tascon usa defines Competence in Surface Analysis.

With years of experience as Europe's leading ToF-SIMS consulting firm tascon brings an unrivaled level of service to North America.

Beliefs/Philosophy

We believe that a “successful” analysis is one that contributes to the satisfactory solution of a problem.  This is the benchmark against which we judge our service.

We offer our customers extensive experience with solving a wide range of industrial and research problems. We strongly believe in providing customer orientated service and quality results in a timely manner. We will listen carefully to your specific needs to ensure we select the appropriate technique and sample preparation for your application.  A thorough understanding of your needs prior to testing will help ensure a successful analysis and meaningful results. 

• We have the experience, technology and patience to work on complex sample systems
• We see data acquisition as a means to solving a problem, not an end
• We offer solutions for time critical problems

We try to minimize costs by avoiding unnecessary analyses or data evaluations. In particular, although we believe in the merits of specialization and the superiority of ToF-SIMS over many other surface analytical techniques, we will say “no” if we feel we cannot help you. In these cases we are able to perform more appropriate analyses in co-operation with external partners or suggest an alternative service provider.

Instrumentation

To offer high quality services in materials characterization, state-of-the-art instrumentation is a necessity. We use what we consider to be the best product on the market, a TOF.SIMS 5 by IONTOF. Working in close cooperation with the instrument manufacturers, IONTOF GmbH and IONTOF USA Inc., allows us to provide our customers with fast and direct access to the latest instrumental developments.

Services: with tascon usa, always state-of-the-art

Whether you are troubled by the surface behavior of your products, need to prove the success of your surface modification or want to analyze an unknown layered structure: tascon usa can offer professional services in the areas of:

Contract analysis, consulting, and training

Contract analysis is carried out in close co-operation with our customers. Following an initial discussion we select the best suited analytical technique(s), perform the measurements and deliver problem-orientated reports. These reports can also be generated from data taken in your lab. We can also provide additional support to customers facing capacity restrictions on in-house instruments.

We offer expert advice to answer all your questions related to surface analysis: efficient application of surface analytical techniques, recommendations for production and process control and expert opinion on analytical results.

Training courses and seminars are given on general topics of surface analysis and can be customized to your specific needs.

We encourage you to contact us in regards to your specific needs, to discuss our competitive service or ask a general question. Please see the contact page for details.