Research, Consulting, and Technical Due Diligence Services
Thoughtventions Unlimited offers the research and consulting services of Dr. Stephen Cuyler Bates to help you answer your technical questions in the field of Applied Physical Sciences. Dr. Bates has an extremely broad technical background, numerous publications, and the perspective to be able to apply it quickly to new and diverse problems. He is too honest to be a salesman. Some of his expertise and our credentials are described in these links.
Thoughtventions Specific Technical Areas of Expertise
- Furnaces
- Furnace Systems.
- Furnace Electrical Power Systems.
- Vacuum Systems
- Fluid Mechanics
- Optics
- Heat Transfer Systems.
- Low Power Furnaces.
- Sapphire.
- Sapphire Fibers.
- Sealing Systems.
- Solid Hydrogen.
- Temperature Sensing.
- Transparent Furnaces.
- Gold Coated Components.
- Viewports.
- Fiber Optic Imaging.
Thoughtventions Experimental Capabilities and Facilities
Gold Coating Services
Thoughtventions can provide a gold coating on any material that is compatible with vacuum evaporation. Parts are baked and coated with a binder for superior gold adhesion.
Opaque Gold Coating
Optically thick gold coatings can be applied to arbitrary parts to form a mirror surface that is especially good in the infrared part of the spectrum.
Gold Coated Windows
Semi-transparent gold coatings allow visual viewing through the window while simultaneously reflecting heat; for use in furnace/high temperature viewing. Thicker coatings are used for higher temperatures.
Internally coated, semi-transparent gold coated tubes are used for fabricating transparent furnaces. Gold coatings on the insides of tubes require Thoughtventions' special equipment.
Testing Services
Thoughtventions Unlimited offers its testing services for Research and Development projects in a wide variety of applied physical sciences. Thoughtventions excels in multidisciplinary laboratory research. Thoughtventions has experience with a wide variety of equipment and instrumentation and has many in-house capabilities. See here for a list Thoughtventions' facilities.
- Vacuum and Leak Testing.
- Thermal Processing.
- Optical Testing.
- Unusual Materials Testing (Oxygen Index, etc.)
Equipment Repair Services
Thoughtventions Unlimited offers its repair services for many types of Research and Development equipment applide to a wide variety of applied physical sciences. Thoughtventions excels in multidisciplinary laboratory research. Thoughtventions has experience with a wide variety of equipment and instrumentation and has many in-house capabilities. See here for a list Thoughtventions' facilities.
- Vacuum Equiment.
- Furnace Equipment.
- Fluid Equipment.
- Electrical and Electronics Equipment.
- Mechanical Equipment
Heat Treating Services
Thoughtventions Unlimited offers heat treating services that eliminate the need for you to purchase expensive equipment. The following heat treating parameters are available:
- Air heat treatment to 1600 °C.
- Graphite furnace heat treatment to 2000 °C, inert gas or vacuum.
- Tungsten furnace heat treatment to 2000 °C, inert gas or vacuum.
- Transparent furnace testing to 700 °C.
- Small samples; generally less than 50 mm diameter, 100 mm long.
- Water quenching from 1800 °C.