Abstract: A circuit-forming method includes a first forming step of forming a resin layer including a recessed portion by a first discharge device configured to discharge a curable resin, and a second forming step of forming an electrode inside the recessed portion by a second discharge device, which is configured to discharge a conductive paste, by referring to a first mark formed by the first discharge device. A circuit-forming apparatus includes a first discharge device configured to form a resin layer including a recessed portion by discharging a curable resin, and a second discharge device configured to form an electrode inside the recessed portion by discharging a conductive paste by referring to a first mark formed by the first discharge device.

Abstract: An electrical circuit forming method includes a wiring forming step of forming a metal wiring on a resin layer, a first application step of applying a conductive fluid to a planned mounting position of an electrode of an electronic component on the metal wiring, a first curing step of curing the conductive fluid, a second application step of applying a curable resin to a planned mounting position of a component main body of the electronic component, a second curing step of semi-curing the curable resin, a mounting step of mounting the electronic component such that the electrode comes into contact with the cured conductive fluid and the component main body comes into contact with the semi-cured curable resin semi-cured, and a third curing step of curing the semi-cured curable resin, after the electronic component is mounted.

Abstract: A feeder movement assistance system includes multiple storage side display sections to display the storage position in a display manner selected from multiple display manners, a storage section configured to store the tape feeder, multiple movement destination display sections provided in multiple movement destination devices as candidates to which the tape feeder is to be moved, and a display control section configured to cause the storage side display section indicating the storage position of the tape feeder to be moved and the movement destination display section in the movement destination device to which the tape feeder is to be moved to perform a display in a corresponding display manner, based on a storage content of the storage section and a content of a movement request, when the movement request for moving the tape feeder stored in the feeder stand to any of the multiple movement destination devices is generated.

Abstract: Provided are an optical communication device, an operating machine, and a communication method capable of detecting and notifying of occurrence of a communication failure or a possibility of the occurrence of a communication failure in optical communication. An optical communication device includes an optical receiving device configured to execute optical communication using an optical signal; a detection device configured to detect an error of data in received data received by the optical receiving device; and a determination device configured to determine an increase in the number of times of detection of the error detected in the detection device, and make notification of notification information related to communication abnormality based on the determination that the number of times of detection has been increased.

Abstract: A component inspection method according to the present disclosure includes imaging an upper surface of a board on which a component is mounted to acquire a color image in which a color of each pixel is represented by luminance values of multiple primary colors, extracting a pixel having a luminance value in a predetermined range corresponding to the color of the component among pixels constituting the color image as a specific pixel, performing emphasis processing of emphasizing the luminance value of the extracted specific pixel, and determining whether the component is mounted at a correct position by performing edge detection on the color image subjected to the emphasis processing.

Abstract: A detection method for comparing a detection value of a radar sensor with a threshold to detect an object, the detection method includes a step of executing first detection processing for detecting presence or absence of an object in a detection region using a first threshold as the threshold; and a step of executing second detection processing for detecting, when an object is detected in the first detection processing, presence or absence of an object using a second threshold having a detection sensitivity higher than a detection sensitivity of the first threshold, in a specific region that is near a detection position of the object and that is on a side of the radar sensor in the detection region.

Abstract: In order to achieve both an increase in production in a peak period and an increase in an operating rate of the production equipment by sharing the production equipment by multiple manufacturers, a production equipment sharing system includes a rental management section provided in a management server and configured to perform rental processing of renting first production equipment from an owner who owns the first production equipment to a user who remotely uses the first production equipment, and a billing processing section provided in the management server and configured to perform billing processing of paying a usage fee from the user to the owner based on the rental of the first production equipment.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic system is an ultrasound diagnostic system that performs diagnosis by moving an ultrasound probe by a robot. The system includes an arm section configured to hold the ultrasound probe, a motor section configured to move the arm section, an amplifier section configured to supply power to the motor section, a robot control section configured to output a control signal to the amplifier section, and a monitoring section configured to monitor states of respective sections constituting a system and shift to a predetermined safety state when an abnormality occurs in any of the respective sections.

Abstract: There is provided a tape feeder for supplying, using a taped electric component including a carrier tape and multiple electric components held onto the carrier tape, the electric component in a supply position, the tape feeder including a detection sensor configured to detect presence or absence of the electric component in the supply position.

Abstract: An eating utensil used for eating includes a first sensor configured to detect a change in an electrostatic capacitance by a predetermined method, a second sensor configured to detect a change in an electrostatic capacitance by a method different from the predetermined method in a change in an electrostatic capacitance when a water droplet adheres, a determination section configured to determine a state of the eating utensil based on detection results of the first and second sensors; and an output section configured to output a determination result by the determination section to an outside.

