Abstract: A linear actuator is provided that has a configuration capable of inhibiting contact between an inner core and a plate spring that is connected to the inner core and an outer core, and which is realized by a configuration that is easy to assemble. A stator is arranged in an opening section of a through-hole in the inner core, and has a spacer through which a shaft passes. An outer frame section of the plate spring is connected to the outer core, and a fixed section of the plate spring is connected to the inner core through the spacer in a state in which the shaft passes therethrough. The spacer includes a penetration section having an insertion hole which the shaft is inserted through, and restriction sections and which restrict a displacement of a predetermined amount or more of the plate spring to the inner core side.

Abstract: A dead time estimation device capable of accurately estimating a dead time in a control system is provided. A dead time estimation device 6 includes a dead time calculation section 64 configured to obtain a dead time L{circumflex over (?)}?1 with which an evaluation function J in Equation (1) is at minimum [Equation 7] J=?|?/e?{circumflex over (L)}?1s???|df ??(1) where G{circumflex over (?)}/e?L{circumflex over (?)}?1s is a frequency characteristic of an element from which a dead time element is removed from a transfer function of a control target P and G{circumflex over (?)}? is a transfer function not including the dead time element in the control target P.

Abstract: To provide a transfer chamber capable of replacing a chemical filter without affecting an internal atmosphere, and shortening or eliminating stop time of a transfer process of a wafer (W) associated with replacement of the chemical filter. The transfer chamber transfers the wafer (W) to or from a processing device (6) by using a transfer robot (2) provided thereinside, and includes a circulation path (CL1) formed inside of a transfer chamber (1) to circulate gas, a chemical filter unit (7) provided in the midstream of the circulation path (CL1), and a connecting and disconnecting means (8) which switches connection and disconnection of the chemical filter unit (7) to and from the circulation path (CL1).

Abstract: For a gear train GL including a drive gear 33 and an idler gear 34 engaged with each other and a lock gear 35, provided are a first drive means 3A configured to linearly drive the lock gear 35 in forward and backward directions, a second drive means 3B configured to rotationally drive the drive gear 33 in normal and reverse directions, and a controller C configured to control the both drive means 3A and 3B. The controller C starts driving the lock gear 35 at the time of an unlocking operation, from an engagement position toward the disengagement position through the first drive means 3A, and when the drive is started, the controller C drives the drive gear 33 into one of normal and reverse directions and into the other direction through the second drive means 3B with a polarity reversal in a predetermined cycles T1 and T2.

Abstract: A connection mechanism includes two connection parts. Each connection part includes a first flange including a through hole and an attaching portion by which the first flange is attached to a partial wall portion while the through hole faces an opening. The attaching portion includes: a vertical adjuster which adjusts the attaching position of the first flange so that a surface of the first flange, which is opposite to a surface of the first flange facing the partial wall portion, is vertical; and a rotation adjuster which adjusts the attaching position of the first flange about a horizontal axis passing the center of the through hole and extending in the thickness direction. The attaching position of a first flange can be individually adjusted.

Abstract: There is provided a control device for a synchronous electric motor that controls a drive of the synchronous electric motor. The control device includes: a limit value setting part configured to set a limit value for an output torque related value that is related to an output torque of the synchronous electric motor according to a rotation speed of the synchronous electric motor; a command generator configured to generate a voltage command based on an input command and the limit value without feeding back a current flowing through the synchronous electric motor; a PWM signal generator configured to generate a PWM signal for controlling the drive of the synchronous electric motor based on the voltage command; and a drive controller configured to control the drive of the synchronous electric motor using the PWM signal.

Abstract: A load port provided adjacent to a wafer transport chamber for taking in and out a wafer W between the wafer transport chamber and a FOUP, includes a plate-shaped part that constitutes a part of a wall of the wafer transport chamber, and has an opening for opening the wafer transport chamber; a door part for opening and closing the opening; a mounting table that is configured to mount a wafer storage container so as to oppose a lid part for opening and closing an internal space to the door part, and to move to and from the plate-shaped part; and an elastic part that is provided on the mounting table side of the plate-shaped part along the peripheral edge of the opening, wherein the elastic part elastically contacts the periphery of the lid part in the wafer storage container by moving the mounting table toward the plate-shaped part.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a fish egg processing apparatus capable of performing predetermined processing on fertilized eggs with higher efficiency, and collecting proper fish eggs. [Solution] When a housing recess that houses fish eggs one by one is conveyed to a predetermined processing position, and a capillary is raised and lowered to inject a gene solution, the housing recess is imaged from a direction that intersects a depth direction and a conveying-in direction, and an injection operation by the capillary is controlled by determining, along a possibility determination flow, whether to inject a predetermined substance into each of the fish eggs before processing, based on a previously determined condition.

Abstract: A soft sphere transfer device, includes: a water tank into which soft spheres are introduced; a transfer rotation member rotatably disposed in the water tank and including a plurality of accommodation grooves formed along a peripheral edge of the transfer rotation member; and an injection device configured to inject a predetermined substance into the soft spheres by piercing a needle into each of the soft spheres transferred to a needle piercing part by rotation of the transfer rotation member, wherein the water tank includes a pair of side walls facing each other in a width direction, and wherein a narrow width portion having a width equal to or smaller than a diameter of the soft spheres is provided on at least one portion in the width direction among portions of the side walls corresponding to the needle piercing part.

