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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2009
Abhaya Kumar Bakshi, Westford, MA (US);
Bhaskar Chandra Panigrahi, Southborough, MA (US);
Abhaya Kumar Bakshi, Westford, MA (US);
Bhaskar Chandra Panigrahi, Southborough, MA (US);
Cambridge Energy Resources Inc, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of cutting and cleaning wafers in a wire saw is disclosed. In one embodiment, a wire sawing apparatus includes a horizontal ingot feeding wire slicing apparatus which includes a vertical wire web, in which sawing wires of the vertical wire web are located substantially in a vertical plane and move in a substantially vertical direction, a first top outlet and a second top outlet located in a top position with respect to a work piece for applying fluids during sawing, and at least one chute located substantially below the work piece for receiving the fluids, wherein the work piece is impelled against the vertical wire web by horizontal movement and the fluids flow in a vertical direction against and into the work piece for slicing and cleaning wafers.