An apparatus for installing and removing glass panels and methods of using the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a base portion, a back support structure secured to the base portion, and a glass adjustment system moveably coupled to the back support structure. Methods for using the apparatus to install and remove glass panels from, for example, ice rink boards, are also disclosed.

In a rotary head type component mounter, among a specified quantity of suction nozzles held by a rotary head, multiple suction nozzles are lowered simultaneously. When the rotary head is moved by a head moving mechanism to a nozzle exchange area and exchange of suction nozzles is performed, two station reference marks of the nozzle station are imaged by a mark imaging camera, image recognition is performed of the positions of the two station reference marks, and the position and angle of the nozzle station is calculated. Then, the position and angle of the rotary head is corrected to be aligned with the position and angle of the nozzle station, multiple of the suction nozzles held on the rotary head are lowered simultaneously by Z-axis driving mechanisms and simultaneously exchanged with multiple of the suction nozzles in the nozzle station.

The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by coupling a base of the cartridge to a carriage that is transported via a track. The track transports the carriages between various substations at which one or more parts are added to the base. The carriage may be lifted from the track by a lifter mechanism at each substation in order to perform assembly operations on the base. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion at or between the various substations.

The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by coupling a base of the cartridge to a carriage that is transported via a track. The track transports the carriages between various substations at which one or more parts are added to the base. The carriage may be lifted from the track by a lifter mechanism at each substation in order to perform assembly operations on the base. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion at or between the various substations.

A component mounting apparatus includes a nozzle that sucks a component supplied from a feeder, conveys the component to a predetermined position on a substrate, and mounts the component in the predetermined position. The component mounting apparatus controls an XY-robot to perform repeatedly the component mounting operation while performing a thermal correction from a start of the component mounting operation as a result of a power supply being turned on until an amount of positional deviation due to heat from the XY-robot reaches a steady state. After the steady state is achieved, the component mounting apparatus controls the XY-robot to perform repeatedly the component mounting operation while performing a steady state correction using a correction amount resulting immediately after the steady state is achieved without performing the thermal correction and controls the XY-robot to perform a dummy operation for maintaining the steady state during a standby period.

A support pin arrangement determination assisting apparatus including a display unit which displays an image including a board image, the board image indicating a shape and an arrangement of a component on the board, a position input unit through which an arrangement position of the support pin is input, a display processing unit which causes the display unit to display a figure to be superimposed on the board image, the figure corresponding to the support pin of which the arrangement position is input, a storage unit which stores three-dimensional shape data of an electronic component and three-dimensional shape data of the support pin, an interference judging unit which judges whether or not one or some of the support pins of which arrangement positions input interfere an already mounted component, and an alarm unit which announces occurrence of interference if the interference judging unit judges the occurrence of interference.

A method of making a transfer head for transferring micro elements, wherein the transfer head includes a cavity with a plurality of vacuum paths and a suite having arrayed suction nozzles and vacuum paths. The suction nozzles are connected to the vacuum path components respectively, and the vacuum path components are formed to connect to vacuum paths in the cavity respectively. The suction nozzles attract or release the micro element through vacuum pressure transmitted by vacuum. When the suite is mounted in the cavity, the upper surface of the suite is arranged with optical switching components for controlling the switch of the vacuum path components and vacuum paths of each path so that the suction nozzles can attract or release required micro element through vacuum pressure; and fabricating a suite with an array micro-hole structure, wherein the array micro-hole structure serves as the vacuum path components and the suction nozzles.

The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by coupling a base of the cartridge to a carriage that is transported via a track. The track transports the carriages between various substations at which one or more parts are added to the base. The carriage may be lifted from the track by a lifter mechanism at each substation in order to perform assembly operations on the base. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion at or between the various substations.

A component mounting device includes a heater unit which heats along a range which is narrower than a movement range of a head and which is a partial length of a board, in which the head is controlled to mount components onto the board using a heating range of the heater as a mounting range, the board is conveyed to shift the mounting range every time mounting of components in the mounting range is completed such that an unmounted range in which components are not mounted on the board becomes the mounting range, and components are mounted in a new mounting range.

A distorted substrate is positioned in a predetermined position and corrected, thereby improving the substrate transfer efficiency. A transport unit capable of transporting and positioning a substrate includes a transport mechanism for transporting the substrate to an unloading position, and a positioning mechanism for positioning the substrate in the unloading position. The positioning mechanism includes a regulating member including at least two pairs of regulating portions capable of abutting against the opposing end faces of the substrate, an abutment moving mechanism for moving one regulating portion toward the other regulating portion in each of the at least two pairs of regulating portions, and a regulation moving mechanism capable of moving the regulating member in a direction in which the substrate is pressed.