Abstract: Systems and methods for nickel plating include providing a tank that retains a plating bath into which a substrate is submerged, and creating a horizontal flow of processing solution in the plating bath to assist in carrying contaminants out of the plating bath. A sparger box may be positioned in the tank to deliver the processing solution into the plating bath in a horizontal direction. The processing solution, which carries the contaminants, may exit the plating bath through a plate member that includes a plurality of orifices and is also positioned in the tank. The orifices may have a variable opening size to help control outflow of the processing solution.

Abstract: An elastic body roller which has an excellent non-stick property or release property, and frictional force (gripping force) and is able to stably feed and guide a belt-shaped member such as a linerless label, a typical liner label, or the like is provided. Attention has been paid to coating an outer layer of an inner layer elastic material member having a silicone resin (a outer layer elastic material member) with a C hardness (hardness by a spring-type Asker C type defined in the SRIS 0101 standard) set low. An elastic material member of an elastic body roller has an inner layer elastic material member provided on the outer periphery of a roller shaft, and a outer layer elastic material member provided on the outer periphery of the inner layer elastic material member and being in contact with a belt-shaped member, and the outer layer elastic material member is formed from a silicone resin with a C hardness of 20 degrees or less.

Abstract: A tank system is described for dropping fluid onto a passing vehicle. The tank system includes a tank with a fluid supply inlet. A discharge adapter is attached with the tank and proximate the trough portion, the discharge adapter having a discharge adapter plate with a plurality of holes formed therethrough. Optionally, a soap or solution injector is included for injecting soap or wax, etc., into the water flow to create a fluid mix that is supplied to the tank. An air motor is included for providing air to an air manifold that is disposed within the tank. When air is introduced into the fluid mix, bubbles are created. As the fluid mix and bubbles fill the tank, they pass from the tank into the discharger adapter, where they fall onto a vehicle passing below.

Abstract: Methods for depositing nanomaterial onto a substrate are disclosed. Also disclosed are compositions useful for depositing nanomaterial, methods of making devices including nanomaterials, and a system and devices useful for depositing nanomaterials.

Abstract: A rod-bed assembly has a holder (30) with a groove (31) into which an insert (20) is removably and insertably supported. The assembly has a rod (10) which is rotatably supported in a recess (21) on the front side of the insert (20). The material thickness (T) of the cross-section of the insert (20) is between 1-5 mm. The invention also relates to a rod -rod-bed assembly.

Abstract: A distribution manifold having a manifold and a removable cartridge with a plurality of needle tubes extending from the removable cartridge is disclosed. The distribution manifold can be used with a pre-metered coating system to apply coating material to a substrate.

Abstract: A stereolithography machine (1) includes: a container (2) suited to contain a fluid substance (3) that solidifies through exposure to predefined radiation (4a); an emitter (4) suited to emit the predefined radiation and to solidify a layer of the fluid substance having a predefined thickness and arranged adjacent to a bottom of the container; a modelling plate (5) supports the solidified layer (6); an actuator (7) that moves the modelling plate perpendicular to the bottom of the container; a leveler (8) in contact with the fluid substance, associated with a power source suited to move them with respect to the container so as to redistribute the fluid substance in the container. The power source moves the container in each one or the two opposite senses of a direction of movement (Y) and the leveler includes two paddles (9, 10) that are opposite each other with respect to the modelling plate.

Abstract: A rubbing system for an alignment layer of a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprises: a rubbing table on which a substrate having an alignment layer thereon is positioned; a rubbing roll on which a rubbing material is wound, substantially positioned on the rubbing table thus to substantially contact the alignment layer, for rubbing the alignment layer by rotation of the rubbing roll; and a controlling unit for controlling the alignment layer to be rubbed by substantially contacting the rubbing roll onto the alignment layer by simultaneously lifting and lowering a rubbing table and the rubbing roll according to an alignment controlling force to be applied to the alignment layer.

Abstract: A rod bed assembly (1, 11, 111) has a holder (2) made of a composite material according to a continuous primary molding method, a rod bed (3) made of a polymer according to a continuous primary molding method, and a doctor rod (4) rotatably supported in a bearing recess (34) on the front side of the rod bed. The holder (2) is formed such that the rod bed (3) and the doctor rod (4) are insertable into and removable from a socket provided in the holder in the radial direction of the doctor rod (4). The rod bed (3) has closed cavities for saving material.

