Abstract: A gas divided flow supplying apparatus, including a control valve 3, a pressure type flow control unit 1a connected to a process gas inlet 11, a gas supply main pipe 8 connected to the downstream side of control valve 3, a plurality of branched pipe passages 9a, 9n connected in parallel to the downstream side of main pipe 8, opening and closing valves 10a, 10n interposed in the respective branched pipe passages 9a, 9n, orifices 6a, 6n provided on the downstream sides of valves 10a, 10n, a temperature sensor 4 provided near the process gas passage between the control valve 3 and the orifices 6a, 6n, a pressure sensor 5 provided in the process gas passage between the control valve 3 and the orifices 6a, 6n, divided gas flow outlets 11a, 11n provided on the outlet sides of the orifices 6a, 6n, and an arithmetic and control unit 7.

Abstract: Provided is a flow rate adjustment valve of a motor-operated valve type, which overcomes the problems that flow rate adjustment valves of a manual valve type have, while making full use of compactness the manual valves have. The flow rate adjustment valve includes a rotation device that rotates a rotation member to cause a vertically movable body to move vertically. The rotation device includes: a driven gear disposed at an upper end portion of the rotation member; and a motor that rotates a driving gear engaged with the driven gear. The motor, which is a stepping servo motor, is disposed below the driving gear and has a rotary shaft extending upward. The driving gear is fixed to an upper end portion of the rotary shaft.

Abstract: A pressure type flow control system with flow monitoring includes an inlet, a control valve including a pressure flow control unit connected downstream of the inlet, a thermal flow sensor connected downstream of the control valve, an orifice installed on a fluid passage communicatively connected downstream of the thermal flow sensor, a temperature sensor provided near the fluid passage between the control valve and orifice, a pressure sensor provided for the fluid passage between the control valve and orifice, an outlet communicatively connected to the orifice, and a control unit including a pressure type flow rate arithmetic and control unit receiving a pressure signal from the pressure sensor and a temperature signal from the temperature sensor, and a flow sensor control unit to which a flow rate signal from the thermal flow sensor is input.

Abstract: A pressure-type flow controller includes a main body provided with a fluid channel between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and an exhaust channel between the fluid channel and an exhaust outlet; a pressure control valve fixed to the fluid inlet of the main body for opening/closing the upstream side of the fluid channel; a pressure sensor for detecting the internal pressure of the fluid channel on the downstream side of the pressure control valve; an orifice provided in the fluid channel on the downstream side of the point of branching of the exhaust channel; and an exhaust control valve for opening/closing the exhaust channel.

Abstract: Passage members each have a required width, a required height, and a required length, and are provided at middle portions in the width direction with fluid passages, respectively. As coupling means, two bolts are used. The middle portion in the width direction of each of the passage members has opposite end portions that are each provided with a female screw and a bolt insertion hole to be faced by the female screw, respectively. The upper bolt is inserted into one of the passage members and is screwed into the female screw of the other passage member. The lower bolt is inserted into the other passage member and is screwed into the female screw of the one of the passage members. The passage members are coupled with use of the two upper and lower bolts whereby a seal member is securely fixed.

Abstract: A pressure-type flow rate controller includes a body provided with a fluid passage which communicates a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a control valve for pressure control fixed to the body to open and close the fluid passage, an orifice arranged in the course of the fluid passage on the downstream side of the control valve, and a pressure sensor fixed to the body to detect the internal pressure of the fluid passage between the control valve and the orifice, wherein the fluid passage comprises a first passage portion communicating the control valve and a pressure detection chamber provided on a pressure detection surface of the pressure sensor, and a second passage portion spaced away from the first passage portion and communicating the pressure detection chamber and the orifice.

Abstract: A flow passage sealing structure for omitting a process of welding or caulking an orifice plate and a filter plate to an orifice base and a filter base as base materials and allowing further miniaturization, includes a main block (1) including main flow passages (1a, 1b), recessed portions (12, 13) provided in side surfaces of the main block and having female screws in inner peripheral surfaces, thin plates (6, 8) abutting against the bottom surfaces of the recessed portions and having through holes, gasket rings (16, 17) abutting against the thin plates (6, 8), pressing pipelines (20, 21) having large-diameter portions and internal flow passages communicable with the main flow passages (1a, 1b) and abutting against the gasket rings, and fastening screws (22) abutting against the large-diameter portions and pressing the pressing pipelines by being inserted around the outside of the pressing pipelines and screwed into the female screws.

Abstract: The pressure-type flow controller includes a main body provided with a fluid passage, a control valve for pressure control fixed in a horizontal position to the main body, an on/off valve fixed in a vertical position to the main body on the downstream side of the control valve for pressure control, an orifice provided in the fluid passage on the upstream side of the on/off valve, and a pressure sensor fixed to the main body for detecting the internal pressure of the fluid passage between the control valve for pressure control and the orifice. The fluid passage includes a first passage portion in a horizontal position connected to the control valve for pressure control, a second passage portion in a vertical position connecting the first passage portion to the orifice, and a third passage portion in a horizontal position connecting the second passage portion to the pressure sensor.

