Products and Services - Acktar black coatings

Black Coating Services

Our black coated products are:

Completely inorganic

Ultra Thin: conforms to sharp edges; enhances compliance with part tolerances; low coating mass; “no” additional weight

Made with Extremely low outgassing materials

Wide-range thermal stability

Excellent adhesion to metals, glass, ceramics, heat-resistant polymers

High vibration stability

Abrasion resistant

High resistance to solvents (acetone, alcohol)

Tailored thermal conductivity

Tailored electrical conductive coating

Bonding of lenses/baffles on top of Acktar coating allowable

No Particulation

High resistance to ATOX and space radiation

Environmentally clean (product and process)

Tailored surface topology

Applications include:

Stray light absorption / suppression – ultraviolet absorption, Infrared absorption, visible light absorption

infrared detector cold shields

Space-borne optical systems

Detector and optical system parts – cooled and un-cooled

Sharp edged diaphragms & blades

Optical packaging

Available as a black coated foil with or without adhesive in rolls

Black bodies, laser energy meters, thermal radiation detectors

Passive thermal control coatings with tailored absorptance/emittance – black, white, or selective

Black layers for contrast enhancement in displays and LED modules

Solar energy absorbers

Applications requiring ultra-high specific surface area

High performance capacitor/battery electrodes

Nano-porous materials