Abstract: A mask plate and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The mask plate includes a frame, mask strips fixed to the frame and extending in a first direction, and shielding strips having a same extending direction as that of the mask strips. The shielding strips are arranged in space between neighboring mask strips and shield a gap between neighboring mask strips. Each shielding strip includes a first border parallel with the first direction. Each shielding strip is provided with a first location hole at both ends of its extending direction. Some or all of the shielding strips have widths in a direction perpendicular to the first direction which are different from one another. Distances between centers of the first location holes of each shielding strip and the first border of the shielding strips lie in a first threshold range.

Abstract: Systems and methods for venting a solvent are disclosed. The system includes a chamber, such as an oven having an interior volume defining a heating zone, where the interior volume receives at least one substrate coated with a coating material comprising a solvent. The system further includes a vent coupled to the oven and defining a passage between the interior volume and the environment external to the oven. The system also includes a solvent sensor measuring an amount of evaporated solvent present in the interior volume, and a fan removing at least a portion of the solvent from the interior volume. The system may also include a coating assembly including an applicator and a flow meter, wherein the applicator applies a portion of the coating material to the substrate, and the flow meter determines the amount of coating material applied to the substrate.

Abstract: A device for producing polymer films having a predefined spatial structure. The device includes: a linear stage, a platform for a substrate, a cylinder for spreading a polymer solution layer over the substrate to deposit a polymer film onto the substrate, a cylinder height adjustment system, a control system for adjusting a height and tilt of the cylinder in relation to the substrate, a controllable voltage source, one or more metallic electrodes fixed onto the cylinder. The substrate onto which the polymer film is deposited is conductive for electric current. Electric voltage from the controllable voltage source is applied between the metallic electrode and the substrate during deposition of the polymer film onto the substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a molten metal plating facility and a method with which degradation in the surface quality of a strip can be prevented by preventing the adhesion of splashes.

Abstract: A suck-back type coating gun unit characterized in that a needle, which is formed into a single body with a movable valve body of a valve mechanism, is provided, and a cam-type valve driving mechanism, which includes a cam that is at its cam surface in contact with the tip end of the needle, is provided. In this suck-back type coating gun unit, a cam-type valve driving mechanism that makes stroke motions is configured in which the rotational operation of the cam body is converted into a stroke operation to make a valve ON and OFF operation of the hot melt coating gun unit, so that the ON operation is made by the ridge portion of the cam body and the OFF operation is made by the valley portion of the cam body.

Abstract: A treatment solution supply apparatus to supply a treatment solution to a treatment solution discharge unit via a supply path that is provided with a filter configured to remove foreign substances in the treatment solution and a tubephragm pump to send the treatment solution, the supply path has an opening/closing valve on an upstream side of the tubephragm pump and the filter, and a suck-back valve on a downstream side of the tubephragm pump and the filter, and includes a control unit to control at least the tubephragm pump, the opening/closing valve, and the suck-back valve, wherein the control unit performs: a control of stopping sending of the treatment solution from the tubephragm pump; and a control of suspending discharge of the treatment solution from the treatment solution discharge unit by operation of the suck-back valve, and then closing the opening/closing valve to stop the discharge.

Abstract: An ink jet process is used to deposit a material layer to a desired thickness. Layout data is converted to per-cell grayscale values, each representing ink volume to be locally delivered. The grayscale values are used to generate a halftone pattern to deliver variable ink volume (and thickness) to the substrate. The halftoning provides for a relatively continuous layer (e.g., without unintended gaps or holes) while providing for variable volume and, thus, contributes to variable ink/material buildup to achieve desired thickness. The ink is jetted as liquid or aerosol that suspends material used to form the material layer, for example, an organic material used to form an encapsulation layer for a flat panel device. The deposited layer is then cured or otherwise finished to complete the process.

Abstract: A method, a panel and equipment to form a digital print by applying dry ink (15), preferably including particles of pigment coated wood fibres (61), on a surface (2), bonding a part of the particles with a liquid blank ink drops (57) and removing the non-bonded particles from the surface (2).

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber, a mounting table for mounting thereon a target object in the chamber, a plasma source configured to introduce microwaves into the chamber through a ceiling wall of the chamber and generate a surface wave plasma in the chamber, a first gas introduction unit for introducing a first gas into the chamber from the ceiling wall, and a second gas introduction unit for introducing a second gas into the chamber from a location between the ceiling wall and the mounting table. The second gas introduction unit includes a ring-shaped member having a plurality of gas injection holes and provided at a predetermined height position between the ceiling wall and the mounting table, and a leg part which connects the ceiling wall and the ring-shaped member. The second gas is supplied to the ring-shaped member through the leg part.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a chamber main body; a stage having therein a first passage for coolant and a space communicating with the first passage; a first pipeline having a first end portion inserted into the space to be connected to the first passage and a second end portion connected to a coolant supply mechanism; and a first sealing member provided at a gap between a wall surface confining the space and the first end portion. A second passage having one end and the other end is formed within the stage. The one end of the second passage is connected to the gap. The first sealing member is contacted with the wall surface at a side of the first passage with respect to the second passage. The processing apparatus comprises a second pipeline connected to the other end thereof; and a detecting device connected to the second pipeline.

