Abstract: A coating device includes a backup roll configured to transport a workpiece; a coating die configured to discharge a coating liquid onto the workpiece; a drive section capable configured to drive the backup roll; and a heat dissipation section configured to dissipate heat generated in the drive section.

Abstract: A transfer substrate recycling apparatus is a transfer substrate recycling apparatus including: a first pass line in which an elongated belt-shaped transfer substrate is unwound and conveyed; a second pass line in which an elongated belt-shaped self-adhesive film is unwound and conveyed; a controlling portion configured to control the conveyance of the transfer substrate; a first removal portion provided in the first pass line, the first removal portion being configured to remove an impurity on the transfer substrate by transferring the impurity onto the self-adhesive film; an inspection portion provided on a downstream side from the first removal portion in the first pass line, the inspection portion being configured to inspect a surface of the transfer substrate; and a second removal portion provided in the first pass line, the second removal portion being configured to remove a residual impurity detected by the inspection portion.

Abstract: A roll exchange mechanism for a reduction roll apparatus, capable of contributing to simplifying work for replacing a roller is provided. A roll exchange mechanism for a reduction roll apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a rail member disposed parallel to a rotation shaft of a roller of the reduction roll apparatus, a placement part disposed in a support frame of a roll unit and configured to be placed on the rail member, a receiving part disposed in an apparatus frame of the reduction roll apparatus and configured so that the rail member is placed thereon, and an opening formed in the apparatus frame of the reduction roll apparatus and configured so that the roll unit can be inserted therein and removed therefrom.

Abstract: In a press roll apparatus, bearing portions rotatably support end portions on both sides of a pair of press roll portions, respectively. Each of the bearing portions includes a bearing body portion, a rolling bearing, and a pair of oil seal portions. The bearing body portion has an annular shape, and the press roll portion is inserted. The rolling bearing is positioned on the side of the press roll portion inserted into the bearing body portion as viewed from the bearing body portion, and rotatably supports the press roll portion. The rolling bearing is coated with lubricant. The oil seal portions are positioned on both sides in the first direction as viewed from the rolling bearing. The oil seal portions are connected to the bearing body portion. The oil seal portions are positioned so as to be spaced from the press roll portion inserted into the bearing body portion.

Abstract: A measurement method includes a step of measuring an object to be measured and a reference object by a first measurement unit and a second measurement unit. The first measurement unit has a first displacement meter and a second displacement meter that face each other in a first direction and measure the distance from the object to be measured. The second measurement unit has a third displacement meter and a fourth displacement meter that face each other in the first direction and measure the distance from the reference object. A frame-like supporting member includes a first frame portion supporting the first displacement meter and the third displacement meter, a second frame portion supporting the second displacement meter and the fourth displacement meter, and a third frame portion and a fourth frame portion that connect both end portions of the first frame portion and the second frame portion to each other.

Abstract: An optical axis adjustment jig includes a main unit portion that is configured to be disposed between a pair of head units, and is fashioned in a flat plate shape. The main unit portion includes a reference portion for adjusting a distance between the head units, and an inclination of an optical axis of each of the head units, and a screen portion for aligning the optical axes of the head units. The reference portion and the screen portion are disposed arrayed in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the main unit portion.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rechargeable battery includes a simultaneous coating process for simultaneously coating an electrode substrate with one strip of a mixture paste and two strips of an insulation paste dispensed from a dispenser so that each widthwise end of the strip of the mixture paste is adjacent to a different strip of the insulation paste. The simultaneous coating process includes a gap adjustment process for changing a distance between the dispenser and the electrode substrate based on a coating width of the mixture paste, detected in the simultaneous coating process by an image inspection unit, so that the coating width of the mixture paste approaches a target value.

Abstract: A calibration determination device includes: a free roll that conveys the bonding member; a load detection device that detects a load applied to a bearing of the free roll; a tension adjustment device that winds the bonding member to increase a tension applied to the bonding member and unwinds the bonding member to reduce the tension applied to the bonding member so as to adjust the tension applied to the bonding member; and a calibration determination unit that determines whether calibration of the load detection device is necessary. The tension adjustment device unwinds the bonding member to cause the bonding member not to be subjected to the tension, and the calibration determination unit determines whether the calibration of the load detection device is necessary based on the load detected by the load detection device with the bonding member not being subjected to the tension.

Abstract: A first exemplary aspect is a press roll apparatus including: a first roll and a second roll configured to hold a workpiece therebetween to press the workpiece; a mobile unit configured to move the second roll; a detection unit configured to be able to detect a load that acts between the first and the second rolls; and a control unit configured to control the mobile unit. The control unit moves the second roll in a direction in which the second roll approaches the first roll in a state in which the workpiece is not held between the first and the second rolls, and sets a position of the second roll where the load detected by the detection unit has become equal to or greater than a predetermined value as an origin position.

