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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2012
Kenneth C. Crouch, North Andover, MA (US);
Robert W. Tracy, Haverhill, MA (US);
Thomas J. Karlinski, Atkinson, NH (US);
Scott A. Reid, Bradford, MA (US);
Kenneth C. Crouch, North Andover, MA (US);
Robert W. Tracy, Haverhill, MA (US);
Thomas J. Karlinski, Atkinson, NH (US);
Scott A. Reid, Bradford, MA (US);
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for cleaning a nozzle of a material deposition system configured to deposit material on an electronic substrate includes: performing a deposition operation with a material deposition system configured to position an electronic substrate under a deposition head movable by a gantry, to supply material to a chamber of the deposition head, to extend a piston of the deposition head from the chamber, the needle terminating in a needle orifice, and to push a volume of material out of the chamber by an actuator of the deposition head to form a desired volume of material at the needle orifice that is deposited on the electronic substrate; and cleaning the needle orifice with air directed to the needle orifice.