Systems and methods for supporting a workpiece during heat-treating
AssigneeMattson Technology Canada, Inc.
InventorsDavid Malcolm Camm, Joseph Cibere, Mladen Bumbulovic
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Abstract
An apparatus for supporting a workpiece during heat-treating includes a support plate having a non-planar upper surface, and a support system. The support system is configured to support the workpiece above the support plate during heat-treating of the workpiece, such that a lower surface of an initial shape of the workpiece is supported at a non-uniform spacing above the non-planar upper surface of the support plate, said non-uniform spacing including an edge gap beneath an outer perimeter of the workpiece, and a central gap at a central axis of the workpiece.
Claims47
An apparatus for supporting a workpiece during heat-treating thereof, the apparatus comprising:
- a support plate having a non-planar upper surface;
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- a support system configured to support the workpiece above the support plate during heat-treating of the workpiece, such that a lower surface of an initial shape of the workpiece is supported at a non-uniform spacing above the non-planar upper surface of the support plate, said non-uniform spacing including an edge gap beneath an outer perimeter of the workpiece, and a central gap at a central axis of the workpiece.
An apparatus for supporting a workpiece during heat-treating thereof, the apparatus comprising:
- a support plate having a non-planar upper surface;
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- means for supporting the workpiece above the support plate during heat-treating of the workpiece, such that a lower surface of an initial shape of the workpiece is supported at a non-uniform spacing above the non-planar upper surface of the support plate, said non-uniform spacing including an edge gap beneath an outer perimeter of the workpiece, and a central gap at a central axis of the workpiece.
A method comprising:
- supporting a workpiece above a non-planar upper surface of a support plate during heat-treating of the workpiece, such that a lower surface of an initial shape of the workpiece is supported at a non-uniform spacing above the non-planar upper surface of the support plate, said non-uniform spacing including an edge gap beneath an outer perimeter of the workpiece, and a central gap at a central axis of the workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.