"We obtained excellent process results on all layers. The equipment runs daily, with no failure."
VST is the engineering partner research labs and satellite agencies hire when off-the-shelf vacuum equipment can't meet the spec. We design, build, and support custom thin-film deposition, materials-research, and test-and-simulation systems — from the first conversation to a working tool on your floor.
Most engagements start as one of three problems. Whichever it is, the same team scopes, designs, builds, and supports the system through its operating life. Specifications, components, and integration are all decided with you, not pulled from a catalog.
Sputtering, evaporation, and ion-assisted systems for metals, dielectrics, and organic materials. Single-chamber to multi-chamber cluster tools with load-locks and inert glovebox integration.
Vacuum ovens, arc-melting systems, and process chambers built around your samples and your protocol. Designed for daily lab use and engineered for the long haul.
Altitude test chambers and space simulators used by satellite developers and aerospace research labs. Plus authorized integration of ATEQ leak testers and J.A. Woollam ellipsometers.
An integrated tool with separate chambers for RF/DC sputtering with load-lock and ion-assisted e-beam evaporation with substrate flip. Designed compact, built robust, simple enough for a daily research workflow. Live and running.
VST shipped its first thin-film, high-vacuum deposition system over 35 years ago. The company has stayed deliberately small and engineering-led: the team that designs your system is the team that builds it, installs it, and answers the call when it needs service. Across nine product lines and decades of custom work, the discipline hasn't changed: solve the customer's actual problem, with hardware that lasts.
Send a one-page brief: process, target specs, environment, timeline. We'll come back with a recommended configuration, ballpark, and references from comparable installations.
