Injection-molded solder (ims) tool assembly and method of use thereof
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsClaudius Feger, Bonnie L. Glick, Jae-woong Nah
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Abstract
An injection-molded solder (IMS) tool assembly apparatus, the apparatus including an IMS tool for dispensing a molten material via a round extrusion part to coat an inside or an outside wall of a pipe (and a chiller for providing cooling water to flow through an inside of the pipe.)
Claims20
An injection-molded solder (IMS) tool assembly apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- an IMS tool for dispensing a molten material via a round extrusion part to coat an outside wall of a pipe;
- and
- a chiller for providing cooling water to flow through an inside of the pipe.
An injection-molded solder (IMS) tool assembly apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- an IMS tool for dispensing a molten material via a round extrusion part to coat an inside wall of a pipe;
- and
- a chiller for providing cooling water to flow through an outside of the pipe.
A method of operation of an injection-molded solder (IMS) tool assembly apparatus including an IMS tool for dispensing a molten material via a round extrusion part to coat an outside wall of a pipe or an inside wall of a pipe, the method comprising:
- flowing cooling water either through an inside of the pipe or along an outside of the pipe according to whether the inside or the outside of the pipe is being coated;
- coating the outside wall of the pipe with a molten coating by moving a tungsten head including a molten material along a length of the pipe while the molten material is dispensed from the tungsten head into a first round extrusion part for applying the molten material to an outside of the pipe;
- and
- coating an inside of the pipe with the molten coating by pushing or pulling the tungsten head including the molten material through the inside of the pipe while the molten material is dispensed from the tungsten head into a second round extrusion part for applying the molten material to the inside of the pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.