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How Intercept Works
HOW INTERCEPT WORKS
Intercept Technology™ is the most advanced packaging system invented because of its comprehensive protection, cleanliness, field performance, safety, simplicity, and design flexibility. Intercept is a disruptive technology, providing process improvement from manufacturing to the end user.
Intercept provides a reactive barrier to corrosive gases. Traditional materials like foil packaging (dry pack method) are simply passive barriers. They work on the dry method of preservation, which requires less than 37% RH (relative humidity) to work on ferrous metals. Foil packaging demands complete hermetic seals, where even a single pinhole in the foil or break in the seal can render the packaging ineffective. Foils are not recyclable or reusable, and are not easily resealed in the field or at customs.
Non-ferrous metals (such as Silver) have no humidity dependency, so foils and dry packaging offer no real protection. These metals corrode primarily due to corrosive gases, not moisture. They require other packaging methods that depend on volatile chemicals and oils. These packaging products have a definite shelf life and a limit on their usefulness, as well as VOC (volatile organic compounds) issues. Some volatile packaging also has potential legal restrictions in Europe.
For shipments going to Asia, the length of protection period may be shorter. Due to severed levels of atmospheric pollution (as much as 200 times higher than in the United States), non-ferrous metals are often corroding in days or weeks instead of what was traditionally seen in months or years.
For shipments going to Asia, the length of protection period may be even shorter. Due to severe levels of atmospheric pollution (as much as 200 times higher than in the U.S.) non-ferrous metals are often corroding in days or weeks instead of what was traditionally seen in months or years.
Foils only provide inert barrier properties because they are passive. Intercept works differently, performing as an active barrier. The scientists at Bell Labs discovered a way of reacting a high surface area, highly reactive copper, into a polymer. By reacting it into a polymer, it is locked into place - the films have no NVR or outgassing issues. They are approved by NASA for space flight, as well as by Intel for wafer storage and for transporting wafer tools - Intercept has the highest and most stringent testing, ensuring that no copper particles can come out or be liberated from the film.
The intercept material becomes a tortuous path for corrosive gases - including Sulfur, Chlorine, Ozone, and Nitrous gases. Intercept's robust protection prevents the gases from penetrating the bag, plus Intercept cleanses the interior air space, creating a neutralized microenvironmental inside - free from destructive corrosion gases. By eliminating the fuel for corrosion, you're protecting your assets and all their components: ferrous and non-ferrous metals, rubber, plastics, fabrics, paint, and more.
Intercept does not contain oils, volatiles, or other contaminates, nor does it outgas. The ESD protection is permanent, based on copper electron transport. The ESD values on the films and bags are normally 10e6 to 10e9 Ohms/Sq., the ideal ESD range.
Long-term, Effective Corrosion Protection
- No volatile chemicals
- No outgassing
- Static dissipative
- Inert / non-coating
- Clean
- Cost-effective
- Recyclable
- Reusable
- RoHS compliant