Abstract: A particle collecting device includes a vent pipe having a channel space through which air flows, a first air blower that delivers air including a particle at a first end of the vent pipe into the channel space, a collector that is disposed to block a channel in the channel space at an intermediate part of the vent pipe and that collects the particle included in the air delivered by the first air blower, and a second air blower that collects the air traveling through the collector at a second end of the vent pipe and that delivers the air outward from the channel space. The first and second air blowers operate such that a first pressure in a first channel space extending from the first air blower to the collector and a second pressure in a second channel space extending from the collector to the second air blower are maintained to have a relationship in which the second pressure<the first pressure?atmospheric pressure. The first and second channel spaces are included in the channel space of the vent pipe.

Abstract: A flow channel structure includes a duct that includes a flow channel through which air is blown and sucks air around a fixation device that fixes a toner image on a recording medium by using an air blowing unit; and an electrically conductive contact surface that is provided in the duct and is disposed so as to cross an air blowing direction in the duct.

Abstract: A particle collecting device includes a vent pipe having a channel space through which air flows, a first air blower that delivers air including a particle at a first end of the vent pipe into the channel space, a collector that is disposed to block a channel in the channel space at an intermediate part of the vent pipe and that collects the particle included in the air delivered by the first air blower, and a second air blower that collects the air traveling through the collector at a second end of the vent pipe and that delivers the air outward from the channel space. The first and second air blowers operate such that a first pressure in a first channel space extending from the first air blower to the collector and a second pressure in a second channel space extending from the collector to the second air blower are maintained to have a relationship in which the second pressure<the first pressure?atmospheric pressure. The first and second channel spaces are included in the channel space of the vent pipe.

Abstract: Disclosed is a workpiece measurement method for determining the position of a workpiece on a machine tool based on feed shaft coordinates when a probe and the workpiece contact each other, in which the probe and the workpiece are moved relative to each other. The method includes the steps of moving one of the plurality of feed shafts to a desired measurement position, storing coordinate values of the one feed shaft at the desired measurement position, moving the probe and the workpiece relative to each other by means of the one feed shaft and another feed shaft, stopping the movement by the one feed shaft when the stored coordinate values have been reached, and measuring the workpiece at a plurality of measurement points by moving the probe using the other feed shaft in a state in which the one feed shaft is stopped at the coordinate values.

Abstract: A method for controlling the motor of a tool magazine that rotates around a horizontal rotation axis is configured so that: at least two indexing positions for the tool magazine are determined; the load torque acting on the tool magazine when stopped at said indexing positions is measured; an unbalance torque, which is the load torque when stopped at the indexing position at which the load torque when stopped is maximal, is calculated from multiple load torques when stopped; and the servo motor for the tool magazine is controlled on the basis of the unbalance torque.

Abstract: The present invention is configured such that: when an operator moves a spindle and a table relative to each other using a jog-feed means and when a measurement probe comes into contact with a workpiece fixed on the table, the coordinates of each feed axis are stored; the type of measurement performed by the operator is identified on the basis of the information concerning the feed axis used for moving said measurement probe, the moving direction of the feed axis, the number of times the measurement probe has come into contact with the workpiece, and the number of the jog-feed operation being currently performed by the operator; and the workpiece is measured on the basis of the stored coordinates of the respective feed axes.

Abstract: Provided is a control method for a machining tool that processes a workpiece while causing a tool, which rotates by means of a main shaft motor, and the workpiece, which is secured to a table, to move relative to one another, wherein on the basis of the torque command value, the current command value, or the actual current value of the main shaft motor, calculated is the actual cutting force of the tool that is received from the workpiece at a location which is predetermined during the processing of the workpiece, and the actual cutting force that has been calculated is displayed on a display unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a waste toner housing container, an open/close member, and an air blowing unit. The image forming portion forms an image. The waste toner housing container is disposed on one side surface of the image forming portion to house a waste toner discharged from the image forming portion. The open/close member opens and closes an opening portion provided in a side surface of an apparatus body to mount and remove the waste toner housing container. The air blowing unit is provided close to the waste toner housing container on a side surface of the apparatus body that is adjacent to a side surface on which the open/close member is installed. The air blowing unit feeds air to the image forming portion from a side of the waste toner housing container toward an opposite side.

Abstract: This machine tool has a first rotating feed shaft around a first inclined axis line. Table coordinates are set ahead of time in the machine tool. The table coordinates have imaginary first, second and third linear motion axes that are perpendicular to each other, and an imaginary first rotating feed axis around an imaginary first axis line. The imaginary third linear motion axis is parallel to a third linear motion shaft. One imaginary linear motion axis of the imaginary first linear motion axis or the imaginary second linear motion axis is set above the surface of a workpiece attachment surface, and the imaginary first axis line is set parallel to the one imaginary linear motion axis. A computation unit computes the coordinate values of the imaginary first rotating feed axis in the table coordinates, and a display unit displays the coordinate values of the imaginary first rotating feed axis.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a waste toner housing container, an open/close member, and an air blowing unit. The image forming portion forms an image. The waste toner housing container is disposed on one side surface of the image forming portion to house a waste toner discharged from the image forming portion. The open/close member opens and closes an opening portion provided in a side surface of an apparatus body to mount and remove the waste toner housing container. The air blowing unit is provided close to the waste toner housing container on a side surface of the apparatus body that is adjacent to a side surface on which the open/close member is installed. The air blowing unit feeds air to the image forming portion from a side of the waste toner housing container toward an opposite side.

