Abstract: The present invention discloses a crane and an automated storage and retrieval system. The crane includes a first arm, a second arm, a first vertical transmission mechanism and a second vertical transmission mechanism. The first vertical transmission mechanism transmits the first arm and the second arm to move vertically in a synchronous manner, and the second vertical transmission mechanism transmits the second arm to move vertically with respect to the first arm. As such, the present invention can increase the moving volume of a single turn of movement as well as improve the moving efficiency and production efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a glass substrate handling system. The handling system includes a cassette and a forklift. The cassette for loading glass substrates includes a first marker and a second marker at two diagonal corners. The forklift includes a reader for reading information in the first marker or the second marker. The present invention further discloses a cassette for loading glass substrates and a forklift for handling glass substrates. The present invention deliveries the cassette between warehouses without turns.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate transfer system, comprising a number of roller assemblies used for mobile transfer of the glass substrate on it, and a controller used for controlling rotation of the roller assemblies; the substrate transfer system further comprises a substrate positioning device, which is arranged at the end of the transfer direction of the glass substrate by the roller assemblies; the substrate positioning device comprises a positioning pole, which is used for blocking and positioning the glass substrate transferred by the roller assemblies; and a buffer positioning mechanism on which the positioning pole is mounted on, providing mobile buffer for the positioning pole and driving the positioning pole to reset. A buffer reset mechanism is arranged for controlling the position of the positioning pole, and the positioning deviation of the substrate can be further eliminated; it can provide buffer contact for eliminating the risk of fragmentation.

Abstract: A scrapped glass pulverizing device includes a vibration crushing device. The vibration crushing device includes a vibration hammer, a vibration generator that controls vibration of the vibration hammer up and down, and a crushing platform arranged below the vibration hammer and supports scrapped glass.

Abstract: A cylinder comprises a cylinder body, a main cavity body, a piston and a piston rod. Air inlets and air outlets are arranged in each of two opposite ends of the cylinder body. The cylinder is further configured with an anti-collision structure. The anti-collision structure comprises a buffer rod arranged on the piston. The cylinder body defines a receiving hole corresponding to the buffer rod. The receiving hole is configured with a first sealing ring that seals a gap between the buffer rod and the receiving hole. The anti-collision structure has a flexible buffering function and does not generate hard impact. Thus, the cylinder has a low vibration and high stability.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a cleanroom for storing glass substrate and which is incorporated with a particle-monitoring device. The cleanroom further includes an automatic cleaning container for cleaning the particle-monitoring device. The cleanroom can conveniently perform a cleaning process to the tray and the particle-monitoring device. With this, the laborious cost is largely reduced.

Abstract: A stacking crane moving along a first horizontal direction is disclosed. The stacking crane includes a lifting assembly, a rotating assembly, an extendable assembly, and a fork. The lifting assembly controls the extendable assembly and the fork to move along a vertical direction and the rotating assembly rotates the extendable assembly and the fork along a horizontal surface so that the extendable assembly controls the fork to move at least along the first horizontal direction and along a second horizontal direction to access objects. In addition, a stacking crane system including two stacking cranes is disclosed. The stacking cranes may transfer the objects to each other directly.

Abstract: The present invention provides a stacker and a static elimination device for the same. The static elimination device is provided at both sides of each shelf of the stacker, comprising: a rectangular box which can produce charged ions, wherein a rotary shaft is provided through and connected with the rectangular box; both ends of the rotary shaft are respectively fixed on upper and lower shelf holders respectively; a standpipe parallel with the rotary shaft is provided inside the rectangular box; the vertical direction of the standpipe is provided with a horizontal transverse plate, and the horizontal transverse plate vertically is provided with an ion generator; a blowing device also is provided on the standpipe, and the blowing device blows the charged ions generated and released from the ion generator into and out of a cartridge of the shelf through the long strip slit direction.

Abstract: A transportation device of the glass substrate cartridges and a warehouse apparatus are disclosed. The transportation device includes supporting components for bearing the glass substrate cartridges, and positioning components arranged on the supporting components for elastically positioning the glass substrate cartridges along a horizontal direction. The glass substrates within the glass substrate cartridges are not displaced or fragmented due to the buffering effect between the glass substrate cartridges and the positioning components.

Abstract: The present invention provides a crane with an automatic counterweight balancing device and a method of arranging counterweight thereof. The crane includes a main body and a counterweight device mounted to the main body. The counterweight device includes first and second magnetic field generators and first and second permanent magnetic counterweight blocks. The crane uses a combined arrangement of the magnetic field generators, the permanent magnetic counterweight blocks, an electrical control device, and a transducer device to detect, in a real time manner, output torques of servo motors, whereby when the output torques are not equal to rating torques, magnetic field intensities are varied to change downward magnetic forces acting on the permanent magnetic counterweight blocks thereby regulating loading of the servo motors and thus regulating the output torques of the servo motors to effect automatic balancing of counterweight and improve stability of the crane during a conveyance process.

