Abstract: A component placing device to place a component on a board, including: a shaft having a lower portion and an upper portion; a component holder that is attached to the lower portion of the shaft in a state of being vertically displaceable and has a suction hole for holding the component by a negative pressure; an elastic body that biases the component holder downward with respect to the shaft; a servo motor that raises and lowers the shaft; and a controller that sets a thrust limit value for limiting a thrust of the servo motor and limits the thrust of the servo motor to be equal to or lower than the thrust limit value when the component holder is lowered toward the board. The thrust limit value is set within a range in which a load is smaller than a force by which the elastic body biases the component holder.

Abstract: A component placing device to place a component on a board, including: a shaft having a lower portion and an upper portion; a component holder that is attached to the lower portion of the shaft in a state of being vertically displaceable and has a suction hole for holding the component by a negative pressure; an elastic body that biases the component holder downward with respect to the shaft; a servo motor that raises and lowers the shaft; and a controller that sets a thrust limit value for limiting a thrust of the servo motor and limits the thrust of the servo motor to be equal to or lower than the thrust limit value when the component holder is lowered toward the board. The thrust limit value is set within a range in which a load is smaller than a force by which the elastic body biases the component holder.

Abstract: A component placing device to place a component on a board, including: a shaft having a lower portion and an upper portion; a component holder that is attached to the lower portion of the shaft in a state of being vertically displaceable and has a suction hole for holding the component by a negative pressure; an elastic body that biases the component holder downward with respect to the shaft; a servo motor that raises and lowers the shaft; and a controller that sets a thrust limit value for limiting a thrust of the servo motor and limits the thrust of the servo motor to be equal to or lower than the thrust limit value when the component holder is lowered toward the board. The thrust limit value is set within a range in which a load is smaller than a force by which the elastic body biases the component holder.

Abstract: A component supply device of the disclosure includes: a loader being capable of accommodating a plurality of stick cases in a stacked state, each of the plurality of stick cases being capable of accommodating a plurality of electronic components, each of the plurality of stick cases having an opening in an end portion in a longitudinal direction; a component transporter moving one or more electronic components supplied from the plurality of stick cases to a predetermined component supply position; and a stick case detector detecting presence or absence of one or more stick cases in the loader.

Abstract: There is provided a component placing device which places a component on a board, including: a shaft having a lower portion and an upper portion; a component holder that is attached to the lower portion of the shaft in a state of being vertically displaceable and has a suction hole for holding the component by a negative pressure; an elastic body that biases the component holder downward with respect to the shaft; a servo motor that raises and lowers the shaft; and a controller that causes the component holder to perform a raising and lowering operation for placing the component held by the component holder on the board by controlling the servo motor based on a preset operation pattern. Furthermore, the controller includes a thrust limiter that sets a thrust limit value for limiting a thrust of the servo motor and limits the thrust of the servo motor to be equal to or lower than the thrust limit value when the component holder is lowered toward the board.

Abstract: A component supply device of the disclosure includes: a loader being capable of accommodating a plurality of stick cases in a stacked state, each of the plurality of stick cases being capable of accommodating a plurality of electronic components, each of the plurality of stick cases having an opening in an end portion in a longitudinal direction; a component transporter moving one or more electronic components supplied from the plurality of stick cases to a predetermined component supply position; and a stick case detector detecting presence or absence of one or more stick cases in the loader.

Abstract: To provide a novel biomarker that is useful for prediction of early onset of acute kidney injury, estimation of prognosis associated with a renal function, and differentiation of acute kidney injury. Furthermore, to provide use of the novel biomarker. Midkine is used as a biomarker. The determination of a possibility of the onset of acute kidney injury, estimation of prognosis associated with a renal function or differentiation of an acute kidney injury are carried out based on the detection result of the urinary midkine.

Abstract: Provided is a therapeutic method targeting midkine for treating mammalian kidney disorders, primary kidney disorders, hypertension that follows secondary kidney disorders such as diabetic nephropathy, and hypertension secondary to chronic kidney disease.

Abstract: [Problems] To provide a novel use of multipotential stem cells originating in a fat tissue. [Means for Solving Problems] It is intended to provide a cell preparation which contains multipotential stem cells originating in a fat tissue and is usable for an ischemic disease, impairment of renal function, wound, urinary incontinence or osteoporosis. As the multipotential stem cells originating in a fat tissue, use is made of cells which proliferate in the case of centrifuging cells separated from a fat tissue and culturing the thus sedimented cells (an SVF fraction) under low-serum conditions. In an embodiment, a cell preparation containing the SVF fraction is provided.

