Abstract: A sheet film forming roll is manufactured by processing a thin cylindrical work used as an external cylinder of the sheet film forming roll by holding the thin cylindrical work using a holding jig and machining an outer peripheral surface of the thin cylindrical work. The holding jig includes a holding member, a diameter changing unit, and a pair of circular side plates. The holding member is made of a metal and has a cylindrical shape and an elastically expandable or contractible diameter. An outside diameter of the holding member is held smaller than an inside diameter of the thin cylindrical work for insertion of the holding member into an inner periphery of the thin cylindrical work and expanded after insertion of the holding member into the inner periphery of the thin cylindrical work to hold the thin cylindrical work from an inner peripheral side of the thin cylindrical work.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting element including, in a light extraction layer thereof, a photonic crystal periodic structure including two systems (structures) with different refractive indices. An interface between the two systems (structures) satisfies Bragg scattering conditions, and the photonic crystal periodic structure has a photonic band gap.

Abstract: A machine tool according to an embodiment includes a drive mechanism configured to move a control target; a motor configured to operate the drive mechanism; a first encoder configured to detect a position of the control target; a second encoder configured to detect a position of the motor; a servo control unit configured to control the motor; and a numerical control unit configured to receive or calculate an error between the position of the control target obtained from a detection result of the first encoder and a position of the control target obtained from a detection result of the second encoder from the servo control unit, and to estimate a transmission error of the drive mechanism based on a change amount of the error between before and after inversion of a moving direction of the control target.

Abstract: A device for forming a glass semi-product loaded in a die set is comprised of: a first chamber enclosing a heating zone, a waiting zone and a cooling zone arranged in a row along a first direction and being controllable of an atmosphere in the first chamber; a second chamber in spatial communication with the first chamber and closable so as to keep vacuum in the second chamber, the second chamber so neighboring on the waiting zone as to receive the die set moving from the waiting zone in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a ram disposed in the second chamber and movable to get contact with the die set and carry out press-forming on the glass semi-product in the vacuum kept in the second chamber.

Abstract: A painting robot system includes a robot and a spray gun unit. The robot includes a plurality of robot arms and a drive shaft member disposed on a distal end robot arm of the multiple robot arms, the drive shaft member being rotatable about a distal end drive axis. The spray gun unit is mounted on the robot arm. The spray gun unit includes a support member fixed to the distal end robot arm, guide members disposed on the support member, a plurality of spray guns disposed on the support member, and a linkage mechanism connecting between the movable spray guns and the drive shaft member. A spacing between at least one pair of adjacent spray guns can be varied via the linkage mechanism by rotating the drive shaft member of the robot.

Abstract: A laser dicing method is a laser dicing method which includes: switching irradiation and non-irradiation of the pulse laser beam on the work piece in light pulse units by controlling passing and blocking of the pulse laser beam using a pulse picker in synchronization with the clock signal; and forming a crack reaching a substrate surface of the work piece to be continuous in the substrate surface of the work piece, and which includes: a first crack forming step of irradiating the pulse laser beam on the work piece along a first line; and a second crack forming step of irradiating the pulse laser beam on the work piece along a second line orthogonal to the first line, and in which, in an area in which the first line and the second line cross, a light pulse density of the pulse laser beam is increased in the first crack forming step or the second crack forming step.

Abstract: A method for processing a thin cylindrical work includes holding the work using a holding jig. The jig includes a cylindrical holding member which holds the work from an inner peripheral side and a diameter changing unit which changes a diameter of the holding member. The metal holding member has an elastically expandable or contractible diameter. The outside diameter of the holding member is held smaller than an inside diameter of the work when inserted into an inner periphery of the work and is expanded after insertion. The diameter changing unit applies at least one of an axial external force in a compressing direction or an axial external force in a tensile direction to both ends of the holding member to change the diameter of the holding member.

Abstract: A transfer device 5 transfers a fine transfer pattern M1 formed on a mold M to a molding target W. The transfer device includes: a base member 47 including a press body 31; a moving member 49 including a molding target placing body 33 that sandwiches and presses the mold M and the molding target W in cooperation with the press body 31, and is provided on the base member 47 so that the molding target placing body 33 can move; and a moving body supporting body 51 that includes a guide portion 71, and is engaged with and provided integrally on the base member 47 only in a region of the base member 47 elastically deformed very slightly by reaction force when the press is performed, the region being a region where a flexure angle becomes substantially “0”.

Abstract: A conveying/positioning device includes: a unused-mold placing device 9 that places a rolled mold MB of a sheet-shaped mold M thereon; a mold rolling-up device 11 that rolls up the flat sheet-shaped mold MA supplied from the unused-mold placing device 9; and a tension maintaining device that constantly maintains a tension of the flat sheet-shaped mold even if a form of the flat sheet-shaped mold is changed when the peeling is performed.

Abstract: On at least the edge portion (9e) of the lip portion (9) of a T-die (1), a cladding layer (10) is provided. The cladding layer is formed by laser build-up welding to a base material with a powder of a corrosion resistant and wear resistant alloy comprising a nickel-based alloy or a cobalt-based alloy. The cladding layer has a metallographic structure in which metal borides are dispersed in a binder phase. The lip portion has high quality and has high durability. The manufacturing costs of the T-die can also be kept relatively low.

