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WO1999030865A1 - Procede et appareil de nettoyage de surface au laser - Google Patents

Procede et appareil de nettoyage de surface au laser Download PDF

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WO1999030865A1
WO1999030865A1 PCT/SG1997/000071 SG9700071W WO9930865A1 WO 1999030865 A1 WO1999030865 A1 WO 1999030865A1 SG 9700071 W SG9700071 W SG 9700071W WO 9930865 A1 WO9930865 A1 WO 9930865A1
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Isao Yamanouchi
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Unique Technology International Pte Ltd.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B7/00—Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass
    • B08B7/0035—Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass by radiant energy, e.g. UV, laser, light beam or the like
    • B08B7/0042—Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass by radiant energy, e.g. UV, laser, light beam or the like by laser
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/12—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring in a special atmosphere, e.g. in an enclosure
    • B23K26/1224—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring in a special atmosphere, e.g. in an enclosure in vacuum

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  • This invention relates to a method and an apparatus for cleaning of a material by directing a pulsed laser irradiation onto the surface of the material, while it is submerged in a solvent, particularly for electronics-related components such as hard disks, magnetic head sliders, silicon wafers and LCD glass panels to remove surface contaminants.
  • Another limitation in the use of pulsed laser cleaning in dry condition is that the properties of laser-sensitive materials adjacent to the surface to be cleaned may be affected.
  • One such example is the magnetic slider head where the slider surface is fixed by epoxy resin which is easily affected by laser abrasion.
  • an apparatus for removing contaminants from a surface of a component includes a laser source for directing a laser beam towards the surface and at least one medium between the surface and the laser beam; characterized in that the medium is a solvent in which the surface is immersed such that the laser beam penetrates a distance in the solvent before impinging on the surface.
  • the component is immersed in a reservoir of the solvent whereby the solvent is allowed to flow relative to the surface of the component.
  • the solvent used is selected according to the particular contaminant to be removed such that it weakens adhesive forces of contaminant particles to the surface improving ejection of the particles, thus saving on the irradiation time of the laser and promoting increased throughput
  • the surface of the component, from which contaminants are to be removed faces the side of the reservoir on which a crystal glass is mounted.
  • the laser beam is directed to penetrate the crystal glass before travelling through a distance in the solvent and impinging on the surface.
  • a method for removing contaminants from a surface of a component including: submerging the component with the surface in a solvent; characterized in that the method includes directing the laser beam to penetrate a distance in the flowing solvent before the laser beam impinges on the surface.
  • the method for cleaning a surface of a component by removing surface contaminants involves submerging the component in a reservoir of a suitable liquid that is allowed to flow relative to the surface of the component; and exposing the surface to a laser beam that passes through a crystal glass in the side of the reservoir that faces the laser source.
  • the component is positioned a distance before the crystal glass such that the laser beam passes through a thickness of the solvent before impinging the surface of the component.
  • the position of the component is variable through moving a handling device that holds the component in place before the crystal glass. The thickness of the solvent between the crystal glass and the surface of the component is thus variable.
  • the present invention provides the use of a solvent which serves to absorb the heat from the laser beam which affects the properties of the surface of the component in a dry condition.
  • a solvent minimize the risk of affecting laser-sensitive material in a component.
  • the solvent also absorbs the heat of the particles such that the surface property of the particles is maintained and therefore prevents the particles from disintegrating and spreading over the surface of the component as in a dry condition.
  • the amount of solvent between the surface and the laser beam vary as the distance between the surface of the component and the crystal glass is allowed to vary. As the solvent absorbs the laser energy, this makes it possible to protect the laser-sensitive surfaces from the laser irradiation.
  • the solvent may be water, alcohol, or a detergent depending on the type of contaminant to be removed.
  • the use of crystal glass in the preferred embodiment allow laser beam to pass through without diminishing the laser energy.
  • the component is submerged into a reservoir of solvent and the laser beam is directed through the solvent to impinge on the surface of the component to be cleaned, without the crystal glass.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention which shows an assembly of the apparatus for laser surface cleaning where the solvent is allowed to flow.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention for laser surface cleaning which shows a reservoir of solvent which is not made to flow.
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention for laser surfacing cleaning which shows a laser beam directed to the surface without passing through a convex lens.
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention for laser surface cleaning which shows a laser beam directed at the surface without passing through a crystal glass window.
  • Figure 5 is a photograph of a contaminated magnetic head slider.
  • Figure 6 is a microscopic photograph of the contaminant in Figure 2.
  • Figure 7 is a photograph of the magnetic head slider after dry laser cleaning.
  • Figure 8 is a photograph of the magnetic head slider after cleaning by the method of the present invention.
  • a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a Krf excimer laser as the laser source (2).
  • This laser source (2) generates a laser pulse beam (4) of laser wavelength 248nm and pulse duration of 20ns.
  • the laser beam (4) is directed to the cleaning surface through an energy homogenizer (6), a convex lens and then a crystal glass window (10).
  • the homogenizer (6) is used to make a profile of laser energy of uniform intensity at the beam area as the laser beam (4) generated by the excimer laser (2) does not have even intensity energy over the beam area.
  • the convex lens is used if the surface of the component has an area smaller than the laser beam (4) area which is usually 30mm x 10mm.
  • the glass window (10) allows the laser beam (4) to maintain a uniform intensity when the laser beam (4) passes through.
  • the component (12) with surface to be cleaned is submerged in the solvent (13) where a continuous flow into (17) and out (18) of a liquid tank (14) is maintained to provide a clean supply of the solvent.
  • a mechanical handling device (16) is provided to pick up the cleaned component (12a) and exchanges it with another one to be cleaned.
  • the solvent in the liquid tank is allowed to remain unchanged as shown in Figure 2.
  • the laser beam is directed to the surface of the component and passes through the solvent immediately from the homogeniser without passing through a convex lens.
  • the laser surface cleaning apparatus excludes the crystal glass window.
  • Figure 5 shows the typical contaminants on a magnetic head slider and Figure 6 is a microscopic photograph of a contaminant. Analysis of the contaminant particle shows organic contents like carbon and nitrium. After laser cleaning in the air atmosphere (100mJ/cm2, 1000 pulse), the contaminants had remained on the surface as shown in Figure 7. When the slider head was placed under a solvent (De-ionized water + 1% detergent) and cleaned again with small number of pulses (50 pulses), the surface was thoroughly cleaned as shown in Figure 8.
  • a solvent De-ionized water + 1% detergent

