This study was concerned with the use of the ice-air jet. It was demonstrated that at the optimal range of process conditions this jet constitutes a precision tool for selective material removal operations. Number of experiments was carried out in order to demonstrate this technology. Various electronic devices (computers, calculators, electronic games and watches, camera and lenses) were disassembled and electronic boards were contaminated by grease and metal powder. Then the boards were cleaned and reassembled. The computer, calculators and watches worked normally. Other experiments involved degreasing, depainting and deicing of liquid crystals, optical glass, removal emulsion from a film, etc. The feasibility of the damage free and pollution free decontamination of highly sensitive, highly countered surfaces was demonstrated. A low-cost ice-air cleaning will enable us to use it for processing large surfaces at a high rate. On-line degreasing of metal in the course of rolling or prior to machining illustrates this application. A generic environmentally friendly surface processing technology is emerging as the result of the presented study.
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Application of Ice Particles for Precision Cleaning of Sensitive Surfaces
D. V. Shishkin,
D. V. Shishkin
Laboratory of Waterjet Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102
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E. S. Geskin,
E. S. Geskin
Laboratory of Waterjet Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102
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B. Goldenberg
B. Goldenberg
Laboratory of Waterjet Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102
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D. V. Shishkin
Laboratory of Waterjet Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102
E. S. Geskin
Laboratory of Waterjet Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102
B. Goldenberg
Laboratory of Waterjet Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102
Contributed by the Electronic and Photonic Packing Division and presented at Poly 2000, London, United Kingdom, December 4–5, 2000. Manuscript received at ASME Headquarters, May 2002. Guest Editor: Bernd Michel.
J. Electron. Packag. Dec 2002, 124(4): 355-361 (7 pages)
Published Online: December 12, 2002
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May 1, 2002
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December 12, 2002
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Shishkin , D. V., Geskin , E. S., and Goldenberg, B. (December 12, 2002). "Application of Ice Particles for Precision Cleaning of Sensitive Surfaces ." ASME. J. Electron. Packag. December 2002; 124(4): 355–361. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1511735
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