Abstract: Provided are a method for filling a liquid material, and an apparatus and a program for the same, which make it possible, without changing a moving speed of an ejection device, to correct a change in ejection amount and to stabilize an application shape. Disclosed are: a method for filling a liquid material into a gap between a substrate and a work by using the capillary action; and an apparatus and a program for the same. The method comprises the steps of: generating an application pattern consisting of a plurality of application areas continuous to one another; assigning a plurality of ejection cycles, each obtained by combining the number of ejection pulses and the number of pause pulses at a predetermined ratio therebetween, to each of the application areas; and measuring an ejection amount at correction intervals and calculating a correction amount for the ejection amount.

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: Provided are a method, an apparatus and a computer program for filling a liquid material, which do not require complicated parameter calculation and which are practiced with easier control. In the method for filling a gap between a substrate and a work placed thereon with the liquid material discharged from a discharge unit by utilizing a capillary action, the method is characterized in forming an application pattern made up of a temporarily stopping point and a non-stopping region along an outer periphery of the work, and correcting a discharge amount of the liquid material by increasing or reducing a time during which the discharge unit is stopped at the temporarily stopping point. The apparatus and the program for carrying out the method are also provided.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for discharging a fixed amount of liquid such that it is possible to divide and dispense a liquid material with a higher accuracy than is possible with conventional devices. The method for discharging a fixed amount of liquid uses a device provided with: a decompression valve for reducing the pressure of a compressed gas supplied by a compressed gas source; a discharging valve for controlling the flow rate of the gas decompressed at the decompression valve; a liquid storing container for discharging liquid from a nozzle through the pressing force of the gas supplied via the discharging valve; and a buffer tank positioned between the decompression valve and the discharging valve that has a volume greater than the volume of the liquid storage container.

Abstract: A liquid material application device having high space utilization efficiency and having excellent maintainability. In a liquid material application device for applying a liquid material to a desired position on a surface of a workpiece in a box by relatively moving a nozzle for discharging the liquid material and a table on which the workpiece is placed to face the nozzle, the liquid material application device comprises a carrying in/out opening formed in a side surface of the box and allowing the workpiece to be carried in and carried out therethrough, a beam extending toward the carrying in/out opening, an application head movable in the extending direction of the beam, beam moving means for moving the beam above and in parallel to the table, and a control unit for controlling operations of the aforesaid components.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nozzle rotation mechanism that is small in size, has a simple structure, and can accurately adjust the rotational direction of a nozzle tip. Also disclosed is a coating device provided with the aforementioned nozzle rotation mechanism. The nozzle rotation mechanism is provided with: a nozzle having a discharge outlet from which a liquid material is discharged; a nozzle unit having a channel that connects the nozzle and a liquid material supply source; a base member; and a rotation device that is provided on the base member and rotates the nozzle unit. The nozzle is disposed in the nozzle unit such that the centerline of the discharge outlet of the nozzle forms an angle with the rotational centerline of the nozzle unit, and the nozzle unit is removably mounted to the rotation device.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a pallet capable of reliably holding a board-like work on a table and applying a liquid to a desired position on an upper surface of the work, and to provide an applying apparatus provided with the pallet. [Solving Means] A pallet for fixing a board-like work is arranged on a table of a liquid applying apparatus, which applies a liquid by moving a nozzle for discharging the liquid and the table relatively to each other. The pallet comprises a base having a work area in which a plurality of works are arranged in parallel in a row direction and/or a column direction, and a holding plate for holding the work at both ends thereof, the holding plate having a window (69) which is positioned to make open central portion of the works arranged in the work area.

Abstract: A liquid transporting device capable of transporting a liquid, such as dispensing or distributing a liquid, to microplates in number larger than a value mountable on a table. The liquid transporting device comprises a table on an upper surface of which a storing member and a discharge receiving member are detachably mounted, sucking/discharger means, a control unit for transporting a liquid in accordance with a previously incorporate program while relatively moving the sucking/discharger means and the table, an input device, and an alarm signal notifier. The control unit has a function of determining whether ID information of the storing member and/or the discharge receiving member, which is a work target of the previously incorporate program, is identical to ID information of the storing member and/or the discharge receiving member mounted on the table.

