General Vacuum Use Systech Illinois's 8001 Oxygen Permeation Analyser and 7001 Water Vapour Permeation Analyser to Test Barrier Performance of Their Metallized Coatings

Thame, United Kingdom, February 03, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Systech Illinois, a leading provider of permeation analysers and gas analysis equipment, has been chosen by General to test the barrier performance of metallized polymer films for permeation of oxygen and water vapour.

Based in Lancashire, General is the leading supplier of equipment and services for the folding carton, corrugated board and flexible materials industries. General supplies vacuum web coating and metallizing machinery for the deposition of conventional aluminium and clear barrier coatings for packaging and other substrates. Well known by industry leaders, General's machines are characterised by minimal downtime and superb quality at high-speeds.

Vacuum metallizing has become a viable substitution technology, depositing thin "nanometer" metal coatings onto polymeric substrates. The physical vapour deposition technique works by vaporizing the metal in a vacuum chamber and allowing the metal to condense onto the passing substrate. The integrity of this extremely thin metal layer is found to provide an excellent barrier to light, water vapour, oxygen as well as other gases and aromas.

Nick Copeland, General Product Manager at General Vacuum, said; "The amount of metal deposited on the surface of a film will govern the oxygen, water vapour transmission and light barrier properties of that film. Systech Illinois’ permeation analysers are vital to accurately and reliably measure the rate of oxygen and water transmission through the film. This will help to determine the amount of metal that is required to meet a particular application.”

More information about Systech Illinois and their extensive range of gas analysis instruments, products and services can be found on the Systech website or to speak to a technical sales manager call +44 (0) 1844 216838.

Systech Illinois specialises in online, portable and laboratory gas analysis equipment. With 25 years as one of the leading experts in gas and moisture measurement, Systech Illinois' application and technology knowledge provides efficient gas analysis solutions in many industry sectors worldwide. Their range of oxygen permeation analysers and water vapour permeation analysers offer precise, accurate measurements for all packaging film, finished package and PET bottles. Systech also provides ATEX-approved analysers for measuring both ppm and percentage levels of oxygen in hazardous areas.

Systech Illinois is a multinational company with offices and gas analysis equipment manufacturing facilities in the UK and the U.S. Systech is very proud of its well developed and well trained workforce, which enables it to offer customers a continuing high level of service, and become known as a globally leading supplier of gas analysis instrumentation.

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