Abstract: A high-speed automatic dispensing apparatus capable of preparing samples under different conditions, minimizing waste liquid materials, and realizing high productivity. A dispensing station is also provided. The high-speed automatic dispensing apparatus with a replaceable dispensing head comprises a dispensing head including a plurality of pipettes, a pipette head to which one end of a plunger extending to pass through each pipette is fixed, and a head body part abutting against the pipette head and allowing the pipettes to pass therethrough, a pipette head moving mechanism vertically moving the pipette head, and a drive mechanism horizontally and vertically moving the dispensing head. The dispensing station includes the high-speed automatic dispensing apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed are an application method, device and program which enable the constant retention of a fillet shape, without altering the shape due to the speed differences associated with changes in the direction of the nozzle or differences in the degree of penetration when bumps are arranged non-uniformly. In a liquid material application method a desired application pattern is created, liquid material is discharged from a nozzle whilst the nozzle and a workpiece are moved relative to one another, and the gap between a substrate and the workpiece, the workpiece being placed above the substrate by means of at least three bumps, is filled up with liquid material by capillary action. If bumps are arranged non-uniformly, the supply quantity per unit area of the application pattern is set so that a greater quantity is supplied to application areas next to areas where the integration density of bumps is high, than is supplied to application areas next to areas where the integration density of bumps is low.

Abstract: An automatically generating program and device are provided which can easily and accurately create an operation program with no need of providing an image data input device. The program, causes a work head to move relative to a work object and to carry out desired work, includes the steps of displaying a reference data input window which allows input of shape data of the work object or a work region (STEP 201), taking in image data of the work object or the work region (STEP 202), compensating for distortion in the taken-in image data (STEP 203), displaying a movement path input window which allows designation of a movement path with the compensated image data displayed as a background (STEP 204), and automatically generating the operation program based on the movement path that is designated on the movement path input window (STEP 205).

Abstract: A liquid material application method for filling, based on a capillary action, a liquid material ejected from an ejection device, the method includes a step of preparing a plurality of cycles and allocating the cycles to the application regions, the cycles each including one ejection pulse combined with a plurality of pause pulses at a predetermined ratio, a correction amount calculation step of measuring an ejection amount at timing of a correction period that is set in advance, and calculating a correction amount of the ejection amount, and a step of adjusting a ratio of the pause pulses to one ejection pulse for one or more cycles based on the correction amount calculated in the correction amount calculation step, wherein a length of the pause pulse is set to be sufficiently shorter than a length of the ejection pulse.

Abstract: A computer program product and an apparatus for preparing a moving program for controlling the operation of a working robot which can move a known working apparatus relative to a workpiece and which can perform desired work on the workpiece. Movement information of the working apparatus may be input to a text entry screen on a character basis. Movement information of the working apparatus may also be input via a figure entry screen as a path on a two-dimensional plane in correlation with height information. The movement information that is input on the text entry screen is output in real time as the path on the two-dimensional plane and the height information thereof on the figure entry screen. The movement information that is input on the figure entry screen is output in real time to the text entry screen on the character basis.

Abstract: The liquid material discharge device and method discharges a liquid droplet even under a condition where discharge of a small amount of liquid material is required. The apparatus has a liquid chamber having the discharge opening through which the liquid material is discharged, an extrusion member having a plunger and a contact portion, the plunger being thinner than the liquid chamber not to contact a side wall of the liquid chamber and having a forward end portion which advances and retracts within the liquid chamber, and a collision member disposed adjacent to the extrusion member on the side opposite to the plunger and having a piston and a collision portion facing the contact portion. The collision portion collides against the contact portion such that the extrusion member is advanced at a high speed to discharge the liquid material.

