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Method of controlling chemical bath composition in a manufacturing environment

US6471845B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 1999
Grant dateOct 29, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/2509
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for controlling the composition of a chemical bath in which predictive dosing is used to account for changes in the composition of the bath in which the operating characteristics of the process are partitioned into a plurality of operating modes and the consumption or generation of materials related to the process are determined empirically and additions of material are made as appropriate.

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