Abstract: A control device 1 for a synchronous electric motor that switches a drive control of the synchronous electric motor to a PWM drive control and a rectangular wave drive control includes a PWM signal generator 14 configured to generate a PWM signal, a rectangular wave signal generator 22 configured to generate a rectangular wave signal, a rotation speed detector 40 configured to detect a rotation speed of the motor 2, a signal switching determination part 50 configured to determine, according to at least the rotation speed, whether the PWM signal or the rectangular wave signal is used as a control signal when controlling the drive of the motor 2, and a drive controller 30 configured to control the drive of the motor 2 using a signal determined by the signal switching determination part 50 to be used as the control signal.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a cell culture system includes: a cell culture container; a liquid storage part configured to store a liquid including a culture medium or a reagent to be supplied to the cell culture container; and a cell collection part configured to collect cells cultured in the cell culture container, wherein the cell culture container, the liquid storage part, and the cell collection part are connected by spatially closed-system lines at least during a period from feeding of the liquid to the cell culture container to removal of the cultured cells, and wherein the cell culture container is arranged in an incubator in a form of a multistage shelf including a liquid supply/discharge port.

Abstract: There is provided a transfer abnormality detection system capable of receiving information from a container transfer device configured to transfer a transfer container and a mounting device configured to load the transfer container that is transferred by the container transfer device, the system including: a determination part configured to: record which container transfer device is transferring the transfer container based on a container identification ID assigned to each transfer container and a transfer device identification ID assigned to each transfer device; and determine an abnormality in either or both of the container transfer device and the transfer container by combining vibration detection information of the container transfer device obtained by a vibration detection part provided in the container transfer device and state detection information of the transfer container obtained by a container state detection part provided in the mounting device.

Abstract: To provide a transfer chamber capable of replacing a chemical filter without affecting an internal atmosphere, and shortening or eliminating stop time of a transfer process of a wafer (W) associated with replacement of the chemical filter. The transfer chamber transfers the wafer (W) to or from a processing device (6) by using a transfer robot (2) provided thereinside, and includes a circulation path (CL1) formed inside of a transfer chamber (1) to circulate gas, a chemical filter unit (7) provided in the midstream of the circulation path (CL1), and a connecting and disconnecting means (8) which switches connection and disconnection of the chemical filter unit (7) to and from the circulation path (CL1).

Abstract: Provided are a door opening/closing system which prevents the entry of atmospheric air into a front-opening unified pod (FOUP) and an equipment front end module (EFEM) when the FOUP and the EFEM are placed in communication with each other, and a load port equipped with the door opening/closing system.

Abstract: The transfer chamber transfers a wafer (W) as a transferred object to or from a processing device (6) by using a transfer robot (2) provided thereinside, and includes a circulation path (CL) formed inside of a transfer chamber (1) to circulate gas, a chemical filter unit (7) as a chemical filter provided in the midstream of the circulation path (CL), a humidity detector (HG2) as a humidity detection means which detects internal humidity, a gas supply means (NS) which supplies gas to the inside of the transfer chamber (1), and a moisture supply means (HS) which supplies moisture content to the inside of the transfer chamber (1). The moisture supply means (HS) is made to operate in accordance with a humidity detection value by the humidity detection means.

Abstract: A motor control apparatus 1 includes a fixed phase setting section that sets a fixed phase of a motor according to a detection signal. At the start of rotation of a rotor, the fixed phase setting section sets a first fixed phase that is equal to or greater than ?90 degrees relative to a stable stopping point at a maximum electrical angle and is equal to or less than 90 degrees relative to a stable stopping point at a minimum electrical angle of the rotor as the fixed phase, and sets a second fixed phase that is equal to or greater than ?90 degrees relative to a stable stopping point at a maximum electrical angle and is equal to or less than 90 degrees relative to a stable stopping point at a minimum electrical angle of the rotor.

Abstract: A motor control apparatus includes: a motor drive control section that controls driving of a motor using a predetermined phase; a rotation position detecting section that, at every 180 degrees of an electrical angle of the motor, outputs two kinds of detection signals according to the rotation position of the rotor of the motor; a stopped position estimating section that estimates the stopped position at the start of rotation of the rotor using an elapsed time from when rotation the rotor starts until the kind of the detection signal outputted from the rotation position detecting section switches; a rotational speed estimating section that estimates the rotational speed of the rotor using the elapsed time and the stopped position; and an estimated phase calculating section that calculates an estimated phase as the aforementioned predetermined phase using the rotational speed.

Abstract: There is provided a fish egg processing apparatus capable of performing a predetermined processing on fertilized eggs with higher efficiency. A gene injection device 1 which is a fish egg processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a processing water tank 8 which processes collected fish eggs e and a processing device for injecting a predetermined substance into the fish eggs e positioned in the processing water tank 8, wherein the processing water tank 8 includes: a region prior to processing 81 where the width dimension is set such that a plurality of the fish eggs e are not allowed to lie side by side and form a line in order to house the fish eggs e prior to processing; and a region after processing 82 for housing the fish eggs e on which a predetermined processing has been performed.

Abstract: Gas is circulated in an entire transportation space. A robot transport device includes a transportation space in which a transport robot is provided and circulation passages by which gas in the transportation space is circulated. Around the transportation space, surrounding spaces are provided. To these surrounding spaces, an object is transported by the transport robot. The transportation space communicates with each of the surrounding spaces via each of openings. The circulation passages are provided to sandwich the transportation space to avoid a working area of the transport robot, including the openings. The circulation passages are provided in pillar portions forming the transportation space.

Abstract: There is provided a load port provided to a loading/unloading port of a semiconductor-processing apparatus to transfer a semiconductor wafer, including: a FOUP support configured to support a FOUP that includes a FOUP lid and move the FOUP in a front-rear direction with respect to the loading/unloading port; a lid configured to open and close the loading/unloading port; a FOUP lid sensor provided to perform a detection operation between a position of the lid in a closed state and a position of the FOUP lid when unloading is normally completed by retreating the FOUP by a predetermined distance with respect to the loading/unloading port; and an observer configured to observe that the FOUP lid sensor has performed the detection operation after the unloading is completed.