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To: FJB who wrote (21579)4/6/1999 4:47:00 PM
From: ScotMcI  Read Replies (1) of 25960
 
Hi Bob. I took a look at the cymer links you referenced in an effort to find out just where bearings are used in the CYMI lasers. Unless I missed it, neither answers that question. Sooo ... where are bearings used? And would you buy the contention that Komatsu has managed to produce a system that doesn't require them? And (last question, I promise) just how expensive can it be to replace bearings, anyway? Unless they're exotic because they're immersed in gas or something, or replacement takes the laser offline for a long period of time, I can't imagine it being that costly. I don't recall Akins ever mentioning bearings in his comments; the lifetime-related comments I recall were all about the chamber.

In the past, there were rumors about 'vibration'. I wonder if this is a revisit of that in a new form.
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