Abstract: A specimen processing system is capable of processing specimens carried on slides. The specimen processing system can sequentially deliver slides and opposables to specimen processing stations. The specimen processing stations can use the opposables to apply a series of liquids to the specimens. The applied liquid can be moved along the slide using capillary action while the specimen processing stations control the processing temperatures. The applied liquid can be in a fluid-carrying gap. The opposable can contact the slide to vary a cross section of the fluid-carrying gap.

Abstract: A distribution manifold having a manifold and a removable cartridge with a plurality of needle tubes extending from the removable cartridge is disclosed. The distribution manifold can be used with a pre-metered coating system to apply coating material to a substrate.

Abstract: In a bar coating apparatus which applies a coating liquid to a continuously running web using a columnar bar which rotates by being supported by a bar receiving member, the bar to be used is determined based on D*, where A is a deflection value of a difference between a maximum value and minimum value of roundness of the bar, B is a value obtained by a second-order approximation of A in a width direction X of the bar, T (=A?B) is a value obtained by subtracting B from A, and D* is an average inclination which is an average of a bar width of an absolute value |dT/dX| of a differential value of T in the width direction X of the bar.

Abstract: A dosing device for the application of a coating mix (6) onto a running web, in particular a paper or paperboard web (1), which device comprises a rod (8) that is supported revolvingly over its entire length in a rod cradle (12), and a pressing device (13) acting on the rod cradle and producing a pressure of the rod onto the web (1) and onto the holding-on device (2, 17, 15) of the web, the rod (8) being provided with a wear resistant surface coating (15) with a hardness of about 10 to about 100 according to Shore A. The invention also relates to methods of using said rod, and to said revolving rod.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for coating a pipe or a section of a pipe with a polymer layer. The apparatus comprises an applicator for applying polymer melt on the surface of a pipe or pipe section, a roller for pressing the polymer applied by the applicator towards the pipe or pipe section, and means for circumferentially moving the applicator and the roller around the periphery of the pipe or pipe section. According to the invention the apparatus further comprises a drive for rotating the roller as the roller is moving around the periphery of a pipe or pipe section. By means of the invention, higher quality coatings can be applied to field joints of steel pipes, for example.

Abstract: Device and process for producing and treating a fibrous web. The device includes a moistening unit structured and arranged to simultaneously influence a cross machine moisture profile of the web and the curl of the web independently of each other. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A transfer roll rotates to have a coating liquid in a coating liquid tank filled in recesses formed on a roll surface thereof and to have a surplus coating liquid scraped off by a doctor blade, and rotates contacting with a coating roll. Thereby, the coating liquid in the recesses of the transfer roll is transferred to the coating roll. Thereafter, while the transfer roll is moved upward, an arm is rotated counterclockwise whereby the coating roll is separated from the transfer roll. The arm is further rotated whereby the coating roll is moved along an inner surface of a half bearing fixed to a jig and the coating roll applies the coating liquid to the inner surface of the half bearing.

Abstract: A substrate processing method that can eliminate unevenness in the distribution of plasma. The method is for a substrate processing apparatus that has a processing chamber in which a substrate is housed, a mounting stage that is disposed in the processing chamber and on which the substrate is mounted, and an electrode plate that is disposed in the processing chamber such as to face the mounting stage, the electrode plate being made of silicon and connected to a radio-frequency power source, and carries out plasma processing on the substrate. In the plasma processing, the temperature of the electrode plate is measured, and based on the measured temperature, the temperature of the electrode plate is maintained lower than a critical temperature at which the specific resistance value of the silicon starts changing.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus of the present invention is used for the high-rate deposition of materials, such as carbon, silicon, metals, metal oxides, and the like, onto a metal substrate defined by a metal tape. The particles of the material are mixed with fluid and are injected against the metal tape at high pressure and high velocity. The particles of the material form a current collection surface of the metal tape. The metal tape is used as cathode or anode combined with a separator to form a fuel cell of a secondary battery, metal-ceramic membranes, film composite metal-ceramic materials for electronic devices.

