Abstract: Disclosed is a method of a mold-spraying apparatus for use with a molding apparatus. The mold-spraying apparatus has: (i) a spray nozzle, (ii) a rotatable shaft being supportive of the spray nozzle, and (ii) a camming surface. The method includes: (a) engaging the rotatable shaft with the camming surface, and (b) moving the camming surface so that the rotatable shaft may rotate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for coating workpieces which preferably consist at least partially of wood, wood-based materials, synthetic material or the like, said device comprising an application means for applying a curable mass, in particular a varnish, and a conveying device for causing a relative movement between said application means and the respective workpiece. The device according to the invention is characterized in that said application means has at least one micro-nozzle for applying said curable mass, and preferably at least one micro-valve.

Abstract: An ejecting head ejects liquid material to a part to be ejected from a first nozzle during a first san period and from a second nozzle during a second scan period. A scanning unit relatively moves at least one of the ejecting head and a stage in the X-axis direction with respect to the other between the first scan period and the second scan period.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for printing of three-dimensional objects are provided. The method may include printing a three-dimensional object using a printing head having a plurality of nozzles through which building materials are dispensed in layers; detecting defective nozzles in the printing head using a controller; processing a map of missing nozzles according to data defining the object; and adjusting printing coordinates of the object to be printed, to compensate for the defective nozzles.

Abstract: A method forms adhesive closing parts from a plastic material. To produce at least one adhesive closing element (3) without a form tool in at least one partial area, the plastic material is deposited in the form of drops. The drops are successively delivered by at least one application device (9). The locations of the deposition of the drops are selected in a three-dimensional manner in view of the form of the adhesive closing elements (3) to be produced.

Abstract: A method produces adhesive closure parts, where a partial segment of the surface of a support element (10) is provided with adhesive closure elements (3) which stand out from its plane by applying a plastic material that forms adhesive closure elements on the support element (1). The adhesive closure elements (3) are formed without any forming tools, at least in a given area, by depositing the plastic material in successively delivered droplets using an applicator (9).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing an EL layer of uniform thickness, causing effective light emission of pixel openings and manufacturing an organic EL display showing sufficient brightness and excellent in practicability, by an ink jet method. A method and apparatus for manufacturing a color filter excellent in practicability by an ink jet method, in which a dye layer with uniform thickness is formed and optical coloring of uniform tone is conducted at pixel openings. The method includes: a process of discharge-placing at least an organic EL material in the form of solution on a substrate; and a process of drying the organic EL material in the form of ink placed on the substrate by heating, and the organic EL material is dried by heating over thereof.

Abstract: A device and a method are provided to form a film by discharging a liquid material with a liquid discharge head or the like, such as an ink jet head, and which can reduce the unevenness resulting from variation of the amount of the discharged liquid material. To provide a device and a method to form a film by discharging a liquid material and which can increase process efficiency while suppressing the increase of costs, even if the liquid material is discharged onto various objects. When a color filter is manufactured, nozzles of a liquid discharge head discharge filter element materials onto filter-element-forming regions. In this instance, one color of the filter element materials is discharged while the liquid discharge head is swept in the longitudinal direction of a mother substrate. The other colors are discharged while the liquid discharge head is swept in the width direction of the mother substrate.

Abstract: A method for discharging a liquid containing a biological material includes adding as a dispense stabilizer a polymer composed of phosphorylcholine-group-containing unsaturated compound units or a copolymer including same to the liquid containing the biological material; and discharging the liquid containing the dispense stabilizer using an inkjet system.

Abstract: A wide slit nozzle having a slit as a discharge opening. The thickness of a lateral end part is set smaller than the thickness at a lateral center part. The thickness of the lateral center part is fixed. The thickness of the lateral end part changes linearly from opposite lateral ends of the lateral center part to the opposite lateral ends of the slit. Coating material is discharged from the slit while applied with pressure, so that the coating material is coated while expanded wider than the width of the slit. The coating material is discharged at 7 liter per minute, and a coating width of a first example is 100 mm, for example. A thickness increase of the overlapped part is +25% even when a width or an overlapped margin z of the overlapped part is 10 mm or 20 mm.

Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus is arranged to planarize a film on a substrate by supplying onto the film a process liquid for dissolving the film while rotating the substrate. The apparatus includes a substrate holding member configured to rotatably hold the substrate in a horizontal state, a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the substrate holding member, and a liquid supply mechanism configured to supply the process liquid onto a surface of the substrate. The liquid supply mechanism includes first and second liquid delivery nozzles configured to deliver the same process liquid. The first liquid delivery nozzle has a smaller diameter and provides a smaller delivery flow rate, as compared to the second liquid delivery nozzle. The first liquid delivery nozzle is inclined to deliver the process liquid in a rotational direction of the substrate, and is movable between a center of the substrate and a peripheral edge thereof.

