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Abstract

An automated system for dip coating a superconducting material on a substrate is disclosed. The system includes an actuator, a pick up station, a dip coating station that comprises a reservoir of a dip coating formulation, a drying station that includes a source of heated air and a conveyor for moving the actuator from the pick up station to the dip coating station and from the dip coating station to the drying station. The actuator includes an arm for carrying a substrate. The arm is capable of being moved vertically downward to submerse the substrate in the dip coating reservoir and the arm is also capable of being moved vertically upward to lift the substrate out of the dip coating reservoir. A method for automatically dip coating a substrate with a superconducting material is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of picking up a substrate at a pick up station, conveying the substrate to a dip coating station that includes a reservoir of a dip coating formulation, submersing the substrate in the reservoir of dip coating formulation to form a coating thereon, removing the substrate from the reservoir, conveying the substrate to a drying station that includes a source of heated air, drying the coating of the substrate in the drying station, conveying the substrate from the drying station to a heat processing station and heat processing the substrate.

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