Abstract: Object: To provide a working environment in which, when programming work of a moving program is executed, work of drawing a movement path diagram, etc. and the programming work can be performed in parallel and, in addition, height information can be visually confirmed.

Abstract: Provided is an ejection amount correction method and an applying apparatus, which can correctly measure the amount of an applied droplet and accurately correct the ejection amount. In an ejection amount correction method for measuring the amount of a liquid material ejected from a nozzle and correcting the ejection amount of the liquid material, a mirror is set near an application target surface at a predetermined angle with respect to the application target surface, an image of a droplet formed on the application target surface is picked up from a side through the mirror, the volume of the droplet is calculated based on the picked-up image of the droplet, and the ejection amount is corrected based on the calculated volume. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also provided.

Abstract: Object: Provided are a method for applying a liquid material wherein there is no need to compute complex parameters and there is no influence on the speed of movement of an ejection unit, a device for the same, and a program for the same.

Abstract: A plunger for a syringe of a liquid dispenser comprises a tapered front end section 12 having at its rear end 16 an outer diameter slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the syringe, a cylindrical drum section 14 continued to the rear end 16 of the tapered front end section 12, having a maximum outer diameter substantially the same as the inner diameter of the syringe and opening there, and a collar member 24 (30, 32) slidably formed by coupling with an outer circumferential surface in the vicinity of an opening 22 of the drum section 14 and maintaining the close contact with an inner wall surface 26 of the syringe 18, thereby inclination toward the syringe is eliminated and action within the syringe is constantly made smooth.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a liquid material discharge device and method capable of causing a liquid droplet to be satisfactorily discharged to fly out even under a condition where discharge of a small amount of liquid material is required.

Abstract: A liquid transporting device capable of transporting a liquid, such as dispensing or distributing a liquid, to microplates in number larger than a value mountable on a table. The liquid transporting device comprises a table on an upper surface of which a storing member and a discharge receiving member are detachably mounted, sucking/discharging means, a control unit for transporting a liquid in accordance with a previously incorporate program while relatively moving the sucking/discharging means and the table, input means, and alarm signal notifying means. The control unit has a function of determining whether ID information of the storing member and/or the discharge receiving member, which is a work target of the previously incorporate program, is identical to ID information of the storing member and/or the discharge receiving member mounted on the table.

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: 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: 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: A method of adjusting a clearance between a nozzle and a work to a desired value in a liquid application apparatus wherein a liquid discharged from the nozzle is applied to the work, comprises (a) a distance measurement step of measuring, by using a non-contact distance sensor positioned in parallel with the nozzle, a distance from the non-contact distance sensor to a reference surface of a contact detection sensor detecting a contact of the nozzle front end with the reference surface opposite to the nozzle front end, (b) a nozzle contacting step of making contacts with the nozzle front end and the reference surface of the contact detection sensor to obtain a positional information of the nozzle, (c) a distance measurement step of measuring, by the non-contact distance sensor, a distance from the non-contact distance sensor to the work before applying the liquid to the work, and (d) a step of adjusting a nozzle clearance to a desired value based on the relative positional information between the nozzle and th

Abstract: [Object] To provide a method and apparatus for discharging a liquid material, which can solve the problems regarding the occurrence of a satellite and accuracy of a landing position. [Solving Means] In a method for discharging a liquid material in the state of a liquid droplet through a discharge orifice by applying inertial force to the liquid material, the method is characterized in comprising the steps of measuring a distance A from a lower end of the discharge orifice to a lower end of the liquid material having flowed out from the discharge orifice at the time when the liquid material having flowed out from the discharge orifice separates from the discharge orifice, and setting a distance B between the lower end of the discharge orifice and a work surface to be approximately the same as the distance A. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also provided.

Abstract: A liquid delivering method and a liquid delivering device are provided, which solve the prior art problems including damages to a plunger and a valve seat. A liquid material delivering method includes the steps of advancing at high speed a liquid material delivering plunger with its distal end surface closely contacted with the liquid material, and subsequently abruptly stopping plunger driving means, thereby applying an inertial force to the liquid material to deliver the latter. A liquid delivering device includes a tubular metering section, a plunger internally contacting the metering section, a nozzle having a delivery port, a first valve for establishing communication between the metering section and the nozzle, a storage container for storing a liquid material, a liquid material feed valve (second valve) for establishing communication between the storage container and the metering section.