Mobile plating system and method
AssigneeBasic Resources, Inc.
InventorsJerry D. Kidd, Craig D. Harrington, Daniel N. Hopkins
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Abstract
An exemplary method for using a mobile plating system is provided that includes locating the mobile plating system at a desired location for plating, positioning an external vacuum pump from an interior position of a mobile storage volume of the mobile plasma plating system to an exterior position, and coupling the external vacuum pump to a vacuum chamber within the mobile storage volume of the mobile plasma plating system using a flexible piping segment, rigid coupling with a dampening effect, or other arrangement operable to reduce and/or eliminate the mechanical vibrations within the vacuum chamber due to the operation of the external vacuum pump.
Claims9
A method for using a mobile plasma plating system having a mobile storage volume, the method comprising:
- locating the mobile plasma plating system at a desired location for plating wherein an external vacuum pump is stored in an interior storage position within the mobile storage volume during transportation of the mobile plasma plating system to the desired location for plating;
- upon locating the mobile plasma plating system to the desired location for plating, positioning the external vacuum pump from the interior storage position within the mobile storage volume of the mobile plasma plating system to an exterior position outside of the mobile storage volume;
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- coupling the external vacuum pump to a vacuum chamber within the mobile storage volume of the mobile plasma plating system using a flexible piping segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.