Abstract: A valve element movement mechanism includes: a first valve stem having one end portion to which a first valve element to close and open an area between one of the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion is fixed; a second valve stem having one end portion to which a second valve element to close and open an area between the other of the large diameter portions and the small diameter portion is fixed; a first bellows having one end portion fixed to a first bellows flange and the other end portion fixed to the first valve element; a second bellows having one end portion fixed to a second bellows flange and the other end portion fixed to the second valve element; a frame disposed outside the main passage; and an actuator to move the frame in the directions in which valve elements are closed and opened.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element-driven valve includes a body provided with a fluid channel and a valve seat, a valve element which opens and closes the fluid channel by being in contact with and separated from the valve seat of the body, and piezoelectric actuators which drive the valve element to open and close by means of the extension of the piezoelectric element. In the piezoelectric element-driven valve, at least two piezoelectric actuators are arranged on a straight line via a spacer which allows pulling out of wiring.

Abstract: A piezoelectric linear actuator includes a laminated piezoelectric actuator, a lower support member that supports the laminated piezoelectric actuator, a pressing member that biases the laminated piezoelectric actuator from the top thereof, a guide member connected to the lower support member to guide the pressing member; and a displacement transmission member which includes a pair of displacement transmission plates, an adjustment screw connected to the pair of displacement transmission plates, an output section connected to the pair of displacement transmission plates, and an elastic body that biases the output section downward.

Abstract: A flow meter includes an inlet side switching valve, an outlet side switching valve on a downstream of the inlet side valve, and a control valve on a downstream of the outlet side valve that are connected with each other by flow passages having internal volumes, a pressure sensor on an upstream side of the control valve, and a larger flow rate measuring section for calculating a flow rate based on a build-down volume of an internal volume of the passage between an outlet of the inlet side valve and an inlet of the control valve, and a smaller flow rate measuring section for calculating a flow rate based on a build-down volume of an inner capacity of the passage between an outlet of the outlet side valve and the inlet of the control valve.

Abstract: A piezoelectric linear actuator comprising a laminated piezoelectric actuator having a cylindrical shape; a lower support member supporting the laminated piezoelectric actuator and extending laterally to the left and right of the laminated piezoelectric actuator; a pair of displacement transfer members extending along the left and right sides of the laminated piezoelectric actuator, respectively, to slidably intersect the lower support member and transferring displacement due to the piezoelectric effect of the laminated piezoelectric actuator; and an output part locked to the pair of displacement transfer members below the lower support member and coupling lower end portions of the displacement transfer members, wherein the pair of displacement transfer members are formed to have a width dimension that is the same or substantially the same as the width dimension of the laminated piezoelectric actuator.

Abstract: There is provided a diaphragm valve capable of reliably detecting damage to a diaphragm before breakage of the diaphragm in spite of the simple structure. A diaphragm includes a plurality of diaphragm layers. The uppermost diaphragm layer is provided with wiring. An abnormality of the diaphragm is detected by detecting breakage of the wiring.

Abstract: An attachment structure for a pressure detector that is such that the pressure detector is attached in an airtight manner within an insertion hole of an attachment tool main body attached to a mechanical device or pipelines, with a pipe, a gasket presser, a gasket, a split ring, and a bonnet. The configuration is such that the gasket presser and the split ring are inserted into the insertion hole of the attachment tool main body, the bonnet is inserted into the insertion hole, the bonnet is fastened to the attachment tool main body side, the gasket presser and the gasket are pressed by the split ring, and sealing portions are formed between the bottom surface of the insertion hole and one end surface of the gasket and between the tip end surface of the gasket restraint and the other end surface of the gasket.

Abstract: A fastening structure of a brittle-fracturable panel material includes a first fastening flange, a second fastening flange, and a light transmission window panel made of a brittle-fracturable panel material, wherein the light transmission window panel is nipped between the first fastening flange and the second fastening flange, and both fastening flanges are air-tightly fitted and fastened.

Abstract: Passage members each have a required width, a required height, and a required length, and are provided at middle portions in the width direction with fluid passages, respectively. As coupling means, two bolts are used. The middle portion in the width direction of each of the passage members has opposite end portions that are each provided with a female screw and a bolt insertion hole to be faced by the female screw, respectively. The upper bolt is inserted into one of the passage members and is screwed into the female screw of the other passage member. The lower bolt is inserted into the other passage member and is screwed into the female screw of the one of the passage members. The passage members are coupled with use of the two upper and lower bolts whereby a seal member is securely fixed.

Abstract: A pressure type flow rate control apparatus is provided wherein flow rate of fluid passing through an orifice is computed as Qc=KP1 (where K is a proportionality constant) or as Qc=KP2m (P1-P2)n (where K is a proportionality constant, m and n constants) by using orifice upstream side pressure P1 and/or orifice downstream side pressure P2. A fluid passage between the downstream side of a control valve and a fluid supply pipe of the pressure type flow rate control apparatus comprises at least 2 fluid passages in parallel, and orifices having different flow rate characteristics are provided for each of these fluid passages, wherein fluid in a small flow quantity area flows to one orifice for flow control of fluid in the small flow quantity area, while fluid in a large flow quantity area flows to the other orifice for flow control of fluid in the large flow quantity area.