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Engineering Services
We are an engineering-savvy brazer offering collaborative services that cover metallurgy and braze-joint designs to …
Vacuum Brazing
Vacuum brazing is well suited for exotic base metals such as Aluminum, Titanium, Zirconium, Niobium, Molybdenum, …
Brazing Metal – A Comprehensive Overview
We braze low vapor pressure metals like Copper, Stainless Steel, Kovar, Moly, Iron, Monel, Cupronickel, Nickel, …
IMG Expands Capabilities with Acquisition of Altair Technologies
IMG has announced the acquisition of Altair Technologies Inc. and the recapitalization of the Company together with …
Brazing Aluminum
The best way to braze aluminum assemblies is in high vacuum furnaces that are specifically designed with the multi-zone …
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Wetting Braze Flow and Filler Spreading
The term “wetting” is commonly used to describe the flow of braze alloy or braze filler across a surface when …
Vacuum Brazing
Vacuum brazing is well suited for exotic base metals such as Aluminum, Titanium, Zirconium, Niobium, Molybdenum, …
Vacuum Aluminum Brazing 101
A high quality braze joint using vacuum aluminum brazing requires excellent material preperation, cleanliness and …
Vacuum Active Metal Brazing
Is when a metal like titanium is added to the braze alloy and chemically reacts with a ceramic surface, allowing the …
Turnkey Processes & Quality Control
We continually strive for process control, improvement and the relative expertise we need to meet or exceed our …
Thermal Expansion When Brazing
For most materials (copper, stainless,etc.) expansion varies from four to twenty thousandths of an inch of growth per …
Role of the Linear Accelerator (LINAC) in Security and Cargo Inspection – Part I
Security & Cargo Inspection stations in many ports around the world rely on X-ray scanners to inspect for nuclear …
RF Linear Accelerators For Medical And Industrial Applications
A friend of Altair Technologies, Dr. Samy Hanna, has authored a new textbook, RF Linear Accelerators for Medical and …
Recent Advances in X-ray Cargo Inspection Part II
Recent X-Ray Cargo Inspection use X-ray computed tomography, dual energy X-ray systems, and combining them into the …
Quality & Inspection
We are ISO 9001:2015 certified and provide defect-free products and services that exceed expectations via the …
New X-ray Target Surface Finish
We developed an automated process that uses no foreign matter or polishing compounds, yet achieves the desired surface …
Linear Thermal Expansion Calculation – CTE
A sample calculation using CTE (Coefficient of Thermal Expansion) for determining the nominal dimensions when …
Leak Detection
Altair has several manufacturing processes to support our turnkey services and vacuum product lines which include …
IMG Expands Capabilities with Acquisition of Altair Technologies
IMG has announced the acquisition of Altair Technologies Inc. and the recapitalization of the Company together with …
Hydrogen Brazing – Wet & Dry
Furnace brazing in a hydrogen atmosphere that can be either wet or dry to reduce hydrocarbons or oxides while also …
How To Read A Phase Diagram
Phase diagrams are a great tool for the Brazing Engineer; the binary phase diagram is an invaluable tool for why a …
High Voltage RF Feed Throughs
Altair produces a number of high-voltage and RF Feed Throughs that were either custom designed or built to our …
High Voltage Processing & Cathode Emission
Electron Guns, Collectors, Insulated Targets and other isolated high voltage assemblies can be hi-potted to ensure …
Heat Treating & Clean Firing
We perform certain heat treating for a variety of materials and clean fire to remove unwanted vapor, oxides, …
Furnace Brazing Copper in Hydrogen Gas
Furnace brazing copper in hydrogen gas is the best method to braze copper for accuracy, joint-strength and high-vacuum …
Engineering Services
We are an engineering-savvy brazer offering collaborative services that cover metallurgy and braze-joint designs to …
Engineering & Design
The Altair team is unmatched in the design, development, and manufacturing of products for the medical, security, …
DRC Conflict-Free Sourcing
Altair Technologies, Inc. takes very seriously the worldwide concerns that metals mined in the conflict areas of the …
Diffusion Bonding
For a variety of applications, Diffusion Bonding joins dissimilar alloys (copper, titanium) with extreme force & …
Chemical Cleaning
For almost two decades Altair Technologies’ in-house cleaning process has included a heated strong alkaline detergent …
Brazing Stainless Steel
Stainless is a low vapor pressure material best suited for wet or dry hydrogen brazing, depending on removal of oxides …
Brazing Metal – A Comprehensive Overview
We braze low vapor pressure metals like Copper, Stainless Steel, Kovar, Moly, Iron, Monel, Cupronickel, Nickel, …
Brazing Ceramics
We routinely braze ceramics, particularly Alumina, but can also braze Zirconia, Quartz, Fused Silica, BeO, AlN, Si, SiC …
Brazing Applications Above 1000 C
For brazing applications above over 1000° C, finding a braze alloy, or even base materials, that will withstand …
Brazing Aluminum
The best way to braze aluminum assemblies is in high vacuum furnaces that are specifically designed with the multi-zone …
Bakeout Services for UHV Applications
Bakeout Services at Altair Technologies provided two double vacuum bakeout stations capable of temperatures >600°C and …
Atmosphere Brazing
Our furnace brazing services offer the Atmosphere Brazing process that includes inert gases like Nitrogen, Argon, …
Altair Technologies Ships X-Band Mobetron Accelerator
Altair Technologies, a leader in designing and manufacturing Linear Accelerators, is excited to ship a turnkey X-Band …
Altair Technologies Inc. launches an all-new website, ARG and their 5 Principles of Manufacturing
Altair USA launches an all-new website, ARG and 5 Principles of Manufacturing to better serve the Semiconductor, …
Advantages of Brazing Complex Geometries
When fabricating complex geometries, whether it’s by die casting, e-beam welding, or 5- axis machining, there can be …
8-Liter Ion-Pump Design
The 8-liter ion pump is a staple in the high vacuum community and with the increased demand for longer-lived vacuum …
