4669 results about "Material supply" patented technology

A system and methods for solid freeform fabrication of an object is disclosed. The system comprises a solid freeform fabrication apparatus having a plurality of dispensing heads, a building material supply apparatus configured to supply a plurality of building materials to the fabrication apparatus, and a control unit configured for controlling the fabrication apparatus and the supply apparatus based on an operation mode selected from a plurality of predetermined operation modes.

A plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) system includes a processing chamber defining an isolated processing space within the processing chamber, and a substrate holder provided within the processing chamber and configured to support a substrate. A first process material supply system is configured to supply a first process material to the processing chamber, a second process material supply system is configured to supply a second process material to the processing chamber and a power source is configured to couple electromagnetic power to the processing chamber. A contaminant shield is positioned along a periphery of the substrate holder and configured to impede external contaminants that permeate the chamber from traveling to a region of the substrate holder, wherein the film is formed on the substrate by alternatingly introducing the first process material and the second process material.

The invention provides a semiconductor chip manufacturing method including the steps of: forming a concave portion extended in the thickness direction of a semiconductor substrate which has a front surface and a rear surface and has a function device formed on the front surface, from the front surface; forming an oxidation preventive film made of an inert first metal material by supplying the first metal material onto the inner wall surface of the concave portion; supplying a second metal material containing a metal which is oxidized more easily than the first metal material to the inside of the concave portion after the step of forming the oxidation preventive film; electrically connecting the second metal material supplied to the inside of the concave portion and the function device; and thinning the semiconductor substrate so that the thickness thereof becomes thinner than the depth of the concave portion by removing the semiconductor substrate from the rear surface while leaving the oxidation preventive film.

The coverage characteristics or loading effect of an oxide film can be improved without having to increase the supply amount or time of an oxidant. There is provided method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method comprises loading at least one substrate to a processing chamber; forming an oxide film on the substrate by alternately supplying a first reaction material and a second reaction material containing oxygen atoms to the processing chamber while heating the substrate; and unloading the substrate from the processing chamber, wherein the forming of the oxide film is performed by keeping the substrate at a temperature equal to or lower than a self-decomposition temperature of the first reaction material and irradiating ultraviolet light to the second reaction material.

A computer implemented Availability Checking Tool enabling tool users to execute within a common work environment, from common enterprise data, and considering assets and demands across multiple order management systems and manufacturing facilities within boundaries established by manufacturing specifications and process flows and business policies. The tool receives orders from multiple demand sources or ordering systems. Tool users can easily maintain a synergistic relationship between multiple ordering systems. A demand configurator coordinates product requests based on information from the demand source according to certain rules and priorities assigned to the product requests. A material resource engine manipulates data from the demand configurator and the rules to provide material supply information. A solver manipulates the material supply information from the resource engine and the rules to provide optimized product availability information. Thus, customer business rule level definitions are supported to provide the tool users with the power to micro-manage, optimally, enterprise assets and demands.

A die for extrusion-molding in accordance with the present invention comprises: a molding groove part, a material supplying part, and an outer frame for fixing a die main body comprising the molding groove part and the material supplying part to the front end of an extrusion-molding apparatus, wherein the die main body has a form in which the plate-shaped molding groove part smaller than the material supplying part is provided at almost the middle of the plate-shaped material supplying part such that it protrudes from the material supplying part, the outer frame comprises: a die holding part which is provided such that it covers the material supplying part around the molding groove part; and a peripheral part which is provided near the die holding part, and supposing that the thickness of the molding groove part is X, the thickness of the material supplying part is Y, and the thickness of the die holding part of the outer frame is Z, these X, Y and Z are allowed to satisfy the inequalities (1) about 3≦X≦about 6, (2) about 5≦Y≦about 10, (3) about 3.5≦Z≦about 8.5, (4) about 0.8<Y/X<about 2.5, and (5) about 1<Z/X<about 2.

A cartridge comprises an ink supply structure, a terminal bearing structure, and a first restriction portion. The terminal bearing structure has terminals arranged in a terminal plane which is neither parallel nor perpendicular to a plane defined by a mounting direction leading edge of the ink supply structure, so that the contact portions of the terminals receive a force in a direction opposite from the mounting direction. An engagement portion of the first restriction portion is provided at a position adjacent to the terminal bearing structure.