Abstract: A device for discharging a constant amount of a high-viscosity material, capable of accurately discharging the material even if the material is sent under high pressure. A device for discharging a constant amount of a high-viscosity material, provided with: a discharge unit (400) having a discharge opening which discharges the high-viscosity material; a holding unit (300) having a holding area which holds the high-viscosity material, a receiving opening which supplies the high-viscosity material to the holding area, and a delivery opening which delivers the high-viscosity material to the discharge unit; and a high-pressure supply pump (100) for supplying to the holding unit under a first pressure the high-viscosity material having been filled into a container.

Abstract: The liquid material discharge device and method discharges a liquid droplet even under a condition where discharge of a small amount of liquid material is required. The apparatus has a liquid chamber having the discharge opening through which the liquid material is discharged, an extrusion member having a plunger and a contact portion, the plunger being thinner than the liquid chamber not to contact a side wall of the liquid chamber and having a forward end portion which advances and retracts within the liquid chamber, and a collision member disposed adjacent to the extrusion member on the side opposite to the plunger and having a piston and a collision portion facing the contact portion. The collision portion collides against the contact portion such that the extrusion member is advanced at a high speed to discharge the liquid material.

Abstract: A viscous liquid material discharging method and apparatus can minimize the problem of wear of a sealing member due to friction, and minimize a rotational force required at the time of starting discharge of a highly-viscous liquid material. The apparatus includes a screw having a helical blade which is axially provided over a surface of a rod-like member, a rotation driving mechanism for rotating the screw, a main body having a screw insertion bore in which the screw is inserted, a liquid material supply port formed in a lateral side of the screw insertion bore, and a liquid material supply flow passage communicating with the liquid material supply port, a sealing member which is disposed in the screw insertion bore and through which the screw penetrates, and a nozzle mounted to the main body and communicating with the screw insertion bore.

Abstract: The discharge device includes a nozzle unit, a storage unit for supplying a pressure transmission medium under regulated pressure to the nozzle unit side, a pressurization unit for supplying a pressurized gas under regulated pressure to the storage unit side, a pump mechanism, a branch unit for communicating the nozzle unit, the storage unit, and the pump mechanism with each other, a discharge valve for establishing or blocking communication between the branch unit and the nozzle unit, and a supply valve for establishing or blocking communication between the branch unit and the storage unit. In a state of the discharge valve being closed and the supply valve being opened, the pressurized gas under pressure regulated by the pressurization unit is supplied to the storage unit side and the pressure transmission medium in liquid phase under pressure regulated by the storage unit is supplied to the supply valve side.

Abstract: A liquid material discharge device which can remove bubbles in a liquid material supplied to the device, can ensure a stable discharge amount of the liquid material, and can reduce the weight of a plunger section. The liquid material discharge device comprises a liquid material supply section for supplying the liquid material to be discharged, a measuring section having a measuring hole and a plunger sliding on an inner wall surface of the measuring hole to suck the liquid material into the measuring hole and to discharge the liquid material, a discharge section having a discharge port for discharging the liquid material, a valve section for changing over communication between the liquid material supply section and the measuring section and communication between the measuring section and the discharge section, and a debubbling mechanism provided in a flow path running from the liquid material supply section to the measuring section.

Abstract: There is provided a work processing apparatus including a plurality of work conveyance lines on which works are to be moved, a stopping unit to stop a work in a predetermined processing position on each of the work conveyance lines, a processing unit to make a desired process on the work stopped by the stopping unit, and a moving unit to move the processing unit between the work conveyance lines. Works are sequentially processed on the plurality of work conveyance lines. While a work is being processed in the processing position on one of the work conveyance lines, another work can be carried in to the other work conveyance line. Therefore, immediately after a work is completely processed on the one work conveyance line, processing of another work can be started. As a result, the production rate is higher and the apparatus can be designed smaller in size.