Abstract: A mask plate and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The mask plate comprises a first sub-mask plate and a second sub-mask plate stacked with each other, the first sub-mask plate is provided with at least one first opening therein, a size and a shape of the first opening correspond to those of a target display panel; the second sub-mask plate is provided with a second opening region, which covers at least one of the at least one first opening and includes a plurality of second openings. Since it is only required to ensure that the sizes and shapes of the first openings are the same as those of the target display panels respectively, and it is unnecessary to further manufacture openings for forming pixel patterns, comparing with the existing mask plate, the manufacturing process of the present disclosure is more simple and the manufacturing cost is lower.

Abstract: At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a mask, an evaporation device and an apparatus. The mask includes at least one first mask strip and at least one second mask strip intersected with each other, wherein the mask is configured to form a component of an apparatus and includes a mask pattern for forming the component, and in an intersection region of the first mask strip and the second mask strip, the first mask strip and the second mask strip together constitute a portion of the mask pattern.

Abstract: A mask and an assembling method are provided. The mask includes a plurality of strip-shaped supporting structures; a mask sheet supported by adjacent supporting structures, having a mask pattern; and a frame having an opening area; each of the supporting structures includes an intermediate portion and extension portions at both ends of the supporting structure, a width of the intermediate portion is greater than a width of each of the extension portions; the frame is provided with a groove connected with the opening area; and the extension portions of the supporting structure and an transition area in the intermediate portion close to the extension portion are located in the groove, and a fixing point configured to fix the supporting structure with the groove is at least disposed in the transition area.

Abstract: An apparatus for coating glass articles includes a housing structure defining a chamber for receiving air or other fluid from a source of pressurized air that is in fluid communication with the chamber. The housing structure has an open end and a surface defined along at least a portion of the open end. A hot-swappable insert is removably positioned on the surface. The hot-swappable insert has a series of apertures for distributing the air or other fluid from the chamber and onto a surface of the glass articles that are positioned adjacent the insert. The insert can be replaced with another insert to adjust the flow path of the air or other fluid onto the glass articles.

Abstract: A dispensing nozzle assembly for dispensing a flowable liquid through a nozzle, incorporating a rotating tube assembly. The dispensing nozzle assembly includes a nozzle coupling for supplying the flowable liquid, and a cylindrical nozzle tube having an inlet end connected to the nozzle coupling, and an outlet end attached to a dispensing nozzle. A union housing is secured to the nozzle coupling, and has a top opening through which the nozzle coupling extends, and an interior space that accepts and surrounds the nozzle coupling. The rotating tube assembly also includes a rotatable, cylindrical outer tube that surrounds the nozzle tube, which has an inlet end that extends into union housing, and an outlet end that extends proximate the outlet end of the nozzle tube. The inlet end of the rotatable outer tube that extends into union housing and is secured rotatably by a pair of spaced-apart, axially-aligned shaft bearings.

Abstract: Implementations described herein provide for thermal substrate processing apparatus including two thermal process chambers, each defining a process volume, and a substrate support disposed within each process volume. One or more remote plasma sources may be in fluid communication with the process volumes and the remote plasma sources may be configured to deliver a plasma to the process volumes. Various arrangements of remote plasma sources and chambers are described.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a mask frame assembly, relates to a technical field of display apparatus manufacturing, which can reduce the friction between a frame and a stage of the manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing the mask frame assembly. The manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing the mask frame assembly provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a stage for carrying a frame; a resistance reducing part located on the stage, which is configured to reduce the frictional resistance between the frame and the stage when they move relative to each other.

Abstract: A system to produce a bitumen-based membrane provided with a bituminous surface covered by grains. The system comprises a movement device designed to more a preformed membrane in a predefined feed direction, a grain application machine comprising a rotating application drum provided with a plurality of cavities which are designed to receive grains in a loading region of said drum, a grain loading device designed to load the grains in the cavities in the loading region of the drum, and a grain retention device made of sintered polymer material, which is arranged in contact with a retention region for retaining the outer surface of the application drum so as to maintain the grains in the cavities until the latter reach an angular discharge position.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an apparatus for holding a workpiece under tension while one or more operations are performed on the workpiece, the apparatus comprising: a frame; a first spindle rotatably coupled to the frame; a first coupler configured to couple the first spindle to a first end of the workpiece; a second spindle rotatably coupled to the frame; and a second coupler configured to couple the second spindle to a second end of the workpiece; wherein a distance between the first and second couplers is adjustable to hold the workpiece under tension between the couplers while the one or more operations are performed, and wherein the workpiece can be rotated with the couplers relative to the frame about a common axis of rotation extending between the couplers. Some embodiments relate to a system comprising a controller for controlling rotation of the workpiece. Embodiments also relate to processes comprising holding a workpiece under tension while performing one or more operations on the workpiece.

Abstract: A double printing screen stencil includes a first screen stencil and a second screen stencil. The first screen stencil pattern includes equally spaced fingers. A plurality of bottom electrodes are arranged at the position of the busbar intersecting with the fingers. The first screen stencil pattern further includes at least two aligning points. The second screen stencil pattern includes equally spaced fingers, busbars intersecting with the fingers, aligning points corresponding to the aligning points in the first screen stencil pattern. The fingers are corresponding to those of the first screen stencil and the spacing of the fingers is the same as that of the first screen stencil. When the screen stencil is used in printing, the bottom electrodes are printed at the position of the busbar while the fingers are printed during the primary printing, so as to increase the height of busbar during, the secondary printing.