Patent ID: 8002901

Claim:
A method for drying a workpiece, comprising: submerging the workpiece in a liquid volume; and displacing the workpiece from the liquid volume to a gaseous volume at a pull speed that is dependent on the temperature of the gaseous volume, wherein the pull speed is a non-linear function of the displacement of the workpiece, and wherein the workpiece has an annular disk shape having an inner diameter surface and an outer diameter surface and wherein displacing the workpiece from the liquid further comprises: displacing the workpiece at a first intermediate pull speed, greater than the initial pull speed, until a to of the inner diameter surface of the workpiece is submerged just below the interface; and displacing the workpiece at a second intermediate pull speed, less than the first intermediate pull speed, until approximately one half of the inner diameter surface of the workpiece is free of the liquid volume upon which the pull speed is increased from the second intermediate pull speed to a third intermediate pull speed.