Method and table assembly for applying coatings to spherical components

A table assembly for use in coating spherical components at sub-atmospheric pressures, the table assembly including:

• a moving member defining a surface and operable to revolve about a longitudinal axis, wherein the moving member includes a containment boundary on the surface;
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• an oscillation member configured to impart oscillatory motion to the moving member upon revolving of the moving member;
• wherein the surface is a first surface, and wherein the moving member further defines a second surface, and further wherein the moving member includes one of a cam element or a rolling element coupled to the second surface, and wherein the oscillation member further includes the other one of the cam element or the rolling element in operational contact with the one of the cam element or the rolling element coupled to the second surface to impart the oscillatory motion to the moving member upon rotation of the oscillation member.