Patent ID: 6858119
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: C23C

Abstract:
1. A mobile plating system for performing a plating process, the mobile plating system comprising: a mobile storage volume; a vacuum chamber positioned in the mobile storage volume, the vacuum chamber having an internal volume large enough to contain a substrate to be plated that is the size of at least one reactor vessel head stud; an external vacuum pump operable to be positioned within the mobile storage volume when the mobile plating system is in transit, and to operate external the mobile storage volume when the mobile plating system is stationary and in operation, the external vacuum pump operable to assist with producing a desired pressure in the vacuum chamber when the mobile plating system is stationary and in operation, and to couple with the vacuum chamber through a coupling that reduces at least some of the vibrations created by the operation of the external vacuum pump from being transmitted to the vacuum chamber; a control circuitry operable to control the external vacuum pump; a support structure operable to be positioned within the vacuum chamber and to support the substrate to be plated; and a filament operable to hold a depositant within the vacuum chamber in relation to the support structure.