Abstract: An intermediate product manufacturing apparatus for carrying intermediate products and processing the intermediate products with a plurality of processing apparatuses is provided, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of carrying means for carrying the intermediate products to the processing apparatuses; a common processing apparatus provided between the plurality of carrying means, for carrying out a common process on the intermediate products carried by the carrying means; and intermediate product transfer sections provided between the plurality of carrying means, for transferring the intermediate products between the common processing apparatus and the carrying means.

Abstract: To provide an energy evaluation support system and the like which can more efficiently and precisely compute electric power consumption for each of predetermined processing units such as production steps and the like, the energy evaluation support system includes a receiving section which receives a factory design request including a production condition instruction indicating a production condition from the user, a storage section which stores a production device database containing data relating to production devices and a requisite-power supply device database containing data relating to requisite-power supply devices, a processing section which computes energy consumption for each of the production devices and the requisite-power supply devices and for each requisite power type, based on the production device database and requisite-power supply device database according to the factory design request from the user, and an output section which presents the energy consumption computed by the processing secti

Abstract: A method for forming a continuous material by connecting sheet materials which are used in various fields including the processing of metal foils, the processing of metal-plastic composite film material, and the processing of thermoplastic resin films such as polyimides, and an apparatus used for carrying out this method comprising a hot press, a material locking device and an accumulator. A continuous material can be formed by interposing a resin bonding layer between the trailing edge of a sheet material and the leading edge of another sheet material, and subjecting this part to thermocompression bonding.