The invention provides a system for electrolytic treatment of vertically oriented substrates. The system may include an elongated bath for electrolytic liquid, a conveyor for conveying substrates to be treated electrolytically, vertically oriented and suspended from the conveyor, in a transport direction according to a horizontal transport path through an electrolytic liquid in the bath, the conveyor being arranged for clamping the substrates near a top thereof during conveyance of the substrates through the electrolytic liquid in the bath. The system may further include a number of flow devices each with at least one discharge orifice in the bath, the discharge orifices being directed in a discharge direction that extends opposite to the transport direction for creating a flow of electrolytic liquid, with a flow direction that is opposite to the transport direction, in the electrolytic liquid along at least one longitudinal side of substrates suspended from the conveyor.
The invention provides a system for electrolytic treatment of vertically oriented substrates, comprising - an elongated bath for electrolytic liquid, - a conveyor for conveying substrates to be treated electrolytically, vertically oriented and suspended from the conveyor, in a transport direction according to a horizontal transport path through an electrolytic liquid in the bath, the conveyor being arranged for clamping the substrates near a top thereof during conveyance of the substrates through the electrolytic liquid in the bath, and - a number of flow devices each with at least one discharge orifice in the bath, said discharge orifices being directed in a discharge direction that extends opposite to the transport direction for creating a flow of electrolytic liquid, with a flow direction that is opposite to the transport direction, in the electrolytic liquid along at least one longitudinal side of substrates suspended from the conveyor. The invention further provides a method for electrolytic treatment of substrates.
H01L 31/00 - Dispositifs à semi-conducteurs sensibles aux rayons infrarouges, à la lumière, au rayonnement électromagnétique d'ondes plus courtes, ou au rayonnement corpusculaire, et spécialement adaptés, soit comme convertisseurs de l'énergie dudit rayonnement e; Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives; Leurs détails
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METHOD FOR APPLYING A LAYER ON A PART OF A SUBSTRATE SURFACE
The invention relates to a method for applying a layer on a substrate surface, comprising applying the layer on a plating part of the substrate surface by plating to which end the plating part is brought into contact with an electrolyte. A first part of the part of the substrate surface situated outside the plating part is kept free from contact with the electrolyte, wherein a second part, which at least partly deviates from the first part, of the part of the substrate surface situated outside the plating part is masked during application of the layer by plating due to a masking layer having been printed thereon by means of inkjet printing, with the plating part adjoining the second part.
The invention relates to a device for galvanizing planar substrates, comprising a bath having a bottom, longitudinal side walls, and end walls, transport means for transporting substrates through the bath during operation, said transport means comprising a continuous belt-type transport member provided with clamping members for clamping a substrate so as to suspend said substrate, and said transport means comprising pulleys around which the transport member is arranged, wherein the bath comprises a compartment for a galvanic solution through which the substrates are conducted, said compartment being delimited at its downstream and at its upstream end by a lock element through which the substrates can pass, wherein the device comprises guide pulleys for guiding the transport member and a rod to which the guide pulleys are fastened with rotation possibility, and wherein the bath comprises transverse elements which extend between the longitudinal side walls, while the rod and the lock elements are connected to the transverse elements in such a manner that a transverse position of the rod is defined.
C25D 17/06 - Dispositifs pour suspendre ou porter les objets à revêtir
H01L 31/00 - Dispositifs à semi-conducteurs sensibles aux rayons infrarouges, à la lumière, au rayonnement électromagnétique d'ondes plus courtes, ou au rayonnement corpusculaire, et spécialement adaptés, soit comme convertisseurs de l'énergie dudit rayonnement e; Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives; Leurs détails
H01L 21/683 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitementAppareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants pour le maintien ou la préhension
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TRANSPORT MEMBER FOR TRANSPORTING PLATE-SHAPED SUBSTRATES WHICH ARE TO BE ELECTROLYTICALLY GALVANIZED IN A BATH, AND DEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF ELECTROLYTICALLY GALVANIZING SUCH SUBSTRATES
The invention relates to a transport member for transporting plate- shaped substrates which are to be electrolytically galvanized in a bath, comprising a carrier belt with first contact members fastened thereto which each have a first contact portion that contacts a first side of a substrate under prestress and with electrical conduction in an active position and that is clear of the substrate in an inactive position. The transport member further comprises second contact members which each have a second contact portion that in an active position conductively contacts a second side of the same substrate under prestress and that in an inactive position lies free from said substrate, while the transport member further comprises blocking means for blocking the first contact members and the second contact members in the inactive positions thereof during the electrolytic galvanizing process. The invention also relates to a device for electrolytically galvanizing substrates in a bath with an electrolytic solution and to a galvanizing method.
