Spinning disk evaporator
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsCharles Daniel Lemme, Marc G. Langlois
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Abstract
Liquid organic material is controllably delivered to a receptacle located in the center of a heated surface capable of horizontally rotating about its central axis. As the heated surface rotates, material deposited within the central receptacle is forced outwardly and across the rotating surface. As the material moves radially, it evaporates into a vapor which is then transported to one or more nozzles. From the nozzles, the vapor is applied to a substrate and condensed. Relative to existing devices and methods, the present invention enables the evaporation of a wider variety of organic liquids, greater reliability in continuous operation, a decrease in maintenance, and a larger and more constant material flow rate.
Claims9
A method for evaporating organic liquids for use in the vapor deposition of organic material onto a substrate comprising the steps of:
- heating an evaporator surface to a temperature above an evaporation temperature of the organic liquid when in contact with the heated evaporator surface and below a temperature which would cause the polymerization or degradation of the liquid when the liquid is in contact with the heated evaporator surface,
- rotating the heated evaporator surface, and
- delivering liquid to be evaporated to the heated evaporator surface.
A method for depositing organic material onto a substrate comprising the steps of:
- heating an evaporator surface to a temperature above an evaporation temperature of the organic liquid when in contact with the heated evaporator surface and below a temperature which would cause the polymerization or degradation of the liquid when the liquid is in contact with the heated evaporator surface,
- rotating the heated evaporator surface, and
- delivering liquid to be evaporated to the heated evaporator surface, and vapor depositing the evaporated liquid onto a substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.