Abstract: A shaft type linear motor including a stator in which plural hollow cylindrical coils are disposed so that the center through holes thereof are arranged linearly so as to form a shaft insertion hole; a driving shaft including permanent magnets, the same magnetic poles, the north or south magnetic poles, being disposed in the axial direction so as to be opposed to each other, and movably inserted into the stator; sensor units disposed in the axial direction of the stator so as to have a predetermined clearance therebetween and equipped with plural magnetic pole detection sensors that detect the magnetic field intensities of the permanent magnets and output magnetic field intensity signals; and a detection section for receiving the magnetic field intensity signals output from the magnetic pole detection sensors and for detecting the position of the driving shaft on the basis of the plural magnetic field intensity signals.

Abstract: There are provided a positioning control method and a positioning control device, which enables high speed positioning with low power consumption without repeating two or more acceleration and deceleration operations during travel from an original position to a target position. There is also provided an electronic component mounting apparatus, which enables high speed positioning with low power consumption and enables mounting of electronic components in a short period of time. When a movable body is moved from the original position to the target position, there is set an operational passing position for avoiding a passing avoidance region, and driving of a drive unit having a smaller travel distance from the original position to a coordinate of the operational passing position is started later than driving start timing of a drive unit having a longer travel distance, from the original position to another coordinate of the operational passing position, by a specified period of time.

Abstract: In a motor drive device having a plurality of driver units for driving motors and a command generator for giving a command to the driver units which are connected in serial communication, there is a communication section for setting up the communication formats corresponding to each of the driver units having different communication formats including data transmission speed from one another. Communication among the plurality of driver units with the respective communication formats and the command generator is carried out on a single serial bus.

Abstract: There are provided a positioning-controlling apparatus and a positioning-controlling method in which a rotary encoder (2) detects the Z phase before the subject (4) is return to the origin which is the position of the Z phase detected by the linear encoder (5). The driving mode of the servo motor (1) is switched from rectangular waveform pulse driving to sine waveform pulse driving upon the detection of the Z phase by the rotary encoder (2). The subject's moving direction for returning to the origin may be previously specified, and in which the detection of the ON state of the origin sensor (11), the detection of the Z phase by the rotary encoder (2), and the detection of the Z phase by the linear encoder (5) are done in this order, while the subject (4) is being moved in the above specified direction. Alternatively, the rotary encoder (2) may detect the CS phase instead of the Z phase.

Abstract: In a motor drive device having a plurality of driver units for driving motors and a command generator for giving a command to the driver units which are connected in serial communication, there is a communication section for setting up the communication formats corresponding to each of the driver units having different communication formats including data transmission speed from one another. Communication among the plurality of driver units with the respective communication formats and the command generator is carried out on a single serial bus.

Abstract: A controlling method and apparatus for positioning a robot that can output an optimal speed instruction for controlling residual vibration after completion of a moving operation, achieve reduction in tact time for the moving operation, and shorten the length of setting time. The method is a controlling method for positioning a robot (1) for performing a point-to-point moving operation comprising: performing a test operation to measure a frequency of a residual vibration that is stopped at a target position; measuring a magnitude of the residual vibration based on the frequency during each of different lengths of moving time for a predetermined moving distance to find a relationship between the length of moving time and the magnitude of the vibration; calculating a shortest moving time at which vibration magnitude is minimized; and performing the point-to-point operation for the calculated shortest moving time, thereby to position the robot (1) at the target position.

Abstract: A controlling method and a controlling apparatus both for positioning a robot are provided that can output an optimal speed instruction for controlling a residual vibration after completion of a moving operation, achieve reduction in tact Lime for the moving operation, and shorten the length of setting time.

Abstract: There are provided a positioning control method and a positioning control device, which enables high speed positioning with low power consumption without repeating two or more acceleration and deceleration operations in the travel from an original position (P0) to a target position (P2). There is also provided an electronic component mounting apparatus (100), which enables high speed positioning with low power consumption and enables mounting of electronic components for a short period of time.

Abstract: There are provided a positioning-controlling apparatus with improved accuracy and durability and a positioning-controlling method, which are free from abnormal noises and pulsating velocity caused by changes in torque which occur while a subject is being moved after the completion of the subject's origin returning operation.

Abstract: A frequency-selective electromagnetic wave shielding material is used for shielding areas or devices from electromagnetic waves. The electromagnetic wave shielding material has a substrate with a plurality of electroconductive loop parts which are spatially allocated on the substrate, wherein each of the electroconductive loop parts is insulated from all other electroconductive loop parts.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave absorbing shielding material which is thin and lightweight and shows high electromagnetic wave absorbing capacity in a wide frequency region. The material comprises:(1) a one-dimensional conductive segment pattern which is a conductive segment pattern formed from a conductive material, wherein the conductive segment pattern has a length of more than 1/2 of the wavelength of the subjective electromagnetic wave, and the segment pattern has no electrical connection therebetween,(2) an electromagnetic wave shielding layer, and(3) an insulating intermediate material having a thickness of 0.1-10.0 mm, located between the one-dimensional conductive segment pattern (1) and the electromagnetic wave shielding layer (2).