Abstract: A rod cradle for a film, coating, or dam rod includes a frame profile (12) equipped with an insert groove (14), an insert (16) fitted into the insert groove, and the insert having a rod groove (18) and a rod (28) therein. The device has locking elements (24) for locking the insert (16) into the frame profile (12). There are, on the sides of the insert groove, edges (20) through which the insert passes into the insert groove when the rod is not present. On the sides of the rod groove (16) there are opposing lips (22). The lips (22) have vertices (74) through which the rod (28) can pass without damage to the rod or the insert so that the rod can be inserted in to the rod groove (18) and lock the insert (16) in the insert groove (14) of the frame profile.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming an image on a medium; and an application device for applying a treatment liquid to the medium. The application device includes a conveying roller; an application roller for applying the liquid; a squeeze roller for reducing the thickness of the liquid on the application roller; and a tray for supplying the liquid to the squeeze roller. In the application operation, the application and squeeze rollers come in contact, and a valley formed by these rollers faces upward. In the standby condition, at least one of the application and squeeze rollers is moved to such a position that the valley faces laterally. The tray always covers the lower side of the application and squeeze rollers in regions near the longitudinal end portions of the application roller, which end portions do not come in contact with the conveying roller.

Abstract: An impression roller for gravure printing for use with an electrostatic printing aid, including an axis member or a shaft, joined axially to a steel core, an electrical inner insulating layer extending radially around the core, an electrically semi-conductive outer layer adjoining the outside of the impression layer, and an electrically highly conductive conductor layer arranged between the two. The conductor layer is encapsulated in an electrically insulated exterior. The impression roller is provided with an electric or electronic encapsulated circuit electrically insulated from the outside and having two poles, which is of low resistance in normal operation when the electric current flows from its positive pole to its negative pole and is of high resistance when the flow direction is opposite. The inner pole and outer pole of the circuit are connected to the conductor layer by an inner and outer connection of the impression roller respectively.

Abstract: A method for forming an electrode for a battery includes the step of rotating a gravure roll while allowing the gravure roll to abut against the surface of an electrode, thereby applying a coating fluid serving as a precursor of a porous layer on the surface of the electrode. In this step, part of the coating fluid applied to the surface of the electrode is continuously removed by allowing a scraper to abut against the surface of the electrode, and the width of a part of the scraper abutting against the surface of the electrode is adjusted according to variations in the width of each of linear portions of the porous layer left after the removal of the part of the coating fluid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for pattern formation and an apparatus for pattern formation, the method comprising: applying, between partition lines for pattern formation formed on a surface of a base member, a resin composition for pattern formation having small compatibility or substantially no compatibility with a resin forming the partition lines for pattern formation, in a state in which the surface of the base member with the partition lines for pattern formation formed whereon is placed face down; maintaining the state in which the resin composition for pattern formation is held on the surface of the base member that is placed face down in order to form the resin composition for pattern formation applied between the partition lines for pattern formation into a downward convex shape; and curing the resin composition for pattern formation that is formed into the downward convex shape in order to form a pattern.

Abstract: A method for producing a data carrier which has a built-in element. A recess for receiving the built-in element and a collecting groove for receiving displaced filling material are formed in a core layer. An excess of filling material is specifically provided in the free spaces remaining between the wall of the recess and the built-in element and on the surface. With a covering film interposed, the filling material is then rolled or spread out over the surface by means of a doctor blade.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for use in dispensing fluids especially particulate matter on to a surface to be coated, comprising a blade traversing along said surface, whereby the fluid is dispensed in front of said blade on to said surface, whereafter said blade is swept across the dispensed fluid such that it imparts vibrations. The fluid (5) is fed on to said surface through the bottom outlet of a container (3) vibrated cooperatively with the blade (7).

Abstract: A device for applying a medium in the form of a liquid or a paste to a moving substrate, the substrate being a surface of a web of paper, a paper board, fibrous material and/or a transfer element including an application chamber, a first element, a second element and at least one limiting element. The first element is associated with the application chamber on an output side of the application chamber in a direction of movement of the moving substrate. The second element is associated with an input side of the application chamber. The at least one limiting element is associated with a lateral end of the application chamber. The at least one limiting element adjusting a width of application of the medium on the moving substrate. The at least one limiting element having a flexible sealing plate that substantially seals a space between the moving substrate, the first element and the second element.