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L'invention concerne un procédé et un appareil de lavage utilisant le laser qui servent à nettoyer la surface de matériaux sans modifier les propriétés de ladite surface. Grâce à cette invention, on enlève de la surface de matériaux les contaminants, y compris les particules submicroniques, en provoquant moins d'altérations et de changements de la surface que les procédés de nettoyage traditionnels. L'amélioration apportée par l'invention consiste à appliquer un faisceau laser pulsé à la surface des matériaux immergés dans un liquide.
PCT/SG1997/000071 1997-12-16 1997-12-16 Procede et appareil de nettoyage de surface au laser WO1999030865A1 (fr)

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WO2003061861A1 (fr) 2002-01-24 2003-07-31 Proanalysis As Systeme et procede pour le nettoyage au laser
EP1524041A1 (fr) * 2003-10-17 2005-04-20 Heineken Technical Services B.V. Méthode pour la séparation des étiquettes apposées sur les containers
US10280558B2 (en) 2012-07-10 2019-05-07 Woodrow Scientific Limited Methods and apparatus for laser cleaning of fabric materials
US10407821B2 (en) 2012-07-10 2019-09-10 Woodrow Scientific Ltd. Methods and apparatus for laser cleaning
US10968562B2 (en) 2012-07-10 2021-04-06 Woodrow Scientific Ltd. Methods and apparatus for laser cleaning of fabric materials
WO2014113293A1 (fr) * 2013-01-15 2014-07-24 Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc Traitement hydrothermal conduit par laser
US10583526B2 (en) 2013-01-15 2020-03-10 Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc Laser-driven hydrothermal processing
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