Abstract: A positioning control apparatus has a moving body, a feed device having a guide mechanism for guiding the moving body in the direction of its feed axis and a drive mechanism for moving the moving body, a structural body supporting the feed device and a controller for controlling a moving position of the moving body with respect to a reference position on a machine tool by controlling the operation of the drive mechanism, and further has a calculating section calculating displacement of the feed device in the feed-axis direction with respect to the reference position caused by displacement of the structural body and a compensating section receiving the displacement data measured by the calculating section and adding modification data for eliminating the displacement to a control signal in the controller.

Abstract: Electronic equipment, including a GPS dongle and a PC, compares an acquired current location position of the electronic equipment with an acquired planned installation position of a machine tool to determine whether or not the current location position is within a predetermined range from the planned installation position. Further, the electronic equipment determines, if it is determined that the current location position is within the predetermined range from the planned installation position, whether or not a predetermined condition has been satisfied. The electronic equipment also performs, if it is determined that the predetermined condition has been satisfied, information input processing on the machine tool to remove activation restriction on the machine tool. In this manner, the electronic equipment can prevent illegal removal of activation restriction on the machine tool.

Abstract: A positioning control apparatus has a moving body, a feed device having a guide mechanism for guiding the moving body in the direction of its feed axis and a drive mechanism for moving the moving body, a structural body supporting the feed device and a controller for controlling a moving position of the moving body with respect to a reference position on a machine tool by controlling the operation of the drive mechanism, and further has a calculating section calculating displacement of the feed device in the feed-axis direction with respect to the reference position caused by displacement of the structural body and a compensating section receiving the displacement data measured by the calculating section and adding modification data for eliminating the displacement to a control signal in the controller.

Abstract: Electronic equipment includes a GPS dongle for acquiring current location position information, and a PC for acquiring planned installation position information indicating a planned installation position of a machine tool previously registered with a server device which is a supplier-side device of the machine tool from the server device. The electronic equipment compares the acquired current location position information with the acquired planned installation position information, to determine whether or not the current location is within a predetermined range having the previously registered planned installation position as a base point. The electronic equipment determines, if it is determined that the current location is within the predetermined range having the planned installation position as a base point, whether or not a predetermined condition has been satisfied.

Abstract: A tube is inserted into a first liquid layer, and an air bubble is generated at a tip opening of the tube. The tube is then moved toward a second liquid layer while retaining the air bubble, and a change in the internal pressure of the tube caused by the air bubble reaching the boundary between the first and second liquid layers is detected. After the tip opening of the tube is raised to the top surface of the first liquid layer, the first liquid is sucked up by the tube while the tube is moved to the position where the pressure change was detected.

Abstract: Disclosed is a robot for ejecting an object mounted to a movable body from the movable body, including: a holding section for holding said object mounted on the movable body; and a moving section for ejecting the object from the movable body by movement of the holding section; wherein the moving section includes a first guide section meshing with the holding section for linearly moving the holding section in a first direction by rotation with respect to the action of the movable body; and a second guide section for rotating the holding section in a second direction along with the rotation of the guide section directed in the first direction. The first guide section may be composed of a ball screw, the holding section has a nut, and the ball screw meshes with the nut. Moreover, the second guide means may be composed of a cam and a cam follower meshing with the cam. Additionally, the movable body may be composed of a movable die of a molding machine.

Abstract: Measurement accuracy is improved by eliminating the influence of changes in the atmospheric and internal pressures on the quantity of a liquid absorbed or discharged. A pipetting device inducts a specified quantity of liquid into a tip portion or discharges a specified quantity of liquid from the tip portion by controlling the pressure inside a cylinder portion including a cylinder and a piston. A control target value for the quantity of the liquid to be absorbed or discharged from a command portion and information from an atmospheric pressure measurement portion and a pressure sensor for detecting the internal pressure of the cylinder are sent to a correction calculation portion which in turn performs correction calculation based on measured data on the atmospheric and internal pressures and data on the shapes of the cylinder and tip portion to obtain the distance to be traveled by the piston so that the control target value form the command portion is met.