The present invention provides a device for single-sided electrolytic treatment of a flat substrate. The device comprises a bath for electrolytic fluid and conveying means for conveying the flat substrate in a conveying direction at the free surface of the fluid in the bath, with the flat substrate being horizontally oriented such that the underside of the flat substrate makes contact with the free surface of the fluid in the bath. The conveying means comprise two conveying elements disposed opposite each other, which extend along two respective conveying paths, which conveying paths each comprise an electrolytic part, which electrolytic parts extend on two opposite longitudinal sides of the bath.
C25D 17/00 - Éléments structurels, ou leurs assemblages, des cellules pour revêtement électrolytique
H01L 31/032 - Matériaux inorganiques comprenant, à part les matériaux de dopage ou autres impuretés, uniquement des composés non couverts par les groupes
H01L 31/18 - Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives
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TRANSPORT MEMBER FOR TRANSPORTING STRIP-LIKE ELEMENTS TO BE TREATED IN A BATH
The present invention provides a transport member for transporting strip-like elements to be treated in a bath. The transport member is provided with a horizontally oriented endless carrier belt with resilient wire-like clamping members attached thereto by means of their own resilience for the purpose of clamping the strip-like elements at the position of wire ends of the clamping members. Wire ends of adjacent clamping members are provided opposite each other for clamping the strip-like elements therebetween.
B65G 49/04 - Systèmes transporteurs caractérisés par leur utilisation à des fins particulières, non prévus ailleurs pour transporter des pièces à usiner dans des bains de liquide les pièces à usiner étant immergées et retirées par déplacement selon le sens vertical
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DEVICE FOR SINGLE-SIDED ELECTROLYTIC TREATMENT OF A FLAT SUBSTRATE
The present invention provides a device for single-sided electrolytic treatment of a flat substrate. The device comprises a bath for electrolytic fluid and conveying means for conveying the flat substrate in a conveying direction at the free surface of the fluid in the bath, with the flat substrate being horizontally oriented such that the underside of the flat substrate makes contact with the free surface of the fluid in the bath. The conveying means comprise two conveying elements disposed opposite each other, which extend along two respective conveying paths, which conveying paths each comprise an electrolytic part, which electrolytic parts extend on two opposite longitudinal sides of the bath.
Solar cells are produced using a method for producing solar cells, wherein silicon containing vitreous substrates is provided, wherein each substrate is provided with an electrically conductive material on at least one side thereof. In the method, at least a portion of each substrate is successively transported through an electrolytic solution that is present in an electrolytic bath, and the electrically conductive material as the cathode is connected during the transport of the substrates through the electrolytic bath for the purpose of electrodepositing material from the electrolytic solution onto the electrically conductive material during said transport, wherein the substrates are suspended from a conveyor element during transport and extend in the transport direction.
C25D 11/32 - Anodisation de matériaux semi-conducteurs
H01L 21/677 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitementAppareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants pour le transport, p. ex. entre différents postes de travail
C25D 17/00 - Éléments structurels, ou leurs assemblages, des cellules pour revêtement électrolytique
H01L 31/18 - Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives
C25D 17/06 - Dispositifs pour suspendre ou porter les objets à revêtir
C25D 17/28 - Appareils pour le revêtement électrolytique de petits objets en vrac comportant des moyens pour déplacer les objets individuellement à travers l'appareillage pendant le traitement
The present invention provides a method for producing solar cells, comprising the steps of - providing silicon containing vitreous substrates, each provided with an electrically conductive material on at least one side thereof, - successively transporting at least a portion of each substrate through an electrolytic solution that is present in an electrolytic bath, - connecting said electrically conductive material as the cathode during the transport of the substrates through the electrolytic bath for the purpose of electrodepositing material from the electrolytic solution onto the electrically conductive material during said transport, wherein the substrates are suspended from a conveyor element during transport and extend in the transport direction. The invention further provides a device for producing solar cells.
C25D 17/00 - Éléments structurels, ou leurs assemblages, des cellules pour revêtement électrolytique
C25D 17/06 - Dispositifs pour suspendre ou porter les objets à revêtir
C25D 17/28 - Appareils pour le revêtement électrolytique de petits objets en vrac comportant des moyens pour déplacer les objets individuellement à travers l'appareillage pendant le traitement
B65G 17/20 - Transporteurs comportant un élément de traction sans fin, p. ex. une chaîne transmettant le mouvement à une surface porteuse de charges continue ou sensiblement continue, ou à une série de porte-charges individuelsTransporteurs à chaîne sans fin dans lesquels des chaînes constituent la surface portant la charge comprenant des porte-charges suspendus à des chaînes de traction aériennes
B65G 49/02 - Systèmes transporteurs caractérisés par leur utilisation à des fins particulières, non prévus ailleurs pour transporter des pièces à usiner dans des bains de liquide
F24J 2/46 - Parties constitutives, détails ou accessoires de collecteurs de chaleur solaire
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Method for interconnecting tracks present on opposite sides of a substrate
A method and device for making an electrically conductive connection between two electrically conductive tracks present on two opposite sides of a dielectric substrate. The method: a) provides the substrate, with at least one first electrically conductive track present on one side thereof and at least one second electrically conductive track present on the other side of the substrate opposite the one side, b) forms a through hole through the substrate and through two opposite parts of a first track and a second track, respectively, and c) makes an electrically conductive connection via the through hole between the first track through which the through hole has been formed and the second hole through which the through hole has been formed.
