Method and system for processing frozen adhesive particles
AssigneeNederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
InventorsErik Christian Nicolaas Puik, Edwin Johannes Theodorus Smulders
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Abstract
Method and system for moving a frozen adhesive particle towards a target body, comprising launching means (13) which are arranged to launch the particle (2) in its frozen form towards the target body (3, 4) via a movement path (14) through a gap between the launching means and the target body. The medium in the gap may have a temperature above the adhesive particle's melting temperature. The launching means may be arranged to launch the particle at a high speed. The launching means and the target body may have a geometry causing that the movement path is substantially vertical or substantially horizontal.
Claims6
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System for a depositing an adhesive particle at a predetermined spot on a target body, comprising a supplying system including a belt system, arranged to supply said adhesive particle by providing a picoliter sized quantity of adhesive material in solid form on a moveable belt;
- an alignment system constructed to align said particle on said belt relative to said spot;
- a launcher arranged to launch the particle from the belt towards the target body via a movement path through a gap between the belt and the target body and a medium supplier system arranged to provide a medium in the gap having a temperature above the adhesive particle's melting temperature setting system, so as to provide a state transition during the particles flight from a solid to an at least partly molten form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.