Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for the treatment of articles by high velocity impacting thereof with a particulate abrasive material

US5052155A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 1989
Grant dateOct 1, 1991
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K3/341
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for soldering using tin-containing solder to substrate surfaces that are gold plated wherein a selected portion of the gold plated surface is treated by impacting with a high velocity stream of fine nickel containing abrasive particles to remove all the gold from the treated surface and then effecting joining to the treated surface by conventional soldering techniques.

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