Abstract: A cartridge transfer device including a rack, a bearing platform, moving mechanisms, and fixing mechanisms is disclosed. The moving mechanisms and the fixing mechanisms are arranged in a bottom of the rack. The bearing platform is arranged on a top of the rack. The cartridge transfer device is fixed on the ground when the fixing mechanisms contact the ground, and the cartridge transfer device is movable by the moving mechanisms when the fixing mechanisms are suspendable. In this way, the cost and the process of building the cartridge device in each of the storage slots are reduced.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a transmission system of an LCD panel and an automatic crane thereof. The transmission system comprises a guide rail and a transmission apparatus. The transmission apparatus comprises a main body, an alarm unit, a main wheel disposed at the bottom of the main body, and a sensor disposed below the main body. The main wheel abuts to the guide rail so that the transmission apparatus can move along a preset direction of the guide rail. The sensor is for detecting whether the main wheel is abnormal The alarm unit is for generating an alarm when the sensor detects that the main wheel is abnormal. The present can achieve the real-time monitoring for the operation of the main wheel by disposing the sensor in order to timely detect the abnormality and generate an alarm when it is abnormal through the alarm unit.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a cartridge for glass substrate and which includes a top wall, a bottom wall, at least a pair of sidewalls, a plurality of supporting rods, and an adjusting device. The plurality of supporting rods are arranged on the pair of sidewalls along a first horizontal direction across the pair of sidewalls such that a plurality of supporting surfaces configured by at least a pair of supporting rods facing each other from the paid of sidewalls are defined. The adjusting device is used to move one of the sidewall toward the other sidewall with respect to the top and bottom walls so as to change a span between the pair of sidewalls. As a result, the cartridge can be used to accommodate glass substrates with different dimensions.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a storage system for glass substrate and also a method for storing a glass substrate. The storage system includes a rail system, a plurality of stockers, and a trolley. The rail system is configured with first and second interconnected loops of monorails. And a plurality of stockers is arranged adjacent to the rail system. A trolley is moveably arranged to travel along the first and second monorails of the rail system for transporting glass substrates between the stockers. Accordingly, the yield of the liquid crystal display panel can be increased, while the maintenance costs of the overhead shuttle can be lowered.

Abstract: An automatic commodity transportation system, adapted for transporting glass substrate of a TFT-LCD of a liquid crystal display device, wherein the automatic commodity transportation system includes a plurality of storing cabinets, a plurality of storing trays removeably disposed within the cabinet, and a transporting apparatus, wherein the transporting apparatus is used to move the trays between different storing cabinets, the transporting device which includes a chassis. A robot arm is rotatably mounted onto the chassis. A protective arrangement is provided on the robot arm to stop the operation of the robot arm when the protective arrangement is triggered to sending out a signal. As the automatic commodity transportation system is arranged with an anti-collision device such that a collision with other moving or stationary part is therefore effectively lowered. As a result, the halt and maintenance resulted of a damaged rotary arm can be avoided, and the production will not be affected.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cutting apparatus for cutting glass substrate which comprises a cutting device including a first waterjet and a second waterjet. A compressed liquid source is in communication with the first and second waterjet. And a first controlling unit is used to control the operation of the first and second waterjets. The present invention also relates to a method for cutting the glass substrate. By the provision of the present invention, the performance of cutting the glass substrate is increased, and the cost is reduced.

Abstract: A system for monitoring cleanliness of a material handling system is disclosed. The system includes a measuring device, a first signal device, a second signal device, and a measuring host. The measuring device installed in the cartridges conduct the cleanliness measurements and obtains the measured result. The first signal device installed in the cartridges transforms the measured results to wireless signals. The second signal device installed in a predetermined location outside of the cartridges receives the wireless signal. The measuring host transforms the received wireless signals back to the measured results. The cartridges of the material handling system are also disclosed. The disclosed cleanliness monitoring system and the cartridge can reduce the cost.

Abstract: A safety pin is provided and which comprises a cylinder having a first port and a second port arranged in longitudinal ends. A piston is moveably disposed within the cylinder and dividing the cylinder into a first chamber in communication with the first port and a second chamber in communication with the second port. A dowel pin is securely attached to the piston. An adjusting device regulates the position of the piston along a position perpendicular to the first and second directions. And a supplying device directing compressed air to the first chamber through the first port, or directing the compressed air to the second chamber through the second port so as to push the piston and the dowel pin to move along the first direction so as for performing locking and unlocking the equipment. By this arrangement, equipment can be readily locked up and unlocked by the provision of the safety pin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a glass substrate transmission device and a method for detecting the rotational synchronization of driven shafts. The device comprising: multiple driven shafts, the multiple driven shafts are disposed parallel at intervals along a first direction and each of the driven shafts has a through hole at the first direction; multiple rollers fixed at intervals on the driven shafts for carrying a glass substrate, and rotate with the driven shaft to flow the glass substrate; a reflection; an infrared sensor unit emitting the infrared and receives a reflection light reflected back by an obstacles and emitted by the infrared sensor unit, and determine the rotational synchronization of the driven shafts according to the value of the intensity of the reflected light. The through holes and the reflection plate are located at the propagation direction of the infrared of the infrared sensor unit.

Abstract: A method and system for monitoring the temperature and humidity of warehouses are disclosed. The method includes: installing a detecting module in a cartridge, transporting the cartridge to a plurality of storages of the warehouse by a transmission assembly so as to measure the temperature and humidity of each of the storages by the detecting module, transmitting the measured results to a control unit by a wireless network, and dynamically monitoring the temperature and humidity of the warehouses according to the measured results by the control unit. The method and the system not only control and adjust the temperature and humidity of each of the storages of the warehouses in time, but also reduce detection cost.