Abstract: A transfer substrate recycling apparatus is a transfer substrate recycling apparatus including: a first pass line in which an elongated belt-shaped transfer substrate is unwound and conveyed; a second pass line in which an elongated belt-shaped self-adhesive film is unwound and conveyed; a controlling portion configured to control the conveyance of the transfer substrate; a first removal portion provided in the first pass line, the first removal portion being configured to remove an impurity on the transfer substrate by transferring the impurity onto the self-adhesive film; an inspection portion provided on a downstream side from the first removal portion in the first pass line, the inspection portion being configured to inspect a surface of the transfer substrate; and a second removal portion provided in the first pass line, the second removal portion being configured to remove a residual impurity detected by the inspection portion.

Abstract: A calibration determination device includes: a free roll that conveys the bonding member; a load detection device that detects a load applied to a bearing of the free roll; a tension adjustment device that winds the bonding member to increase a tension applied to the bonding member and unwinds the bonding member to reduce the tension applied to the bonding member so as to adjust the tension applied to the bonding member; and a calibration determination unit that determines whether calibration of the load detection device is necessary. The tension adjustment device unwinds the bonding member to cause the bonding member not to be subjected to the tension, and the calibration determination unit determines whether the calibration of the load detection device is necessary based on the load detected by the load detection device with the bonding member not being subjected to the tension.

Abstract: Disclosed is a coating die which can recover a coating solution to be wasted in a good manner, while suppressing adhesion of foreign matter onto an object to be coated. A coating apparatus comprising the coating die is also disclosed. Specifically disclosed is a coating die (30) for coating a web (2) with a paste (3), which comprises a main body (31) having a discharge opening (31e) for discharging the paste (3) upwardly, a recovery pan (32c) for recovering the paste (3) flowing out from the discharge opening (31e), and flow passage (grooves (32a, 32a) and shoots (32b, 32b)) which are integrally formed with the main body (31) for the purpose of guiding the paste (3) from the discharge opening (31e) to the recovery pan (32c).

Abstract: To provide a coating apparatus and a coating method capable of accurately control the coating width of a coating liquid on an article to be coated.

Abstract: Disclosed is a coating die which can recover a coating solution to be wasted in a good manner, while suppressing adhesion of foreign matter onto an object to be coated. A coating apparatus comprising the coating die is also disclosed. Specifically disclosed is a coating die (30) for coating a web (2) with a paste (3), which comprises a main body (31) having a discharge opening (31e) for discharging the paste (3) upwardly, a recovery pan (32c) for recovering the paste (3) flowing out from the discharge opening (31e), and flow passage (grooves (32a, 32a) and shoots (32b, 32b)) which are integrally formed with the main body (31) for the purpose of guiding the paste (3) from the discharge opening (31e) to the recovery pan (32c).

Abstract: To provide a coating apparatus and a coating method capable of accurately control the coating width of a coating liquid on an article to be coated.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a catalyst container includes forming a plate member that is partially different in plate thickness or material by joining material plates that are different in plate thickness or material by welding; bending the plate member that is partially different in plate thickness or material to form a hollow material, wherein the hollow material is formed by bending the plate member and joining opposing sides thereof by welding; and changing a sectional shape of the hollow material by a spinning process.

Abstract: A connecting portion (10c) of a container (10) of a catalyst converter is formed with a joining portion (15) to be joined to a joining portion (16) of a flange member (11) by spinning working, and the joining portion (15) formed by the spinning working is joined to the joining portion (16) of the flange member (11) by friction welding. One of the connecting portion (10c) of the container of the catalyst converter and the flange member (11) is extended so as to be disposed radially inward of the joining portions (15) and (16).

Abstract: A catalyst container of a catalytic converter is of a double-pipe structure wherein an outer periphery of an inner pipe and an inner periphery of an outer pipe are fittingly superposed on each other. The catalyst container has a catalyst installing portion, tapered cone portions extending from the catalyst installing portion with a gradually decreasing diameter, and straight connecting portions extending from smallest-diameter regions of the cone portions to the ends to be connected with connecting pipes upstream and downstream of the catalytic converter. Holes maybe formed in the cone portions of one of the inner or outer pipes to permit fluids to be displaced from the space therebetween. Such a catalyst container has sufficient rigidity and radiated noise suppression properties and thus can be reduced in weight by being thinned.

Abstract: A connecting portion (10c) of a container (10) of a catalyst converter is formed with a joining portion (15) to be joined to a joining portion (16) of a flange member (11) by spinning working, and the joining portion (15) formed by the spinning working is joined to the joining portion (16) of the flange member (11) by friction welding.

Abstract: Individual plate members (W1, W2, W3, W4, W5) that are different in plate thickness or material are joined together by mush seam welding to form hollow material (W, W′), and the rigidity is controlled in individual parts. By spinning the rigidity material (W, W′), a junction (1b) and a cone (1c) are formed in an optimum shape, and a hollow member (1) is manufactured. Thus, the hollow member (1) smooth in juntion and high in welding strength is obtained in spite of thin plate material. When this hollow member (1) is used in a catalyst container, the sealing performance is excellent without being accompanied by an increase in radiant noise or an increase in weight.