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- Oerlikon Solar
- The amount of solar energy reaching the surface of the planet in one year is about twice as much as will ever be obtained from all of our non-renewable resources of coal, oil, natural gas, and mined uranium.
- The total solar energy absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, oceans and landmasses is approximately 3,850,000 exajoules (EJ) per year. We receive more energy in approx. one hour than the world uses in a year. Photosynthesis captures approximately 3,000 EJ per year in biomass.
- The upper atmosphere of the Earth receives 174 petawatts (PW) of solar radiation; about 30% is reflected back to space and clouds, oceans and landmasses absorb the rest. The spectrum of solar light at the Earth's surface is mostly spread across the visible and near-infrared ranges with a small part in the near ultraviolet.
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- Oerlikon Coating
- PET bottle performs are produced in coated mould. 25% of all plastic bottle caps worldwide are produced with Balzers coated moulds.
- In every diesel injection pump is a DLC (diamond-like coating) coated part. In order to meet standards for environment-friendly car, the injection pressure is increased over 2000bars. This is only possible with coated mechanical parts.
- Without Balzers Coating hardly any F1 engine would be running. Low weight is essential race car design. Lots of parts are made out of titanium which tends to get easy wear. With BALINIT-coatings thes are protected properly.
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- Oerlikon Vacuum
- Refrigerators, air conditioners, airport security scanners, and automotive hydraulic systems all need a vacuum to function.
- A well-kept secret: products made with the help of vacuum pumps surround us. Every CD and DVD, every light bulb, all semiconductor wafers, eyeglass lenses, the testing of the tiles on the Space Shuttle – all these are done under vacuum conditions created with our pumps. Even the hiss of a coffee package being opened betrays a vacuum, which prolongs shelf life by slowing the germination rate of bacteria.
- The new generation of energy saving light bulbs would not work without vacuum technology.
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- Oerlikon Textile
- 50% of all automobile tires benefit from Oerlikon production solutions.
- One in 10 diapers are made with textile technology from Oerlikon.
- The length of nylon thread (14 dtex strength) on a 25 kg (55 lbs) spool is 18,400 km (>11,400 miles) long – the distance from Frankfurt, Germany to Hong Kong...and back.
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- Oerlikon Drive Systems
- Most of the tow tractors used in European and Chinese airports use Oerlikon Graziano automatic transmission to get your luggage to the turnstile.
- Almost 70% of all agricultural vehicles in use today are equipped with Oerlikon synchronizers and power shift clutch technology.
- Whether the newest electric vehicle, a monster truck, or a modern windmill – all use Oerlikon drive systems.
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- Oerlikon Systems
- Nearly 50% of all the hard disks in the world originate from an Oerlikon system.
- Half of all CDs are produced on an Oerlikon system.
- 96% of all BD-R discs and all BD-RE discs are produced on Oerlikon Systems metallizers.
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