Abstract:
A method for Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP) is presented, wherein the broadband reflectivity of an object is measured, and the results of the measurement used by the RTP system to adjust the RTP system parameters used in processing the object.
Abstract:
The main purpose of the invention is to limit corrosion in a vapour phase refusion machine. Chlorinated and fluoridised liquid is used in vapour phase welding machines. When decomposed by heat, ions are freed which, in the presence of water, form hydrofluoric and hydrochloric acids. They corrode both the tank (1) which makes the welding process possible and the metal parts of the welded components. The device of this invention eliminates the water from the secondary liquid (20) by isolating its vapours from the atmosphere, preventing water (21) from entering the drying cartridge (19) and facilitating drying before the use of the fresh secondary liquid (20). The invention applies mainly to vapour phase refusion welding.
Abstract:
Said device and process provide optimal sealing of the heat transfer medium against unwanted vapour loss, the geometry of the transport channel with cooling system and locks being specially designed to this end. Said process can be applied to batch-processing as well as to continuous-operation installations.
Abstract:
A system for manufacturing electrical components includes a reflow chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port. The inlet port receives a web of interconnected electrical components having a conductive coating into the reflow chamber. The outlet port discharges the web from the reflow chamber. The reflow chamber directs the web of interconnected electrical components along a predetermined pathway through the reflow chamber. The reflow chamber retains a heated and saturated vapor to heat the conductive coating as the web passes along the pathway through the chamber to reflow the conductive coating about the electrical components.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a method and an apparatus for performing soldering of items that are applied a soldering agent, where the soldering apparatus includes at least one soldering zone, where the soldering zone include means for generating vapour, the apparatus being adapted to heat the items to be soldered to a temperature required for soldering by condensing the vapour. Further the invention relates to a method and an apparatus for flux deposition connected to a soldering machine, which soldering machine comprises a solder heating medium evaporated by heating means forming a vapour that heats elements to be soldered by heat transfer and by condensation, which apparatus comprises means for condensation, of a vapour containing flux where pumping means circulate vapor containing flux through the condensation means, where the condensation means comprises heat exchangers for cooling the vapour for flux condensation.
Abstract:
To coat the glass edge of two wall elements (2, 3) which form a gap (5) for a heat-insulating construction and/or light element (1), an adhesive metallic layer is produced on one side of each wall element (2, 3) by physical (PVD) or chemical (CVD) deposition of the coating material from a gas or vapour phase. A final protective barrier layer (6) is applied to this adhesive layer (4) and then provided with a subsequent solder layer (7). These solder layers (7) are connected to a film (8) which surrounds the edge of the construction and/or light element (1) in a gas-tight manner.
Abstract:
A process for treating workpieces (61) in a normally closed treatment chamber (5). The process comprises providing a pressure within the chamber which is less than atmospheric and providing an unsaturated treatment vapour within the chamber. A workpiece is then moved into the chamber to be treated by the unsaturated vapour. The process is particularly suited for the vapour phase soldering of printed circuit boards. In this case the unsaturated vapour in the chamber is heated to a temperature higher than the melting point of the solder used and the circuit boards with solder thereon are passed through the vapour in the chamber to reflow the solder. The invention is also directed toward an apparatus for carrying out the process.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a brazing method for bonding an assembly made of Al or an Al alloy, and more particularly to a gaseous phase brazing method which does not need the step of applying directly a flux to the assembly to be bonded. The present invention is characterized in that when Al or an Al alloy member is brazed through a brazing material, these members are brazed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere where a vapor of potassium fluoroaluminate complex exists. This vapor attaches in an extremely small quantity and uniformly to the assembly and destroys the Al oxide film on the surface. Accordingly, it promotes wetting of the brazing material, causes the brazing material to flow uniformly and forms uniform fillets at the bonding portion of the assembly. Furthermore, the consumed amount of the flux is small and economical, brazability of an Mg-containing material can be improved and the surface of the bonded article after brazing is clean and beautiful.
Abstract:
Soldering apparatus and method wherein an assembly (10) containing solder (16) is simultaneously subjected to vapor heating and ultrasonic vibration to provide for fluxless soldering. The solder (16) is heated in a solder pot (14) which creates a hot vapor space (38) above the surface of the solder (16). A transducer (22) vibrates the solder (16) in the pot (14) while the circuit board to be soldered floats on the surface of the solder (16). This invention is particularly useful for circuit board assemblies which are sensitive to cleansing in preparation for soldering and solder fluxes.