Abstract: A liquid coating apparatus and method for spraying a liquid on a wafer. The liquid coating apparatus may include a nozzle unit spraying the liquid on the wafer and moving relative to the wafer and a laminar flow forming unit forming a forced air flow around the nozzle unit. Though a wake may be formed around the nozzle unit by a movement of the nozzle unit, the laminar forming unit may reduce and/or minimize an influence of the wake.

Abstract: An applicator including a liquid discharge head for discharging a treatment liquid in droplet form, and a discharge control device for controlling the discharge of droplets from the liquid discharge head. The discharge control device divides a surface of a member into a plurality of regions according to the shape of the surface, and controls the application quantity for each region.

Abstract: A paint spray gun and range finder for positioning the gun with respect to a target surface to be sprayed. The range finder provides a user of the gun with information about the distance between the gun and the target surface, with different indications when the gun is too close, too far or distanced properly from the target surface to be sprayed. A visual or acoustic range finder provides visual or audible indications of the proximity of the gun to the target surface. One range finder has either a single laser diode and a beam splitter or a pair of laser diodes providing a pair of collimated optical beams which indicate distance to the target surface by the relative location of a pair of illuminated spots on the target surface. The spots may be offset when the gun is at the desired distance to the target surface.

Abstract: The invention provides a thin-film forming device, a thin-film forming method, a device for manufacturing a liquid crystal display, a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display, a device for manufacturing a thin-film structure, a method for a thin-film structure, a liquid crystal display, a thin-film structure, and an electronic apparatus, objects are to achieve easy control of thickness of a thin film without using rotation means, cost reduction, and miniaturization of the devices. The thin-film forming device for forming a thin film by applying a coating solution onto a substrate, there can be provided an ejection mechanism having a droplet ejection head for ejecting the coating solution onto the substrate, a moving mechanism capable of relatively moving the positions of the droplet ejection head and the substrate, and a control unit for controlling at least one of the ejection mechanism and the moving mechanism.

Abstract: A manufacturing line for gypsum boards includes a conveyor for moving gypsum boards in a line; a spray arm having a pivot at one end thereof for supporting the spray arm in a pivotable manner; a base frame mounted adjacent the conveyor; a support for the pivot mounted on the base frame so that the spray arm can be pivoted from an operative position wherein the spray arm extends over the conveyor to an inoperative position; a plurality of spray nozzles arranged on the spray arm for spraying a coating on gypsum boards on the conveyor; and a pump system on the frame to deliver the coating to the plurality of spray nozzles.

Abstract: A coating apparatus for coating a rollable device including a device rotator having a pair of rollers and spray nozzle is described. The spray nozzle produces a spray of coating material that is directed towards a gap that is between the rollers of the pair. The majority of any spray not deposited on the rollable device during a coating process passes through the gap between the rollers.

Abstract: A device of forming a film from an organic compound material at low cost is provided, using an organic compound material having high light emission efficiency. An organic compound film is formed on a substrate under an inert gas atmosphere by spraying of a colloid solution in which organic compound aggregates are dispersed (this solution is also referred to as a “sol”). Note that the organic compound may be one in which particles are composed of aggregates of several organic compounds within a liquid, and may be one in which a portion of the organic compound is dissolved within a liquid.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for incorporating feature substances into a still moist but already sufficiently consolidated paper web provides for directing a feature substance suspension onto the surface of the paper web as a laminar jet with low jet pressure. A special pressure control circuit ensures that the jet pressure is always constant regardless of the number of parallel feature substance suspension jets directed onto the paper web. This makes it possible to incorporate a great variety of line codings in paper under the same process conditions without any visible changes in fiber structure occurring in the paper.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments enable formation of a uniform film and a pattern with a minute line width and generate no or substantially no quality defects, such as disconnection. A droplet is discharged from a droplet discharging head to apply in a predetermined region on a surface of a substrate while relatively moving the droplet discharging head and the substrate. The droplet is discharged with respect to the surface of the substrate in a direction intersecting with a vertical direction, and when relatively moving the droplet discharging head and the substrate to discharge the droplet, the droplet is discharged along the relative movement direction.

Abstract: A liquid film forming method of dropping a liquid adjusted to be spread into a give amount on a substrate to be processed from a dropping nozzle or dropping nozzles of a dropping unit onto the substrate, and then moving the dropping unit and the substrate relatively while keeping the dropped liquid on the substrate, so as to form a liquid film on the substrate, wherein the relative movement of the dropping unit and the substrate is composed of straight movement along a file direction in which the dropping unit passes from one end side of the substrate through an upper space of the substrate to the other end side of the substrate, and movement along a rank direction outside the substrate, movement distance along the file direction is the sum of dropping length (L) over the substrate and distance of an acceleration/deceleration section, and movement speed (v) along the file direction over the substrate is defined dependently on the square root of the product of the dropping length (L) and the absolute value of

Abstract: A method of creating an air barrier on both sides of an innerliner splice on the inside surface of a green tire when a bladder release lubricant is being applied thereto to prevent contamination of the splice. High pressure air is directed through air nozzles on both sides of the innerliner splice just prior to and during the application of the lubricant. A pressure sensor detects high or low air pressure during the creation of the air barriers to stop the spray of lubricant should either situation be detected.