Abstract: A peripheral surface of a coating rod has an area where grooves (convex portions) are formed. This area is ground by a grinding apparatus by which a maximum height Ry of the rod surface is adjusted to 15 ?m or less. Further, a ratio of D/W is adjusted to 0.01 or more, wherein D is a total distance of the convex portions of the rod actually abutting on a web in an axial direction of the rod, and W is a coating width of the web. Furthermore, straightness of the rod is adjusted to 30 ?m or less per 1 m, and roundness of the rod is adjusted to 10 ?m or less. Micro-projections are removed by grinding so that scratches of a coating surface are prevented from occurring. Coating unevenness is prevented by improving the straightness and the roundness.

Abstract: Continuous void-free uniform coatings are formed on filamentous articles by applying a voided or otherwise substantially uneven coating to at least some of the exposed portion of a filamentous article or to a rotating substrate. The filamentous article or substrate is passed through an improvement station containing a plurality of coating-wetted rolls that contact and re-contact the wet coating at different positions along the length of the filamentous article or rotating substrate, wherein the periods of the rolls improve the uniformity of the coating. For coatings applied to a rotating substrate, the uniform wet coating is transferred to the filamentous article. The final coating can be very thin, very uniform and completely or substantially void-free. The coating improvement can be quickly and easily obtained using low cost equipment.

Abstract: A ceramic capacitor having a ceramic body and terminal electrodes, the ceramic body being substantially a rectangular parallelopiped in shape, the terminal electrodes being provided at the two ends of the ceramic body in the length direction, each terminal electrode being provided to cover one end face of the ceramic body in the length direction, part of the two surfaces in the width direction, and part of the two surfaces in the thickness direction, wherein, when the length of the ceramic body is L1 and the maximum lengths of the terminal electrodes at the two surfaces of the ceramic body in the width direction are L3 and L4, 0?(|L4?L3|/L1)?0.0227 is satisfied. One surface among the two surfaces of the ceramic body in the width direction is the paste introduction side in the roller coating, while the other surface is the paste escape side in the roller coating.

Abstract: According to the coating device and method of the invention, coating is performed while the coating liquid is sprayed from the coating liquid supply passage toward the lower surface of the web in a form of a curtain to form a fluid wall of the coating liquid between an exit of the coating liquid supply passage and the lower surface of the web, so that entrained air running with the web can be blocked by the fluid wall. The fluid wall can block entrained air, and therefore, allow stable coating without any defect such as a film cut in a coating film even when the web is run at speed high enough to form a film of entrained air on a web surface and coated.

Abstract: A sufficient number of pick-and-place devices (e.g., rolls) whose periods of contact with a substrate are equal or substantially equal to one another are used to form continuous void-free uniform coatings despite the occurrence of unintended or intended coating caliper surges, depressions or voids. The wetted surfaces of the devices contact and re-contact the coating at positions on the substrate that are different from one another. Extremely uniform and extremely thin coatings can be obtained at very high rates of speed. The pick-and-place devices also facilitate drying and reduce the sensitivity of drying ovens to coating caliper surges. Equipment containing the pick-and-place devices is simple to construct, set up and operate, and can easily be adjusted to alter coating thickness and compensate for coating caliper variations.

Abstract: A method for forming an electrode for a battery includes the step of rotating a gravure roll while allowing the gravure roll to abut against the surface of an electrode, thereby applying a coating fluid serving as a precursor of a porous layer on the surface of the electrode. In this step, part of the coating fluid applied to the surface of the electrode is continuously removed by allowing a scraper to abut against the surface of the electrode, and the width of a part of the scraper abutting against the surface of the electrode is adjusted according to variations in the width of each of linear portions of the porous layer left after the removal of the part of the coating fluid.

Abstract: A plurality of gravure rolls are rotated while being allowed to abut against a surface of a moving electrode hoop, thereby applying a coating fluid serving as a precursor of porous layers onto a plurality of linear mixture layers. In this way, a plurality of linear porous layers are formed on the associated linear mixture layers formed on the surface of the electrode hoop. In this case, the location at which each gravure roll abuts against the surface of the electrode hoop is controlled according to variations in the lateral location of associated one of the mixture layers independently of the other gravure rolls.

