Abstract: An apparatus for removing a portion of a coating system present in a multi-glazed window including: a decoating component to focus a laser source at a focus distance; two motors to move the decoating component along the X and Y axis; one optical system to detect on which interface the coating system is localized, and to estimate a distance between the decoating component and the detected interface; a third motor to control the position of the decoating component along a Z axis; and a displacement control unit of the third motor to displace the decoating component of a displacement distance equal to the difference between the estimated distance and said the distance in order to focus the decoating component on the detected interface.

Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method of a protective-component-provided workpiece. The manufacturing method of a protective-component-provided workpiece includes a step of dissolving a thermoplastic resin whose solubility parameter is equal to or higher than 8.5, in a liquid ultraviolet-curable resin, to prepare a liquid mixed resin, a step of supplying the mixed resin to a support surface of a support table to form a resin layer with a predetermined thickness, a step of irradiating the resin layer with ultraviolet rays and curing the resin layer to form a protective component with a sheet shape, and a step of heating the sheet-shaped protective component before or after one surface of the sheet-shaped protective component and one surface of the workpiece are brought into close contact with each other, and causing the sheet-shaped protective component to come into close contact with the workpiece and integrate with the workpiece.

Abstract: A method of decommissioning a solar module installation including a plurality of solar modules includes selecting a first solar module of the plurality of solar modules, the first solar module including a plurality of solar cells, a front layer, a back sheet, a first layer of encapsulant between the front layer and the plurality of solar cells, and a second layer of encapsulant between the back sheet and the plurality of solar cells. The method further includes applying X-ray radiation to the first solar module to debond at least one of the first layer of encapsulant or the second layer of encapsulant; and separating at least one of the front layer or the back sheet from the plurality of solar cells.

Abstract: Pattern transfer sheets and methods are provided, providing multi-layer paste stack lines that are printed on a receiving substrate in a single illumination step. The paste is filled layer-by-layer, possibly having different materials in different layers, with layer thickness controlled by parameters of the filling elements, e.g., in case of blades, the pressure, angle, velocity and flexibility (material) of the blade. Specifically, a bottom layer of the stack may be configured to interface the receiving substrate while one or more top layers may be configured to optimize the quality of the printed features. For example, bottom layers may comprise to bind to the substrate, to modify the substrate (e.g., forming selective emitter (SE) therein) and/or provide a barrier from top layer(s) which may not be compatible with the substrate (e.g., copper on silicon). Releasing material may be used to support the single step release of the stack line.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing method includes receiving an electronic representation of a part with a control system, determining a plurality of layers for the electronic representation of the part, and separating one or more of the layers associated with the electronic representation of the part into a plurality of segments. The additive manufacturing method further includes adding a joint structure to two or more of the segments and generating instructions for controlling a machining apparatus based on the electronic representation of the part, the layers, the segments, and the joint structure.

Abstract: In the manufacture of a quantum cell, multi-finger jigs are used to hold precision masks flat during a photolithographic procedure and or to apply force uniformly over a bonding area during an anodic or other direct bonding procedure. The fingers of a jig are flexible that they can bend sufficiently independently of each other that one finger can accommodate a non-uniformity of a surface to be contacted by the jig so that other fingers remain in contact with other areas of the surface. The fingers can be defined by slits orthogonal to a perimeter of the jig.

Abstract: A processing system is provided with: a support apparatus that supports an object; a processing apparatus that performs an additive processing on the object by supplying powdery materials to the object; a driving power source that generates driving power; a driving power transmission member that transmits the driving power to at least one of the support apparatus and the processing apparatus; a partition member that is disposed between the driving power source and at least a part of the processing apparatus and that has a formed through hole which the driving power transmission penetrates; and a seal member that seals a gap between the driving power transmission member and the partition member.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an additively manufactured object includes: checking, for an additively manufactured object including a plurality of internal passages, the presence or absence of a deposit in each inner wall surface of the plurality of internal passages; and selectively removing the deposit from the internal passage in which the deposit has been detected in the checking, among the plurality of internal passages.

Abstract: A method for making a gypsum board including: combining a first plurality of particles including at least about 50 wt. % calcium sulfate dihydrate and about 0.05 wt. % to about 10 wt. % hydrophobic material and having a D50 particle size of about 200 ?m to about 800 ?m with a second plurality of particles including calcium sulfate hemihydrate to form a combined mixture of calcium sulfate; adding water to the combined mixture of calcium sulfate to make an aqueous gypsum slurry; depositing a core layer including the aqueous gypsum slurry over a forming surface; and allowing the core layer to set, thereby forming a set gypsum core.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printer and method are provided, including a substrate, a liquid deposition device configured to deposit a liquid dispersion including a suspension of a particulate material in a liquid vehicle, the liquid vehicle including a solvent but devoid of a binder material, onto the substrate to form a non-patterned layer on the substrate, a solvent removal device configured to remove at least a portion of the solvent from the liquid vehicle from the non-patterned layer to form a dried non-patterned layer, and a liquid binder print head configured to deposit a liquid binder onto the dried non-patterned layer to form a printed pattern on the dried non-patterned layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of forming a surface texture on a process chamber component in the form of an annular shield element for use in a substrate processing chamber which is designed for manufacturing wafers, chips or dies, the process chamber component forming a shield element and having at least one component surface, the method comprising the step of forming the surface texture on the at least one component surface so as to define at least one recess in the surface texture and that the total surface area defined by the surface texture is greater than the total surface area defined by the at least one component surface, wherein the surface texture is applied to the at least one component surface by additive manufacturing. Furthermore, an improved process chamber component is proposed.