Abstract: A quality management device and a die-cast molding machine capable of suitably inspecting quality in relation to the amount of blowholes of a die-cast product which is cast according to a PF die casting method are provided. A quality management device 3 performs the quality management of the die-cast product formed according to the pore free die casting method of supplying oxygen to a cavity Ca and an injection sleeve 27 communicated with the cavity Ca and, in that state, ejecting a melt in the injection sleeve 27 into the cavity Ca. Further, the quality management device 3 has a vacuum sensor 51 which detects the air pressure in the cavity Ca and a control device 70 which makes good/defective judgment of quality of the die-cast product in relation to the amount of blowholes based on the air pressure detected by the vacuum sensor 51 during injection.

Abstract: A microscopic geometry cutting device includes: a controller that outputs a timer count start command in starting a driving program which controls a drive of an X-axis or a Y-axis moving mechanism; an arrival time calculator that calculates an arrival time from when the timer count start command is output till when the cutter arrives at a machining start position in accordance with relative moving speed information of the moving mechanisms and machining start position information of a workpiece W; an elapsed time determiner that determines whether an elapsed time from when the timer count start command is output is coincident with the arrival time and outputs a trigger signal when the elapsed time is coincident with the arrival time; and a reciprocating stage driver that drives the reciprocating stage in a manner that the cutter advances and retracts in a predetermined cutting depth in response to the trigger signal.

Abstract: A molded body assembly (1) includes a to-be-molded body (3) and a mold (5) formed in the shape of a sheet. The mold (5) has a fine transfer pattern (7) formed on one surface thereof facing in the thickness direction thereof. The mold (5) is caused to adhere to the to-be-molded body (3) by the transferring of the fine transfer pattern (7) to the to-be-molded body (3), and protects a fine transferred pattern (9) formed in the to-be-molded body (3).

Abstract: A machine tool which processes a machine target object using a main shaft which revolves, the machine tool includes a support portion which supports the main shaft; a first driving unit which revolves the main shaft about a first axis; a second driving part which feeds the main shaft from the support portion in a direction of the first axis; a control part which changes an upper limit value of a revolution speed of the main shaft according to a feeding length of the main shaft fed from the support portion; and a memory unit which associates and stores the upper limit value of the revolution speed and the feeding length.

Abstract: A rail support device installed in a clip chain type sheet stretching apparatus configured to stretch a sheet includes a first rail support member, a second rail support member, and an arc shaped rail support member. The arc shaped rail support member is engaged with each of the connecting portions of the first and second rail support members to form a higher pair. The rail support device is symmetrical with respect to an intersection angle bisecting plane which is a plane developing in a vertical direction and including an intersection angle bisector.

Abstract: A work setting apparatus includes a lower table 15, an upper table 17, and a work holding unit 19 provided with a plurality of work holders 25 each having an adhesive to hold a work. A work setting method sets a second work W2 held by the work holders 25 onto a first work W1 set on the lower table 17. A work holder removing method removes the work holders 25 from the second work W2 set on the first work W1 by vibrating the first and second works W1 and W2 on the lower table 15.

Abstract: A film stretching machine includes a clip chain for holding a lateral edge of a film and stretches the film while transporting the film with the clip chain holding the film and traveling, and includes an upper reference rail disposed at an upper side for guiding the clip chain; a lower reference rail disposed at a lower side for guiding the clip chain; a plurality of clips that constitutes the clip chain; an interval adjusting rail for adjusting intervals of the plurality of clips; and interval adjusting links that couple neighboring clips among the plurality of clips and contact with the interval adjusting rail to adjust the intervals of the plurality of clips. According to the film stretching machine, a stretch degree of a film can be adjusted with a simple configuration and little man-hours.

Abstract: The present invention is a control device of a motor, for drawing out a capacity of the motor as much as possible so as to achieve a high-speed high-output performance thereof while securing a stability, including: a converter unit configured to rectify and smooth an AC voltage, and to output a DC main circuit voltage; an inverter unit configured to pass a current for driving the motor, with the use of the main circuit voltage; a current detector configured to detect an armature current passing through the motor; a position detector disposed on the motor, the position detector being configured to detect a motor speed; and a current control unit configured to control, upon reception of a q-axis current command (Iqr), the armature current passing through the motor, by outputting a signal for driving the inverter unit, with the use of data from the current detector and data from the position detector.

Abstract: A laser dicing method of a work piece on a surface of which a metal film is provided, includes: a first metal film removing of irradiating a pulse laser beam defocused from the metal film, along a first line, and removing the metal film; a second metal film removing of irradiating the pulse laser beam defocused from the metal film, along a second line orthogonal to the first line, and removing the metal film; and a crack forming of irradiating the pulse laser beam in an area from which the metal film of the work piece is removed, and forming the crack in the work piece, and, in an area in which the first line and the second line cross, irradiation of the pulse laser beam is interrupted in the first metal film removing or the second metal film removing.

Abstract: Provide a pulse laser processing device which facilitates stable microfabrication of the surface of a large target processing material, and an increase in the speed of microfabrication. The pulse laser processing device includes a reference clock oscillating circuit which generates a clock signal, a laser oscillator which emits a pulse laser beam synchronized with the clock signal, a laser scanner which scans a pulse laser beam only in a one-dimensional direction in synchronization with the clock signal, a stage on which the target processing material can be placed and which moves in a direction orthogonal to the one-dimensional direction, and a pulse picker which is provided on an optical path between the laser oscillator and laser scanner and which switches pass and block of the pulse laser beam in synchronization with the clock signal.