Abstract: A device test method performed in a substrate test apparatus which includes a mounting table for mounting thereon a substrate on which a device having an electrode is formed, the mounting table being movable by a X-direction motor and a Y-direction motor, and a probe card arranged to face the mounting table. A measuring electrode is arranged to correspond to the electrode of the device, the probe card has a probe that is engageable with the measuring electrode, and the X-direction motor or Y-direction motor generates torque to keep the mounting table from moving when measuring an electrical characteristic of the device. In the device test method, after the probe is engaged with the measuring electrode, when measuring an electrical characteristic of the device, the maximum value of the torque generated by the X-direction motor or Y-direction motor is limited to a predetermined value or less.

Abstract: A method for controlling the motor of a tool magazine that rotates around a horizontal rotation axis is configured so that: at least two indexing positions for the tool magazine are determined; the load torque acting on the tool magazine when stopped at said indexing positions is measured; an unbalance torque, which is the load torque when stopped at the indexing position at which the load torque when stopped is maximal, is calculated from multiple load torques when stopped; and the servo motor for the tool magazine is controlled on the basis of the unbalance torque.

Abstract: Provided is a control method for a machining tool that processes a workpiece while causing a tool, which rotates by means of a main shaft motor, and the workpiece, which is secured to a table, to move relative to one another, wherein on the basis of the torque command value, the current command value, or the actual current value of the main shaft motor, calculated is the actual cutting force of the tool that is received from the workpiece at a location which is predetermined during the processing of the workpiece, and the actual cutting force that has been calculated is displayed on a display unit.

Abstract: This method of controlling machine tool for machining a workpiece by moving a tool and the workpiece relatively to each other comprises: displaying an image of the machine tool on a display unit, pre-storing a motion of the machine tool corresponding to an operation by an operator with respect to the image of the machine tool; obtaining a content of the operation by the operator with respect to the image of the machine tool; generating an operation command for causing the machine tool to operate according to the operation content; and activating the machine tool on the basis of the operation command.

Abstract: A three-axis antenna containing: a bobbin for housing a core, made of a resin having an top flange and a bottom flange both of which include four flange pieces at both ends of the winding column in the thickness direction of the core; a first coil and a second coil wound in the spaces between the flange pieces to cross each other at the upper and lower surfaces of the core; and a third coil wound at the side surface of the core and between the top flange and the bottom flange.

Abstract: This machine tool has a first rotating feed shaft around a first inclined axis line. Table coordinates are set ahead of time in the machine tool. The table coordinates have imaginary first, second and third linear motion axes that are perpendicular to each other, and an imaginary first rotating feed axis around an imaginary first axis line. The imaginary third linear motion axis is parallel to a third linear motion shaft. One imaginary linear motion axis of the imaginary first linear motion axis or the imaginary second linear motion axis is set above the surface of a workpiece attachment surface, and the imaginary first axis line is set parallel to the one imaginary linear motion axis. A computation unit computes the coordinate values of the imaginary first rotating feed axis in the table coordinates, and a display unit displays the coordinate values of the imaginary first rotating feed axis.

Abstract: A device test method performed in a substrate test apparatus which includes a mounting table for mounting thereon a substrate on which a device having an electrode is formed, the mounting table being movable by a X-direction motor and a Y-direction motor, and a probe card arranged to face the mounting table. A measuring electrode is arranged to correspond to the electrode of the device, the probe card has a probe that is engageable with the measuring electrode, and the X-direction motor or Y-direction motor generates torque to keep the mounting table from moving when measuring an electrical characteristic of the device. In the device test method, after the probe is engaged with the measuring electrode, when measuring an electrical characteristic of the device, the maximum value of the torque generated by the X-direction motor or Y-direction motor is limited to a predetermined value or less.

Abstract: A three-axis antenna containing: a bobbin for housing a core, made of a resin having an top flange and a bottom flange both of which include four flange pieces at both ends of the winding column in the thickness direction of the core; a first coil and a second coil wound in the spaces between the flange pieces to cross each other at the upper and lower surfaces of the core; and a third coil wound at the side surface of the core and between the top flange and the bottom flange.

Abstract: In a method for thermal stabilization of a probe card, a probe card is adjusted to a prescribed temperature in a short time by making a heat source directly contact the probe card and is accurately determined whether the probe card is thermally stable. A heat transfer substrate is mounted on a mounting table. The temperature of the heat transfer substrate is adjusted through the mounting table. The mounting table is raised, and a plurality of probes is brought into contact with the heat transfer substrate at a prescribed target load. The contact load between the heat transfer substrate and the probes, which changes according to the thermal changes in the probe card, is detected. The mounting table is controlled vertically through a vertical drive mechanism such that the contact load becomes the target load until the probe card is thermally stable.

Abstract: A method for correcting inclination of a wafer chuck includes obtaining in advance a correction amount for each of the semiconductor chips which corrects the inclination of the wafer chuck in the case of applying a contact load to at least each one of the semiconductor chips and storing each of the correction amounts in a data storage unit; calculating a total correction amount for correcting the inclination of the wafer chuck by calculating the correction amount of each of the semiconductor chips bringing into contact with the probes when the semiconductor wafer comes into electrical contact with the probes and adding the calculated correction amounts; and correcting the inclination of the wafer chuck based on the total correction amount.