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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Donato Casati, Merate, IT;
Fabio Mauri, Milan, IT;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for estimating the adhesion properties of a surface of an article by holding the article so that the surface is facing downwards and placing a droplet of liquid against the surface. The volume of the droplet is incremented until the droplet reaches a critical weight at which some of the liquid drops for the action of the gravity force. The higher is the critical weight, the stronger the mutual adhesion forces between the liquid and the surface. If the characteristics of the liquid are kept constant, it is possible to obtain an immediate evaluation of the adhesiveness of a surface by comparing the measured critical weight with experimental results.