The present invention relates to a device for treating a band-shaped substrate (2) with a liquid, having a conveying system comprising a winding system (11) for guiding the band-shaped substrate (2) in a spiral path around the winding system (11) with at least one winding; first pulley means (12) rotatable about a first axis of rotation for guiding said at least one winding of the band-shaped substrate (2) through a first angle of deflection around part of the circumference of the first pulley means (12), and second pulley means (13) for guiding said at least one winding of the band-shaped substrate (2) through a second angle of deflection around part of the circumference of the second pulley means (13), which second pulley means (13) comprises a second pulley (15), which is rotatable about a second axis of rotation, for each winding. Said device further comprising a bath (30) of the liquid, wherein the band-shaped substrate (2).extends through the liquid over at least part of the length of said at least one winding. The second axis of rotation of each second pulley (15) makes an angle alpha with the first axis of rotation.
The invention provides a device for electrochemically depositing a material on at least one side of a plate-shaped substrate having a circumferential edge, said device comprising an electrolytic bath with an electrolytic solution therein, which electrolytic bath has at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening for feeding and discharging the electrolytic solution to and from the electrolytic bath, respectively, a substrate holder for positioning the substrate in the electrolytic bath such that the substrate is connected as a cathode, an anode arranged in the electrolytic solution opposite the substrate, and a screening member between the anode and the substrate for screening the substrate locally at the circumferential edge of the substrate. The screening member is tubular is shape, while at least one flow passage is provided in the wall of the tubular screening member, which passage can serve as the inlet opening or as the outlet opening for the electrolytic solution.
The present invention relates to a device (1, 501) for treating a plate-shaped substrate (21) in a bath (7, 7' ' ) comprising a bath (7, 7' ' ), a process container (55, 503) for at least one substrate (21), transfer means (32,33,36,37,41,42,504,505) for automated transfer of a substrate (21) from a collecting container (14) for a row of a number of substrates (21) to the process container (55, 503), positioning means (11-13, 16-18, 22, 23) for positioning the collecting container (14), conveying means (5, 6, 502) for carrying the process container (55,503) with at least one substrate (21) present therein into and out of the bath (7,7' '), and control means for controlling the device (1,501), wherein the positioning means (11-13, 16-18, 22, 23) are arranged for positioning a collecting container (14) under the process container (55, 503), in such a manner that substrates (21) present in the collecting container (14) are at least substantially vertically oriented, and wherein the transfer means (32, 33, 36, 37, 41, 42, 504, 505) are arranged for carrying a substrate (21) upwards in a direction of movement from the collecting container (14) to the process container (55, 503) via an open upper side of the collecting container (14).
C25D 9/02 - Revêtement électrolytique autrement qu'avec des métaux avec des matières organiques
C25D 17/06 - Dispositifs pour suspendre ou porter les objets à revêtir
H01L 21/00 - Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou de dispositifs à l'état solide, ou bien de leurs parties constitutives
H01L 21/677 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitementAppareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants pour le transport, p. ex. entre différents postes de travail
C23C 18/16 - Revêtement chimique par décomposition soit de composés liquides, soit de solutions des composés constituant le revêtement, ne laissant pas de produits de réaction du matériau de la surface dans le revêtementDépôt par contact par réduction ou par substitution, p. ex. dépôt sans courant électrique
H05K 3/18 - Appareils ou procédés pour la fabrication de circuits imprimés dans lesquels le matériau conducteur est appliqué au support isolant de manière à former le parcours conducteur recherché utilisant la technique de la précipitation pour appliquer le matériau conducteur
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METHOD FOR INTERCONNECTING TRACKS PRESENT ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A SUBSTRATE
The invention provides a method and a device for making an electrically conductive connection between two electrically conductive tracks present on two opposite sides of a dielectric substrate, which method comprises the steps of : a) providing the substrate, with at least one first electrically conductive track present on one side thereof and at least one second electrically conductive track present on the other side of the substrate opposite said one side, b) forming a through hole through the substrate and through two opposite parts of a first track and a second track, respectively, c) making an electrically conductive connection via said through hole between the first track through which the through hole has been formed and the second hole through which the through hole has been formed.
G06K 19/077 - Détails de structure, p. ex. montage de circuits dans le support
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Method and device for electrolytically increasing the thickness of an electrically conductive pattern on a dielectric substrate, as well as a dielectric substrate
effecting contacting movement in the electrolytic bath of the electrode and the pattern with respect to each other during immersion of the substrate.
The invention furthermore provides a device for electrolytically increasing the thickness of an electrically conductive pattern on a dielectric substrate.
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