A waste liquid and smoke disposal system which combines the functions of a smoke extraction system and a waste (typically, liquid) collection system, typically in, but not limited to, a surgical environment. The smoke extraction system and the liquid waste collection system are connected to supply the waste materials collected thereby to a waste treatment (e.g. decontamination and/or sterilization) and disposal system. In a preferred embodiment, the waste treatment system includes a plurality of heat exchanger units for efficient controlling of the temperature of the waste material during the waste treatment process. These three systems are all combined into a integrated system wherein the treated waste can be safely returned to the ambient. In one embodiment, the system is provided as a cart-mounted apparatus to provide mobility.

An aerosol is formed by supplying a material in liquid form to a flow passage and heating the flow passage such that the material volatizes and expands out of an open end of the flow passage. The volatized material combines with ambient air such that volatized material condenses to form the aerosol. An apparatus and method for generating such an aerosol are disclosed wherein the apparatus may include an electrically conductive sleeve at an open end of the flow passage, an electrically conductive flow passage and/or a spacer chamber. The volatilized material may contain a volatilized solute and vehicle such that the resulting aerosol particle sizes of the solute and the vehicle are either different or the same.

A printing apparatus has a cartridge attachment section including a terminal block having apparatus-side terminals disposed on its inclined surface, and a printing material supply pipe. Among the apparatus-side terminals, one apparatus-side ground terminal located on their center in Y direction is protruded to a greater height than the other plural apparatus-side terminals. A printing material cartridge has a circuit board, a printing material supply port, and a board mount portion that is inclined at an acute angle relative to a plane extended from an opening face of the printing material supply port. The circuit board is arranged such that one cartridge-side terminal on the circuit board comes into contact with the apparatus-side ground terminal prior to the other cartridge-side terminals in the process of attachment of the printing material cartridge to the cartridge attachment section. This arrangement enables the printing material cartridge to be attached in an adequate correct orientation or alignment to the printing apparatus. This arrangement also reduces the possibility of failure caused by application of a high voltage to the circuitry of the printing material cartridge.

A cartridge comprises an ink supply structure, a terminal bearing structure, and a first restriction portion. The terminal bearing structure has terminals arranged in a terminal plane which is neither parallel nor perpendicular to a plane defined by a mounting direction leading edge of the ink supply structure, so that the contact portions of the terminals receive a force in a direction opposite from the mounting direction. An engagement portion of the first restriction portion is provided at a position adjacent to the terminal bearing structure.

A three-dimensional printer (1) includes a material supply device (3) that supplies material powder to a table which is movable vertically, a powder retaining wall (26) that surrounds the table and retains the material powder, a material-recovery bucket (30) that accommodates excess material powder and impurities discharged from the powder retaining wall, an impurity removing device (43) that removes the impurities from the material powder, and a material drying device (47) that dries the material powder. The material powder from which the impurities have been removed and which has been dried is returned and recycled to the material supply device.

A method of making a thin-film device including a substrate-supply station that supplies a substrate. The substrate has a first layer on the substrate. Also described is a method and device for depositing a second layer onto the first layer, wherein energy supplied to the second layer aids in layer formation without substantially heating the substrate. Some embodiments include depositing a photovoltaic cell. In some embodiments, the substrate is a flexible material supplied from a roll. Some embodiments include attaching an integrated circuit to the substrate and operatively coupling the integrated circuit to charge the battery from the photovoltaic cell.

The invention discloses an automatic blanking machine for steel pipes, belongs to the field of cutting-off equipment of the steel pipes and particularly relates a steel pipe cutting-off device with a mechanical automatic material supply device and a cutting-off device. The automatic blanking machine for the steel pipes is characterized by mainly comprising a fixed scale cutting-off system, a steel pipe conveying system and an electrical control system, wherein the steel pipe conveying system and the electrical control system are connected with the fixed scale cutting-off system, wherein the fixed scale cutting-off system comprises a steel pipe fixed scale device mounted on a transverse sliding track at the left end of a lathe bed and the cutting-off device mounted on the lathe bed, a front positioning sliding plate is mounted on a front positioning sliding plate seat fixed on the transverse sliding track of the steel pipe fixed scale device, a steel pipe fixed scale cylinder is arranged on the sliding plate, a steel pipe fixed scale detection switch is arranged at the front end of the cylinder, and the steel pipe conveying pipe comprises a steel pipe storage device and a steel pipe feed device. The automatic blanking machine for the steel pipes has the beneficial effects of realizing automation of supply, compression and fixed scale cutting-off of the steel pipes, not only improving the working efficiency and reducing the labor intensity, but also ensuring the precise length of the steel pipes which are cut off, and being suitable for being used in occasions which need to cut the steel pipes into steel pipe sections with equal length.