Abstract: A component mounting device includes a suction nozzle supplied with negative pressure air to perform pickup operation of a component, and is blocked from the negative pressure air to perform mounting operation of the component on a board, a first negative pressure supply section to supply the negative pressure air when the suction nozzle starts the pickup operation to when the suction nozzle starts the mounting operation, a second negative pressure supply section to supply the negative pressure air, a negative pressure detection section, and a negative pressure supply control section to operate the second negative pressure supply section when the detected pressure value of the negative pressure air is closer to an atmospheric pressure value than a predetermined value set between the atmospheric pressure value and a vacuum value.

Abstract: A mounting device includes a mounting section configured to pick up a component from a supply section that holds the component and execute a mounting process of the component on a mounting target, and a control section configured to acquire an inspection result obtained by executing an inspection process on the components placed on the mounting target and to notify an operator of the inspection result indicating that the component is defective at a timing before mounting an inspection resulted mounting component that is turned out to be mountable after the inspection result is determined.

Abstract: A circuit forming method including: an acquiring step of acquiring metal-containing liquid information including at least one of a density of a metal-containing liquid containing metal fine particles or a content of the metal fine particles; a calculating step of calculating the number of layers of the metal-containing liquid required to form a wiring by stacking the metal-containing liquid, based on the metal-containing liquid information acquired in the acquiring step; and a wiring forming step of forming a wiring by stacking the metal-containing liquid in the number of layers calculated in the calculating step.

Abstract: A foreign matter removal system of the present disclosure includes a conveyance device configured to convey a waste material in which a target object and a foreign matter are mixed, a detecting module configured to detect the foreign matter contained in the waste material, and a foreign matter removal module provided downstream of the detecting module in a conveyance direction of the conveyance device, the foreign matter removal module being configured to remove the foreign matter detected by the detecting module from the waste material.

Abstract: A machine tool suppresses the occurrence of erroneous operation on machining devices when a display operation device receives operations for the multiple machining devices. A control device of the machine tool displays a first operation section and a switching button on the display operation device. The first operation section is an operation section configured to receive operation instructions for a first machining device. The switching button is a button configured to switch a state in which the first operation section is displayed on the display operation device to a state in which a second operation section configured to receive operation instructions for a second machining device is displayed on the display operation device. The control device displays the first operation section and the switching button on the display operation device in a direction and an order in which the first machining device and the second machining device are arranged.

Abstract: A component mounter includes a cutting device that cuts a lead of a taped component in which a radial lead component is taped on a carrier tape to separate the radial lead component from the carrier tape, and a bad lead cut detection sensor that detects that the cutting device has failed to separate the radial lead component from the carrier tape.

Abstract: The delivery system of the present disclosure is a delivery system configured to deliver an article, the delivery system including an automatic transfer device including a detection section configured to detect surroundings, a drive section, and a control section configured to control the drive section, the automatic transfer device being configured to automatically move the article in a specific space, a standby space where the automatic transfer device is on standby is provided in the specific space, and the delivery system further includes a cleaning device disposed in the standby space, the cleaning device being configured to clean the automatic transfer device while the automatic transfer device is on standby.

Abstract: In a plasma generator having a first supply port and a second supply port, in which the plasma generator includes a first supply device for supplying a first gas from the first supply port, and a second supply device connected to the first supply device so as to supply a second gas from the second supply port, a gas supply determination method includes a first supply step of causing the first supply device to start supplying the first gas in a state where the second supply device stops supplying the second gas, a first measurement step of measuring a flow rate of the gas supplied to the first supply port after the first supply step, and a first notification step of notifying a supply state of the first gas in the first supply port in accordance with a flow rate measurement result of the first measurement step.

Abstract: A system includes feeder storage that stores feeders to be replenished to multiple component mounters and feeders removed from each component mounter, automatic exchanging device to replenish a feeder taken from the feeder storage to each component mounter and collect a feeder removed from each component mounter to the feeder storage, and feeder management section that manages whether each feeder stored in the feeder storage is a feeder to be replenished or a feeder to be collected. State display section, being provided with each feeder on an end face part on a removal direction side or an upper end face part, is configured to display a state of the feeder, and the feeder management section displays whether each feeder stored in the feeder storage is the feeder to be replenished or the feeder to be collected, on the state display section of each feeder.

Abstract: An image processing device that processes an image in which a wiring pattern is drawn and outputs the image as raster data in which formation content of wiring print dots is defined for each pixel, includes an input section that receives the image, a scan section that sequentially performs scanning in a scan direction at intervals of the pixel width, a calculation section that calculates an intersection-to-intersection distance in the scan direction based on positions of the intersection points, and a determination section that determines a line width of the wire in the scan direction and determine formation of dots for the determined line width for each pixel based on the intersection-to-intersection distance, the prescribed width, and a line width of an inclination wire which is the line width, in the scan direction, of a wire inclined according to the prescribed angle.