Abstract: A system for sealing an air duct by coating the interior of the duct with a material similar to the coating used for spray-on truck bed liners. A spray device applies the liner material to the interior surface of the ducts and the spray device is held in the center of the duct by retractable sets of wheels. The spray device is removably attached to a supply hose that provides liner material to the spray device from a storage tank via a supply pump. The supply hose is first fed through the duct, the spray head is attached to the supply hose and the liner material is sprayed onto the duct as the spray head is retracted through the duct. The system can be either computer or manually controlled and can optionally employ an electrostatic unit to put opposite electrical charges on the duct and the liner material.

Abstract: The exterior surface of a pipe is coated around its full perimeter without rotation of the pipe or the complete coating apparatus. In one example, the coating apparatus includes coating heads attached to a rotor with the coating material supplied under positive air pressure via a stator. The coating heads rotate with the rotor and eject coating material onto the exterior surface of the pipe. In a second example, the coating apparatus is stationary and coating material is delivered under positive air pressure though chambers within the apparatus.

Abstract: This device for supplying coating products to the atomizers of an installation for spraying coating products on objects displaced by a conveyor, comprises at least one principal tank adapted to supply secondary tanks each intended for an atomizer, and means for displacing this principal tank up to the vicinity of the secondary tanks.

Abstract: Process for using coating guns to apply a conductive layer to the inside of battery cans moving on a conveyor with intermittent move and dwell times. Pats are automatically inspected. If a layer is defective due to a disabled coating gun, the process includes firing another coating gun at twice its normal firing rate and/or shifting its position so that it does the job of two coating guns.

Abstract: A process for producing a substrate having a coating resin layer includes the steps of carrying in a substrate on a fastening table and fastening the substrate to the table and, while moving a spout for spouting a resin layer precursor or the fastening table in a horizontal direction, spouting the resin layer precursor to apply the resin layer precursor onto the substrate to form a resin layer precursor layer on the substrate. Additional steps include carrying out the substrate having the resin layer precursor layer from the fastening table, and drying and curing the resin layer precursor layer on the substrate to form a coating resin layer on the substrate.

Abstract: A method and device of treating an irregularly shaped article to prepare the article for painting is provided. The device includes a burner which can produce an adjustable flame tongue which can fit into crevices, openings and other irregular topographical features of an item to be painted or otherwise coated. The burner device further provides means to apply a grafting chemical on a freshly oxidized surface. Further, the invention provides means to colorize treated objects so that they may be recognized as having been treated. In another embodiment, the grafting chemicals may be enhanced with electrolytic solutions such that electrostatic methods of painting may be subsequently employed on the item. In an alternate embodiment, the burner is adapted to spray a powder inside of a generally enclosed flame, and is used in conjunction with chop guns to manufacture glass or carbon fiber preforms.

Abstract: A method for sealing the cut edges which result when filter material is cut from a zigzag-shaped starting material is provided. The filter material area situated within an outer casing is at least partly interspersed with fine particles which are present therein in an unbound state. A cutter blade separates the filter material, which during the cutting process rests against an anvil, by exerting pressure which acts approximately perpendicularly on the material to be separated. According to the method, the severance cut takes place in an area which shortly prior to carrying out the severance cut has been impregnated with a liquid which is solidifiable under pressure.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for applying polyurethane to a roll that is primarily used in the papermaking industry. One advantage of the present system and method is that the polyurethane may be applied to the roll in one pass of a traversing mechanism along the length of the roll while the roll rotates, thus significantly decreasing processing time of the roll.

Abstract: An in-mold applicator and method for spraying a coating on difficult-to-reach surfaces of a mold is disclosed. The applicator includes a spray head and a base portion at an oblique angle to each other. The outer dimensions of the body portion and the spray head are sufficiently small so that taken in combination with the oblique angle, the applicator and method can enhance the spraying of the coating to difficult-to-reach surfaces within the mold.

Abstract: Apparatus for spraying a coating onto the outside of a pipe includes a body for mounting on a pipe to be coated. A spray gun is mounted on the body such that it can move relative to the body to spray coating completely around the periphery of the pipe. The apparatus may include only a single spray gun which is able to travel in a 360 degree range of motion around the periphery of the pipe. The apparatus is particularty suited to coating girth welds of a pipeline.