Abstract: Bookbinding apparatus adhesive applicator accurately, briefly controls adhesive temperature to a set value by selecting, in accordance with adhesive initial temperature, one of a plurality of temperature-controller heating modes defining different supply powers and supply durations for supplying power to an adhesive-container heater to control its heating temperature. A sensor detects the temperature of the adhesive in the container at applicator start-up, or on restarting a post-standby applicator. In accordance with the detected temperature, one of the heating modes is selected to heat the adhesive. The applicator warm-up time is thus set in response to the state of the adhesive: If solidified, the adhesive is heated and melted in a maximum supply-power, supply-duration mode; if low-temperature liquefied at, it is heated and melted in a second-magnitude supply-power, supply-duration mode; and if the adhesive temperature is high, it is heated and melted in a minimal supply-power, supply-duration mode.

Abstract: A light guiding plate is manufactured with accuracy and at low cost. This invention comprises a cylindrical roller, which has a heater built-in, rotating while fixing a stamper having a dot pattern formed on its surface, substrate fixing means for reciprocating along a lower portion of the cylindrical roller in accordance with rotation of the cylindrical roller as fixing a resin substrate, and pressing means for pressing the stamper, which is fixed to the cylindrical roller, onto a surface of the resin substrate, which is fixed to the substrate fixing means, with a constant pressure.

Abstract: A coating device and a coating method are provided. The coating device comprises a coating station for coating a coating liquid on a band-shaped substrate running continuously, and a coat-adjusting station disposed downstream of the coating station for adjusting the coating liquid on the substrate so that the coating liquid layer is coated on the substrate at a predetermined thickness. The coating station and the coat-adjusting station comprise first and second bars for respectively coating and measuring the liquid agent. The coating liquid can be coated on evenly and in a stable manner even if the coating operation is performed with the substrate running at a high speed.

Abstract: Continuous void-free uniform coatings are formed on filamentous articles by applying a voided or otherwise substantially uneven coating to at least some of the exposed portion of a filamentous article or to a rotating substrate. The filamentous article or substrate is passed through an improvement station containing a plurality of coating-wetted rolls that contact and re-contact the wet coating at different positions along the length of the filamentous article or rotating substrate, wherein the periods of the rolls improve the uniformity of the coating. For coatings applied to a rotating substrate, the uniform wet coating is transferred to the filamentous article. The final coating can be very thin, very uniform and completely or substantially void-free. The coating improvement can be quickly and easily obtained using low cost equipment.

Abstract: Doctor blade dosing systems for devices used for coating material webs, particularly paper or paperboard webs, exist that have a doctor blade rod, which serves as a dosing element while being held inside a slot of a doctor blade bed that, in turn, is mounted in a support that can be fastened inside the frame of the system. According to the disclosure, the doctor blade rod has a diameter of less than 25 mm. The doctor blade bed is inserted in removable manner into a slot of the support situated on the face thereof. The ratio of the cross-sectional area (measured in mm2) of the doctor blade to the diameter (measured in mm) of the doctor blade rod is less than 60 mm, preferably less than 30 mm. The support is made of a plastic material and is shaped like a clamp having at least one rearward extending clamp limb and one joint location, whereby the holding slot that accommodates the doctor blade bed forms the clamp mouth.

Abstract: A method for rubbing alignment films and an apparatus for processing the same are introduced. The method includes a step of providing a glass substrate coated by an alignment film and further having a visible region and an invisible region, a step of moving the glass substrate along a predetermined direction, and a step of rubbing the alignment film by an inversed roller with cloth on a surface thereof along an in-stream direction the same as the predetermined direction while the glass substrate is moving. By reverse rolling upon the alignment film, chips rubbed off the alignment film can be made not to hard contact with the alignment film on the visible region which has been rubbed by the cloth.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of creating a selectively formed lenticular image. The method comprises: providing a substrate having a printed interlaced image portion thereon; providing a coating applicator having a selectively-located coating transfer area that substantially conforms to the interlaced image portion on the substrate; applying to the interlaced image portion on the substrate, using the selectively-located coating transfer area, a coating layer that conforms to the interlaced image portion to form a coated interlaced image; curing the coated interlaced image to create a cured coated interlaced image; and forming a lenticular pattern in the cured coated interlaced image to create a selectively formed lenticular image. Adjusting the selectively formed lenticular images occurs by adjusting the selectively located transfer areas on the coating applicator. Also disclosed is a system for making a selectively formed lenticular image.

