Abstract: A hot air nozzle includes a leading-end face 2 having an outlet, and at least one side face 3 extending between the leading-end face 2 and a base end 4. The leading-end face 2 has a shape that makes a lengthwise direction ? and a widthwise direction of the leading-end face 2 distinguishable, and has a center section 22 in the lengthwise direction ? that protrudes relative to two opposite ends 23 in the lengthwise direction ?. The outlet extends along the protruding shape of the leading-end face 2.

Abstract: A coating apparatus includes a support unit configured to support a film over a work to be coated. The support unit includes first support unit and second support unit which are arranged with a distance therebetween in a first direction so as to be positioned on both sides of the work. The first support unit includes a first lower member and a first upper member which vertically hold therebetween a first end of the film. The second support unit includes a second lower member and a second upper member which vertically hold therebetween a second end of the film. Each of the first lower member and the second lower member includes a support surface which extends in a second direction intersecting with the first direction while curving in an up-down direction, and is configured to support the film from below.

Abstract: A wind collecting apparatus includes an exhaust unit opened in a plurality of directions and configured to generate a negative pressure by passing a natural wind, and an intake unit arranged on a lower side of the exhaust unit, configured to take outside air and having an intake flow path and an exhaust flow path communicating with a target space. The outside air is sucked from the intake unit via the exhaust flow path, the target space, and the intake flow path by the negative pressure generated in the exhaust unit.

Abstract: A jig used in a coating apparatus. The jig includes a base member including a first opposing surface; a placement member including a placement surface on which a work to be coated is placeable, and a second opposing surface that opposes the first opposing surface, the placement member being attachable to and removable from the base member; a recessed portion formed in one of the placement member and the base member; and a protrusion portion that is formed in another one of the placement member and the base member and configured to engage with the recessed portion, wherein dimensions of the recessed portion and the protrusion portion are such that the recessed portion and the protrusion portion engage with each other so that the first opposing surface and the second opposing surface come into contact with each other.

Abstract: A jig for placing a workpiece thereon, wherein surface processing by metal spraying is performed on a part of a region of the jig.

Abstract: Provided are an inspection device and an inspection method capable of controlling the positional relationship between a device and a measurement object to achieve an attitude enabling an appropriate detection of the surface conditions. The inspection device includes: a detector including a transmitter configured to transmit a transmission wave to a measurement object and a receiver configured to receive a return wave generated as a result of the transmission wave hitting the measurement object; and at least one sucker configured to suck the measurement object to regulate respective positions of the measurement object and the detector relative to each other.

Abstract: A coating apparatus that coats a work to be coated with a film, the coating apparatus including: a coating unit configured to coat the work to be coated with a film; an accommodation unit configured to accommodate the film before coating; a conveyance unit configured to convey the film before coating from the accommodation unit to the coating unit; and a decoration unit configured to decorate the film before coating between the accommodation unit and the coating unit.

Abstract: A laser apparatus comprising: a laser irradiation unit configured to cut a target object; and a suction nozzle configured to suck fume generated at the time of cutting the target object, wherein a suction port of the suction nozzle is arranged near an irradiation port of the laser irradiation unit.

Abstract: A paint chamber unit for an electrostatic atomization painting machine includes: nozzles; a paint chamber that extends between an outflow port row in which outflow ports respectively connected to the nozzles are arranged in a row and an inflow port into which paint is to flow; and an on-off valve configured to open and close the inflow port. A width of the paint chamber along the outflow port row of the paint chamber gradually increases from the inflow port toward the outflow port row.

Abstract: A hot air generation apparatus for performing heating processing concerning a dry gas in a coating drying oven, includes a heating chamber to which the dry gas is supplied, and an electric flow heater attached to a wall portion of the heating chamber The electric flow heater includes a heating unit provided with a heating element, an introduction portion provided outside the heating chamber to introduce a gas to pass through the heating unit, a discharge portion provided inside the heating chamber to discharge the gas that has passed through the heating unit, and an electric connection terminal provided outside the heating chamber and configured to supply power to the heating element.

Abstract: The paint apparatus includes a paint booth having an upper chamber in which a painting operation is performed and a lower chamber placed below the upper chamber; a receiving portion 2 that receives air discharged from the paint booth; a filter module 3 attachable to and detachable from the receiving portion 2 and including filter portions 31 and 32 that trap paint mist from air that passed through the receiving portion 2, a filter inlet portion 33 that receives an inflow of air from the receiving portion 2, and a filter outlet portion 34 that discharges air from which the paint mist was trapped by the filter portions 31 and 32; and rails 6 that guide the filter module 3 to an attached position at which the filter module 3 is attached to the receiving portion 2.

