Patent ID: 11923208
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  C | IPC B  C  H

Claim 0:
1. An offline brush conditioning system configured to condition a brush via a conditioning process, the offline brush conditioning system comprising:
a conditioning surface;
a brush holding device configured to hold the brush;
a conduit configured to receive a chemical from a source for delivery of the chemical to one or both of the brush and the conditioning surface;
a first outflow conduit configured to expel effluent associated with a first section of the brush during a conditioning process;
a second outflow conduit configured to expel effluent associated with a second section of the brush during the conditioning process;
a plurality of sensors, wherein a first sensor is configured to generate feedback data reflecting a characteristic of effluent in the chemical from each of the first outflow conduit and the second outflow conduit and a second sensor is configured to monitor a torque output of a motor during the conditioning process; and
a controller operable coupled to the plurality of sensors and configured to control the offline brush conditioning system,
wherein:
the controller is configured to adjust the conditioning process based on the feedback data of each of the first outflow conduit corresponding to the first section of the brush, the second outflow conduit corresponding to the second section of the brush, and the torque output,
the conditioning surface and the brush are configured to contact each other for conditioning of the brush,
the controller is configured to verify a concentricity of the brush using a measurement from the second sensor reflecting the torque output;
the controller is configured to determine when the conditioning process is finished using the feedback data of each of the first outflow conduit, the second outflow conduit, and
when the controller determines that the conditioning process is finished, the controller is configured to provide an alert indicating that the brush is to be removed from the brush holding device.