Abstract: Disclosed are an application method, device and programme which enable the constant retention of a fillet shape, without altering the shape due to the speed differences associated with changes in the direction of the nozzle or differences in the degree of penetration when bumps are arranged non-uniformly. In a liquid material application method a desired application pattern is created, liquid material is discharged from a nozzle whilst the nozzle and a workpiece are moved relative to one another, and the gap between a substrate and the workpiece, the workpiece being placed above the substrate by means of at least three bumps, is filled up with liquid material by capillary action. If bumps are arranged non-uniformly, the supply quantity per unit area of the application pattern is set so that a greater quantity is supplied to application areas next to areas where the integration density of bumps is high, than is supplied to application areas next to areas where the integration density of bumps is low.

Abstract: Provided is a full-automatic working apparatus which has a work-object conveying mechanism and can be used on a desk. The desktop working apparatus works a work-object as desired by moving relatively the work-object and a working head.

Abstract: Provided are a method, an apparatus and a computer program for filling a liquid material, which do not require complicated parameter calculation and which do not affect the moving speed of a discharge unit. In the method for filling a gap between a substrate and a work placed thereon with the liquid material discharged from the discharge unit by utilizing a capillary action, the method is characterized in forming an application pattern made up of an application region and a non-application region along an outer periphery of the work, and correcting a discharge amount of the liquid material by extending and contracting the application region and the non-application region. The apparatus and the program for carrying out the method are also provided.

Abstract: A liquid material discharge device that can discharge a liquid material supplied to the device while keeping the liquid material clean and holding a stable discharge amount of the liquid material, and that can be reduced in size. The liquid material discharge device comprises a liquid material supply section for supplying a liquid material to be discharged, a discharge section having a discharge port for discharging the liquid material, a measurement section comprising a measurement hole and a plunger sliding along an inner wall surface of the measurement hole to suck and discharge the liquid material into and from the measurement hole, a valve section comprising a body and a valve member which is formed with a channel for interconnecting the liquid material supply section and the measurement section and with a channel for interconnecting the measurement section and the discharge section, the valve member sliding in a space formed in the body, and a control section for controlling the aforesaid sections.

Abstract: An ink jet ejection head suitable for realizing maintenance of an ink jet head in such a manner as restoring ink ejection performance and ensuring satisfactory application free from an ejection failure in one or more nozzles. The ink jet ejection head of a liquid material application apparatus has an ink jet head, a head holding member for holding the ink jet head in a detachable manner, and a changing-over mechanism connected to a liquid supply passage and a pressurized air supply passage. The changing-over mechanism selectively supplies one of a liquid and pressurized air to the ink jet head. The liquid material application apparatus includes the ink jet ejection head.

Abstract: Disclosed are an air bubble ingress prevention mechanism, a liquid material discharge device provided with the air bubble ingress prevention mechanism, and a liquid material discharge method, with which a constant filled state can be achieved without variations and without requiring any additional equipment when a metering section is filled with liquid material. A discharge device is provided with a metering section which has a flow passage communicating with a nozzle, and a plunger which moves back and forth within the flow passage of the metering section.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a liquid delivery apparatus capable of cutting the number of installation steps, eliminating the necessity of connectors such as couplings, and reducing the apparatus size. [Solving Means] The liquid delivery apparatus comprises a pressure reducing valve for adjusting pressure of pressurized gas, a pressure supply joint for supplying the pressurized gas having the adjusted pressure, and a solenoid valve for selectively establishing or cutting off communication between the pressure reducing valve and the pressure supply joint. The solenoid valve and the pressure reducing valve are arranged integrally with a manifold having channels formed therein. The solenoid valve and the pressure reducing valve are arranged on outer surfaces of the manifold.

Abstract: A work robot includes a holding unit for holding a work device, holding unit moving means, an information processing unit, a storage unit, and a variable storage unit. The work robot performs work by relatively moving the holding unit and a workpiece in accordance with a program instruction. When execution of the work is in progress, the program successively stores working state information in the variable storage unit. When the program is forced to end in the middle of the work and then the work is to be resumed, the program resumes the work in accordance with the working state information stored in the variable storage unit. Thus, even when the program is forced to end, the work can be resumed from the working state immediately before the forced end.