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Vacuum baking process

US6051169A · kind A · utility

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24Claims
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Filing dateAug 27, 1997
Grant dateApr 18, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C2791/006
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of degassing a disk drive component including heating the drive component to a temperature ranging from about 70.degree. C. to 250.degree. C.; subjecting the drive component to vacuum pressure during heating, the vacuum pressure having a first pressure and a second pressure; and monitoring the vacuum pressure to determine the level of degassing of the disk drive component.

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