Plasma coating method and plasma coating system
AssigneeInnovative Coating Solutions
InventorStéphane Lucas
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for coating a surface with a coating equipment. The receptacle which was used for shipping the surface to be coated to the location of the coating equipment and will be used for shipping the coated surface outside the location is also used as a coating drum inside the coating equipment. The present disclosure also relates to a coating equipment suitable to accommodate the receptacle which was used for shipping the surface to be coated to the location of the coating equipment and will be used for shipping the coated surface outside the location.
Claims19
A method for coating a surface with a coating equipment, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) bringing a container containing the surface to a location of the coating equipment, the container comprising a receptacle having an opening, and a cap closing the opening;
- (b) holding the receptacle with a holder of the coating equipment;
- (c) opening the receptacle;
- (d) applying a plasma coating to the surface inside the container, which includes:
- pumping gas out of the receptacle with a pumping system of the coating equipment;
- injecting a reaction gas in the receptacle with a gas injection sy2tem of the coating equipment;
- rotating the receptacle;
- and
- generating a plasma inside the receptacle with an electrode setup of the coating equipment in order to coat the surface with at least one component obtained from the reaction gas;
- (e) closing the receptacle;
- (f) removing the receptacle from the holder;
- and
- (g) bringing the receptacle out of the location of the coating equipment.
A coating system comprising a receptacle containing a surface to be coated and a coating equipment comprising:
- a holder,
- a motor arranged for rotating the receptacle held by the holder
- a pumping system arranged to pump gas out of the receptacle held by the holder,
- a gas injection system arranged to inject a reaction gas in the receptacle held by the holder,
- an electrode setup comprising a first wire, a second wire and a voltage source connected to the first wire and the second wire, the electrode setup being arranged to create a difference of potential inside the receptacle held by the holder,
- wherein the holder holds the receptacle in a releasable way and in that the receptacle has an opening closed at least partially with a temporary stopper comprising an injection through-hole or closed by a cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.