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Process and apparatus for the treatment of flat-form material especially of printed circuit boards

US6115939A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 15, 1998
Grant dateSep 12, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 15, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K3/227
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for the treatment of flat-form material, especially of coated printed circuit boards, wherein the printed circuit boards are subjected to various treatment processes in succession, such as airflow treatment, drying, and cooling, while they are being transported through a housing in which treatment processes are carried out, there are provided in the housing, for the purpose controlling of the process and increasing the adaptability of the treatment installation, individual treatment zones separate from one another, and the printed circuit boards are conveyed into the individual treatment zones in groups, a separate treatment process being carried out in each treatment zone.

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