Rotating head for crystal pulling systems

Details Rotating head for crystal pulling systems Rotating head for crystal pulling systems

1994-08-31

1997-12-30

Bueker, Richard

Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes;

Apparatus

For crystallization from liquid or supercritical state

117200, 117218, C30B 3500

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057025231

ABSTRACT:
A rotating head (11) for crystal pulling systems (1) according to Czochralski has a reference platform (16) which is able to rotate around a vertical rotation axis (A--A) with a vertical feed-through opening (25) for a pulling cable (13) that can be wound up and a drive assembly (23) for driving a horizontal shaft (22). A winding drum (15) with a helical winding groove (29) for the pulling cable is located on this shaft in a fixed manner so it cannot rotate, but can be moved axially. In order to avoid abrasion and contamination and to accurately guide the cable (13), a helical guiding element (30) with the same pitch as the winding groove is located on the horizontal shaft (22) at a location remote from the vertical rotation axis (A--A). This guiding element is able to rotate with the horizontal shaft. The guiding element works together with a guiding nut (31) in such a way that the part of the cable (13) which faces tangentially away from the winding drum (15) is directly guided in the vertical rotation axis (A--A). Here, the helical guiding element (30) is designed as a guiding groove and the guiding nut (31) cooperates with the guiding groove by means of rotating balls (32).

REFERENCES:
patent: 4367199 (1983-01-01), Jericho
patent: 4394352 (1983-07-01), Helga et al.
patent: 4663128 (1987-05-01), Helgeland

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