Abstract:
An aerosol cleaning apparatus (10) and a method of treating a substrate within such an apparatus prevent contaminant recirculation by controlling the post impingement exhaust flow through control of the aerodynamic behavior of the contaminant laden exhaust stream. By the present invention, the post-impingement exhaust flow is divided into two streams (A, B). A first stream (A) is the main stream flowing initially over the contaminated side of the wafer (12) and carrying most of the suspended contaminants (4) into the exhaust. The second stream (B) flows initially over the cleaned side of the wafer (12) and eventually into the exhaust stream. A flow separator (34) is provided for dividing the post-impingement aerosol spray into plural flow streams (A, B). Additionally, the aerosol chamber (16) can advantageously include a shroud (36) positioned within the aerosol chamber (16) just to the side of the nozzle (18) but further away from the exhaust (20) than the nozzle (18) for restricting flow from the second post-impingement stream around the nozzle and into the first post-impingement stream. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the apparatus is designed for cleaning the surface of a semiconductor wafer (12) by impinging the surface with a cryogenic aerosol spray.
Abstract:
A blast-cleaning system includes an air compressor, a pressure vessel which pressurizes a blasting material and mixes it with compressed air, and a blasting unit connected to an outlet of the pressure vessel for blasting the interior surface of a structure to be cleaned. A conduit arrangement in the blasting apparatus is divided into two branches downstream from a main air valve. One branch opens into an upper portion of the pressure vessel to pressurize the blasting material; the other branch is connected to a mixing valve for mixing the blasting material with compressed air. Valves arranged in the conduit branches are individually set and maintain a constant pressure difference between the compressed air used for pressurization and the compressed air used for mixing, independent of the level of the operating pressure of the main compressed air from the main air valve. The pressure for pressurizing the blasting material is set higher than the mixing pressure. The blasting unit is provided with rotating, preferably belt-driven blast arms with nozzle outlets through which the surface is blasted at an angle. The blasting unit may be supported within the structure to be cleaned either with adjustable wheels or by a brush arrangement. A vacuum and filtering device may also be connected to the duct so that the pressure vessel, blasting unit, duct and filtering device form a substantially closed system.
Abstract:
A method of machining a slider (16) for a magnetic head used in a hard disk or a floppy disk in which a groove (11) and a recess can be formed in an arbitrary shape by using a masking material (14) and jetting fine abrasive grains carried by a carrier gas against the slider (16), and the edges of the surface of the slider (16) are rounded when necessary by blending-machining with the fine abrasive grains.
Abstract:
The novel method for the repair of the inside of installed conduits comprises the following method steps: drying of the inside of the line by flow-through of pre-dried compressed air, removal of interior coatings by flow-through of a mixture of compressed air and particles of an abrasive medium with a mean exterior diameter of > 0.8 mm and a specific weight of > 3.0 g.cm in an amount of > 1.0 g.Nm , the mixture flowing through the line with a mean speed of > 10 m.s , relative to normal pressure, and blowing out the line by means of pre-dried compressed air. The adhesive resin utilized for the subsequent coating contains, among others, a solvent-free 2-component resin and at least 5 % by weight of finely dispersed inorganic oxidic adhesives.
Abstract:
A method is proposed for removing explosives deposits in effluent pipes or for dissolving explosive from ammunitions casings. The explosive is removed from the wall of the pipe or casing with the aid of a gaseous jet medium to which preferably dry ice is added as an abrasive. A robot (10) is used for operations in pipes. The robot carries an air lance (26) for delivering the jet medium and a television camera (34). The air lance (26) and camera can be rotated by remote control about the pipe axis and can pivot about a transverse axis (52).
Abstract:
A process for renovating pipes in which internal deposits in the pipe are removed by flowing abrasive agents and the pipe is coated internally with a viscous, curing material is performed to obtain a conveyance quality comparable to that of new pipes using simple technical means and the prevention of blockages by removed internal deposits during treatment in such a way that the abrasive agent is conveyed to and fro by means of an alternating pressure drop in the pipe and finally out of the pipe by means of a pressure drop between the two ends of the pipe.
Abstract:
An apparatus for shot balsting corrosion from roadside barriers (1). Abrasive is projected onto the barrier (1) from a head assembly supported on a vehicle. The head assembly is moved relative to the vehicle to maintain a predetermined position relative to the barrier, and defines a chamber with the barrier (1) within which the abrasive is projected. Projected abrasive is collected from the head assembly and sucked back to the vehicle, cleaned to remove debris dislodged from the barrier (1), and returned to a vehicle-mounted hopper for re-use in the head assembly. The abrasive is projected from an array of nozzles (7, 8, 9, 10).