Abstract: According to some aspects, techniques are provided for identifying contamination in additive fabrication devices by measuring light interacting with the contamination using one or more light sensors. Contamination located between a light source and a target of a light source can affect the uniformity and intensity of the light source when incident upon the target. For instance, in an inverse stereolithography device, contamination located between a light source and a liquid photopolymer resin that is to be cured can affect the quality of the fabricated object when the light is scattered or blocked by the contamination. Identifying the presence of contamination between the light source and the liquid photopolymer resin and alerting the user prior to initiating a fabrication process may increase the quality of the resulting fabricated object and improve the user experience by saving time and photocurable liquid.

Abstract: A shaping apparatus includes an inkjet head forming one shaped layer by performing multiple main scans of ejecting an ink droplet of a curable ink that cures according to light of a predetermined wavelength toward a shaping table while reciprocating in a main scanning direction; a light source provided at least at one position on a front side in a forward or return direction in the main scan with respect to the inkjet head and irradiating an ink dot formed by the ink droplet with light; and a flattening unit flattening an upper surface of the ink dot. A shaped object is formed by layering the shaped layer. In the shaping apparatus, the ink dot is flatted by the flattening roller in the return movement without completely curing the ink dot by controlling the on/off state or illuminance of the light source during at least one of the main scans.

Abstract: A pressing group for a sintering press to carry out sintering of electronic components on a substrate has a multi-stem cylinder having a front head and a rear head together delimiting a compression chamber. In the front head pressing stems are slidingly supported, parallel and independent from each other, the rear ends of the pressing stems protruding into the compression chamber. In the compression chamber, an actuating flat gasket extends over the rear ends of the pressing stems. The actuating flat gasket is fixed to the front head by an anchoring frame engaging a peripheral portion of the actuating flat gasket, the anchoring frame being completely housed in the compression chamber so that the pressurized fluid also acts on the anchoring frame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to adhesives which are characterized in that they cure in the absence of water and at room temperature with the formation of isocyanurate groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional component by an electron-beam, laser-sintering or laser-melting process, in which the component is created by successively solidifying predetermined portions of individual layers of building material that can be solidified by being exposed to the effect of an electron-beam or laser-beam source (2) by melting on the building material, wherein thermographic data records are recorded during the production of the layers, respectively characterizing a temperature profile of at least certain portions of the respective layer, and the irradiation of the layers takes place by means of an electron beam or laser beam (3), which is controlled on the basis of the recorded thermographic data records in such a way that a largely homogeneous temperature profile is produced, wherein, to irradiate an upper layer, a focal point (4) of the electron beam or laser beam (3) is guided along a scanning path (17), which is chosen on the basis of the data record charac

Abstract: A method of operating an apparatus (10) for producing a three-dimensional work piece (18) by irradiating layers of a raw material powder with electromagnetic or particle radiation comprises the steps of a) applying a layer of raw material powder onto a carrier (12); b) selectively irradiating the layer of raw material powder with electromagnetic or particle radiation in accordance with a geometry of a corresponding layer of the work piece (18) to be produced; and c) repeating steps a) and b) until the work piece (18) has reached the desired shape and size.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for printing metal on a receiving substrate in a desired geometry using a foil pre-coated with a layer of material. The deposition process includes laser ablation to define desired material geometry, selective application of adhesive to the material to be deposited, and selective release of the material from a carrier substrate.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus that can radiate light on a composition in an optimum radiation amount based on acquired spectral sensitivity characteristics can be provided. A substrate processing apparatus configured to perform pattern formation processing on a composition on a substrate includes a first radiation unit configured to radiate first light onto the substrate, a dispenser configured to apply the composition to a first position inside the substrate processing apparatus, a template holding unit configured to hold a template to be brought in contact with the composition on the substrate, and a controller configured to control a radiation amount of the first light to be radiated by the first radiation unit based on spectral sensitivity characteristics of the composition that are measured in advance.

Abstract: A disclosed method of manufacturing a battery includes the steps of: (A) suction-attaching a first separator and a second separator to a winding core, with the first separator and the second separator being stacked on each other; and (B) winding the first separator and the separator around the winding core. Each of the first separator and the second separator includes a porous substrate layer made of resin, and at least one surface layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate layer.