Abstract: A resin coated carrier fabrication method and the related apparatus in which a metered material feeder is controlled to apply a bonding agent to the periphery of a continuously rotated material-transferring cylinder subject to a predetermined thickness and simultaneously a tape of carrier is extended over an impression cylinder, and then a driving mechanism is controlled to adjust the gap between the material-transferring cylinder and the impression cylinder for enabling the bonding agent to be transferred to the tape of carrier, leaving a blank area around the applied layer of bonding agent on the tape of carrier.

Abstract: A method and arrangement using the drive device of a rod coating station to carry axial forces, in which the drive device includes at least a telescopic articulated shaft, at the first end of which is a changeable grooved rod and at the opposite end of which is the shaft of the drive motor. The rotation of the rod creates an axial force, which is cancelled by a counterforce from the articulated shaft side, which is brought to the end of the rod. The counterforce is brought to the rod through the articulated shaft from the drive motor side.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for applying fluids, especially particle material, on a area that is to be coated, wherein the fluid is applied on the area to be coated in front of a blade when observed from the direction of forward movement of the blade and said blade is then displaced on the applied fluid. The method is characterized in that the blade performs an oscillation similar to a rotational movement.

Abstract: A method for re-shaping portions of a coating applied to the surface of a component using a tool including a collet having a plurality of flexible arms with a wheel rotatably supported on each of the flexable arms, a nut and a sleeve. The tool is initially installed by disposing the collet caxially about the component. Then, the sleeve is disposed co-axially about the collet. Next, the nut is threaded onto a threaded first end of the collet. As the nut is threaded onto the collet, it engages and moves the sleeve axially toward the arms of the collet thereby causing the arms to be compressed radially inwardly such that outer circumferential surfaces of the wheels engage and re-shape the coating on the outer surface of the component. The tool, as a whole, can then be moved axially back and forth along the surface of the component to re-shape the entire length of the coating thereon.

Abstract: A coating system for coating print carriers includes at least one pump, at least one selection valve, a first metering device and a second metering device. The first metering device and the second metering device are constructed differently from one another with respect to metering principles thereof. The pump and the selection valve are assembled into a modular supply unit constructed so as to be compatible both with the first and with the second metering device. A coating machine, such as a printing or varnishing machine which includes the coating system, is also provided.

Abstract: A soldering system which reduces the numbers of steps for paste supply and soldering onto a printed circuit board. A printed circuit board has through holes through which a lead of each provided part is to be inserted. A printing mask is matched with the through holes and a paste receiving plate having holes to which solder paste is supplied corresponding to the through holes is disposed. A printing roller is swept by forcibly rotating it to fill with solder paste, then a printing squeegee follows the printing roller to further fill through holes. Parts are loaded on the through holes and reflowing is carried out on the printed circuit board and paste receiving plate, so that the parts are soldered to the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A resin coated carrier fabrication method and the related apparatus in which a metered material feeder is controlled to apply a bonding agent to the periphery of a continuously rotated material-transferring cylinder subject to a predetermined thickness and simultaneously a tape of carrier is extended over an impression cylinder, and then a driving mechanism is controlled to adjust the gap between the material-transferring cylinder and the impression cylinder for enabling the bonding agent to be transferred to the tape of carrier, leaving a blank area around the applied layer of bonding agent on the tape of carrier.

Abstract: A jet type coater with a nozzle orifice is provided with an adjustable, internal filter or screen in the head of the coater. The filter has orifices or slots which are formed by relatively movable members and is adjustable to a size smaller than that of the nozzle orifice, to keep the nozzle orifice unclogged and functioning. The internal filter is also easily clearable on the run without shutdown and cleanable with coating liquid and/or water.

Abstract: A roll coater with which an interlaminar resin insulating layer and/or a solder resist layer can be formed with good thickness uniformity to enable the manufacture of a printed circuit board free from the no-hole defect and anomalies in the diameter and geometry of the holes for via-hole and/or solder bump which is due to uneven layer thickness, thus having high electrical integrity and reliability.

Abstract: A method and arrangement using the drive device of a rod coating station to carry axial forces, in which the drive device includes at least a telescopic articulated shaft, at the first end of which is a changeable grooved rod and at the opposite end of which is the shaft of the drive motor. The rotation of the rod creates an axial force, which is cancelled by a counterforce from the articulated shaft side, which is brought to the end of the rod. The counterforce is brought to the rod through the articulated shaft from the drive motor side.