to discuss our receiving process and what happens to your parts once...