Patent ID: 11887867
Assignee: VON ARDENNE ASSET GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC H  C  F | IPC C  F  H

Claim 14:
15. A method, comprising:
transportation of at least one substrate from a first dehydration region into a second dehydration region, which are gas-separated from one another, wherein the transportation comprises changing from a clocked substrate transport to a continuous substrate transport towards the second dehydration chamber, wherein changing from the clocked substrate transport to the continuous substrate transport comprises changing a noncontinuous movement speed of the transportation of the at least one substrate into a continuous movement speed;
dehydration of the substrate in the first dehydration region at a first pressure and in the second dehydration region at a second pressure;
wherein the first pressure is higher than the second pressure and is provided by means of gas-transfer vacuum pumping,
wherein the second pressure is provided by means of gas-binding vacuum pumping; and
shielding at least a portion of the substrate by means of a shield that is arranged within in the second dehydration region between a gas-binding surface of the gas-binding vacuum pumping and a substrate transport region of the second dehydration region.