Patent ID: 8944308
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: C03C,E06B,F24S,Y02A,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for producing a flat, thermally insulating structural element from substrates, which, spaced apart at a small distance from one another, are connected to one another at the borders of their periphery by applied pieces, and are insulated from one another by means of a vacuum, comprising the following features: a washing device and a following drying device for precleaning the substrates, a heating device for preheating the substrates, an applied piece positioning device having articulated connections and a pick up mechanism for positioning and placing the applied pieces onto the substrates, an ultrasonic soldering device, which solders the applied pieces placed onto the substrates in a vacuum-tight manner along the periphery, an automatic spacer and getter setting unit for placing spacers and getter elements onto a first substrate of the substrates, a shuttle plate having a plurality of fixing elements arranged in a pattern, wherein the shuttle plate is oriented generally horizontally to support the first substrate during placement of the spacers, a plasma sputtering device located within at least one vacuum chamber for cleaning the inner side of the substrates in a vacuum, a substrate-displacing device located at least partially within the at least one vacuum chamber for transporting the first substrate and a second substrate of the substrates to a vacuum chamber a mechanical substrate-placing device located within the at least one vacuum chamber for joining together the first substrate and the second substrate in a vacuum, the substrates having been provided with the applied pieces and the spacers and the getter elements, and a connecting device for welding or soldering applied piece of the first substrate to applied piece of the second substrate in a vacuum chamber.