Method and apparatus for coating thin foil with a boron coating

Lacy, Jeffrey L.

Title: Method and apparatus for coating thin foil with a boron coating

Abstract

An apparatus and a process is disclosed for applying a boron coating to a thin foil. Preferably, the process is a continuous, in-line process for applying a coating to a thin foil comprising wrapping the foil around a rotating and translating mandrel, cleaning the foil with glow discharge in an etching chamber as the mandrel with the foil moves through the chamber, sputtering the foil with boron carbide in a sputtering chamber as the mandrel moves through the sputtering chamber, and unwinding the foil off the mandrel after it has been coated. The apparatus for applying a coating to a thin foil comprises an elongated mandrel. Foil preferably passes from a reel to the mandrel by passing through a seal near the initial portion of an etching chamber. The mandrel has a translation drive system for moving the mandrel forward and a rotational drive system for rotating mandrel as it moves forward. The etching chamber utilizes glow discharge on a surface of the foil as the mandrel moves through said etching chamber. A sputtering chamber, downstream of the etching chamber, applies a thin layer comprising boron onto the surface of the foil as said mandrel moves through said sputtering chamber.more » « less

Inventors:: Lacy, Jeffrey L.

Issue Date:: 2018-01-16

Research Org.:: Proportional Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1417330

Patent Number(s):: 9869782

Application Number:: 14/060,015

Assignee:: Proportional Technologies, Inc. (Houston, TX)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL B21C - MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B65 - CONVEYING B65H - HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL B21C - MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING
B21C37/0818 - {Manufacture of tubes by drawing of strip material through dies}
B21C37/09 - of coated strip material {

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B65 - CONVEYING B65H - HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
B65H18/103 - {Reel-to-reel type web winding and unwinding mechanisms}
B65H2301/51145 - by vapour deposition

C - CHEMISTRY C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL C23C - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL
C23C14/021 - {Cleaning or etching treatments}
C23C14/025 - {Metallic sublayers}
C23C14/0635 - {Carbides}
C23C14/165 - {by cathodic sputtering}
C23C14/562 - {for coating elongated substrates}

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
G01T3/008 - {using an ionisation chamber filled with a gas, liquid or solid, e.g. frozen liquid, dielectric

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DOE Contract Number:: SC0009615

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 Oct 22

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 42 ENGINEERING

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  abstractNote = {An apparatus and a process is disclosed for applying a boron coating to a thin foil. Preferably, the process is a continuous, in-line process for applying a coating to a thin foil comprising wrapping the foil around a rotating and translating mandrel, cleaning the foil with glow discharge in an etching chamber as the mandrel with the foil moves through the chamber, sputtering the foil with boron carbide in a sputtering chamber as the mandrel moves through the sputtering chamber, and unwinding the foil off the mandrel after it has been coated. The apparatus for applying a coating to a thin foil comprises an elongated mandrel. Foil preferably passes from a reel to the mandrel by passing through a seal near the initial portion of an etching chamber. The mandrel has a translation drive system for moving the mandrel forward and a rotational drive system for rotating mandrel as it moves forward. The etching chamber utilizes glow discharge on a surface of the foil as the mandrel moves through said etching chamber. A sputtering chamber, downstream of the etching chamber, applies a thin layer comprising boron onto the surface of the foil as said mandrel moves through said sputtering chamber. Preferably, the coated foil passes from the mandrel to a second reel by passing through a seal near the terminal portion of the sputtering chamber.},

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