Vacuum table for a printing device
AssigneeCamtek Ltd.
InventorsUri Vekstein, Tzachi Pressburger
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Abstract
A system that may include a printing module arranged to print patterns on a substrate by inkjetting ink on the substrate; and a substrate supporting module that comprises: a porous material module for supporting the substrate and providing vacuum to multiple locations of the substrate when the substrate is placed on a flat upper surface of the porous material module; and an interface module that comprises: at least one inlet for receiving vacuum from a vacuum system; at least one outlet for providing the vacuum to the porous material module; and at least one structural element arranged to contact the porous material module and provide mechanical support to the porous material module.
Claims14
A system comprising:
- a printing module arranged to print patterns on a substrate by inkjetting ink on the substrate;
- and
- a substrate supporting module that comprises:
- a porous material module for supporting the substrate and providing vacuum to multiple locations of the substrate when the substrate is placed on a flat upper surface of the porous material module;
- and an interface module that comprises:
- at least one inlet for receiving vacuum from a vacuum system;
- at least one outlet for providing the vacuum to the porous material module;
- and
- at least one structural element arranged to contact the porous material module and provide mechanical support to the porous material module.
A method for supporting a substrate, the method comprising:
- providing structural support to a porous material module of a substrate supporting module by an intermediate module of the substrate supporting module;
- placing the substrate on a flat upper surface of the porous material module;
- receiving vacuum via at least one inlet of the intermediate module;
- providing the vacuum to at least a lower surface of the porous material module;
- providing the vacuum to multiple locations of the substrate via the flat upper surface of the porous material module;
- and
- printing on the substrate by inkjetting ink on the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.