Abstract: A coating device for atomizing a paint having an electrical resistivity of 20 M?·cm or less using an action of an electric field, and includes a nozzle to which a voltage is applied, a flow passage along which the paint flows, a measuring unit that measures a supplied current, and a controller that controls the voltage applied to the nozzle, based on a measurement value of the measuring unit.

Abstract: A management apparatus manages driving of a plurality of automated guided vehicles that convey a conveyance target object in a production facility. The apparatus acquires remaining amount information of a battery provided in a selected vehicle selected from the plurality of automated guided vehicles, acquires a conveyance condition of a conveyance target object, the conveyance condition including a condition for specifying a conveyance destination, estimates, based on the remaining amount information and the conveyance condition, a remaining amount of the battery at the time of conveying the conveyance target object to the conveyance destination, and decides a driving mode of the selected vehicle based on an estimation result of the estimation unit.

Abstract: An air conditioner that can have a higher efficiency, a lower power consumption, and a smaller size is disclosed. The air conditioner is for supplying air to a paint booth for painting a paint target. The air conditioner includes a housing that has an inlet and an outlet for air that is to be supplied, a humidifying means for spraying humidifying mist into the air taken in through the inlet, and a vaporizing means for vaporizing unvaporized humidifying mist contained in the air into which the humidifying mist was sprayed by the humidifying means, by causing the unvaporized humidifying mist to come into contact with the air flowing through the vaporizing means. The air subjected to humidity adjustment by the humidifying means and the vaporizing means is supplied to the paint booth via the outlet.

Abstract: A quality control system for controlling quality of a paint target includes: an individual identification section associating a step control value and a quality control value with identification information for the paint target on the basis of the amount of movement; a state value computing section calculating a state value indicative of a paint state of the paint target on the basis of a history of a temporal change of the step control value; a learning section learning a correlation between the step control value, the state value, and the quality control value using sets of the step control value, the state value, and the quality control value; an input device receiving information on the amount of movement, the step control value, and the quality control value; and a storage device storing a set of the identification information, the step control value, the state value, and the quality control value.

Abstract: To provide a coating drier facility that has only a small heat loss and saves energy, a coating drier facility includes: a drier chamber configured to dry a coated object; a heater for heating air; an air supplier for supplying the air heated by the heater into the drier chamber; an air collector for collecting air from the drier chamber; and a treatment device for treating a volatile substance in the air that the air collector has collected, wherein the heater doubles as the treatment device.

Abstract: Provided is an automatic teaching system that is readily able to achieve automation, even when a small but varied number of processing objects are to undergo polishing or coating. The automatic teaching system includes a three-dimensional shape measurement apparatus, a reference marker, an image analysis apparatus, and a robot control device. The three-dimensional shape measurement apparatus acquires shape data of a processing target region on a processing object relative to the reference marker, and the image analysis apparatus divides the shape data of the processing target region into a plurality of continuous reference surfaces, in accordance with a predetermined algorithm, automatically generates a program of an operation path along which a polishing apparatus or coating apparatus of the robot is to be operated, for every reference surface, in accordance with a predetermined operation path generation rule, and transmits the program of the operation path to the robot control device.

Abstract: An airflow detection apparatus (1) includes an airflow detection apparatus (1) that detects an airflow in a painting booth, and includes a thread-like member (2) installed inside the painting booth, an image capture device (4) capable of generating image data obtained by capturing an image of the thread-like member (2), and a calculation device capable of performing calculation processing on the image data. The thread-like member (2) is installed in the painting booth in a mode in which at least a portion thereof is suspended. The calculation device specifies a portion corresponding to the thread-like member (2) in the image data, and detects an airflow based on a position of the portion.

Abstract: Provided are an inspection device and an inspection method capable of controlling the positional relationship between a device and a measurement object to achieve an attitude enabling an appropriate detection of the surface conditions. The inspection device includes: a detector including a transmitter configured to transmit a transmission wave to a measurement object and a receiver configured to receive a return wave generated as a result of the transmission wave hitting the measurement object; and at least one sucker configured to suck the measurement object to regulate respective positions of the measurement object and the detector relative to each other.

Abstract: The paint apparatus includes a paint booth having an upper chamber in which a painting operation is performed and a lower chamber placed below the upper chamber; a receiving portion 2 that receives air discharged from the paint booth; a filter module 3 attachable to and detachable from the receiving portion 2 and including filter portions 31 and 32 that trap paint mist from air that passed through the receiving portion 2, a filter inlet portion 33 that receives an inflow of air from the receiving portion 2, and a filter outlet portion 34 that discharges air from which the paint mist was trapped by the filter portions 31 and 32; and rails 6 that guide the filter module 3 to an attached position at which the filter module 3 is attached to the receiving portion 2.