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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1996
Robert L Ciardella, Encinitas, CA (US);
Philip P Maiorca, Poway, CA (US);
Alec J Babiarz, Encinitas, CA (US);
Duong La, San Diego, CA (US);
Carlos E Bouras, Encinitas, CA (US);
Mark S Meier, Encinitas, CA (US);
John L Christofferson, Encinitas, CA (US);
Ronald N Abernathy, Vista, CA (US);
Stanley C Aguilar, La Mesa, CA (US);
James C Smith, San Marcos, CA (US);
Nordson Corporation, Westlake, OH (US);
Abstract
A computer controlled method for high speed viscous fluid dispensing includes the steps of providing a dot generator and moving the dot generator along at least X and Y axes. The dot generator is controlled to repeatedly eject jets of viscous fluid that break away from the dot generator as a result of their forward momentum and fly to the surface of an adjacent substrate to create dots. The method may further comprise the step of monitoring the size and location of the dots through a vision system. The method may further comprise the steps of assigning dot sizes to specific components based on user specifications or a component library. The method may further comprise the step of optimizing the dot placement paths by aligning the in-line points of dot formation.