Abstract: A paste supply tube in a molding compound manufacturing apparatus includes first and second paste supply tubes extending parallel or substantially parallel to each other and in a direction widthwise of a pair of carrier films, each of the first and second paste supply tubes having upstream and downstream ends opposite to each other with respect to the direction of supply of a resinous paste material thereinto. While the downstream ends of the respective first and second paste supply tubes are closed, the first and second paste supply tubes are supported with the upstream and downstream ends of the first paste supply tube neighboring the downstream and upstream ends of the second paste supply tube, respectively, with respect to a direction perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of each paste supply tube.

Abstract: A rotational drive sensor 31 which allows a radiation source 10 and a twomensional sensor 20 which are caused to be in one body to turn round a subject 50. An X-ray vessel 13 irradiates X-rays to the subject 50 in a pulsated manner. An X-ray/light conversion element 21 converts an X-ray transmitted image to an optical image. A CCD camera 23 picks up this optical image. An information processing unit 40 reconstructs a three-dimensional pictorial image on the basis of two dimensional pictorial images in plural directions obtained, and a display monitor 46 displays this three-dimensional pictorial image. A controller 39 controls the distance between the X-ray vessel 13 and the X-ray/light conversion element 21 and the focal size of the X-ray vessel 13 on the basis of the size of the subject 50.