A foreign substance capturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a capturing body unit having an inlet port for introducing the air including magnetic foreign substances and an outlet port for discharging the air from which the magnetic foreign substances have been removed; and a magnetic isolation unit connected to the capturing body unit, including a magnetic member for isolating, by an attractive force, the magnetic foreign substances from the air flowing in the capturing body unit, and provided with a non-magnetic member surrounding the magnetic member.

A foreign substance capturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a capturing body unit having an inlet port for introducing the air including magnetic foreign substances and an outlet port for discharging the air from which the magnetic foreign substances have been removed; and a magnetic isolation unit connected to the capturing body unit, including a magnetic member for isolating, by an attractive force, the magnetic foreign substances from the air flowing in the capturing body unit, and provided with a non-magnetic member surrounding the magnetic member.

There is provided a laser processing apparatus that processes a workpiece by irradiation with a laser beam. The laser processing apparatus includes a holding unit including a holding surface that holds the workpiece and a laser irradiation unit that irradiates the workpiece held by the holding unit with the laser beam. The laser irradiation unit includes a laser oscillator, a collecting lens that focuses the laser beam emitted from the laser oscillator, and a foreign matter adhesion preventing unit that prevents adhesion of a foreign matter to the collecting lens.

Disclosed is method and device for forming an electrode plate. The method includes: performing tab cutting on a substrate so that the substrate forms a body portion, an edge portion connecting to the body portion, and a plurality of tabs that connect to the body portion but are separated from the edge portion; and performing edge portion cutting on the substrate to separate the edge portion from the body portion. The electrode plate is formed in two steps. First, the tab and the edge portion are separated, so that in the process of cutting, impact of vibration of the edge portion on the tab is small, greatly reducing the risk of deformation of the tab caused by vibration of the edge portion and damage to the tab caused by being pulled by the edge portion. Second, edge portion cutting separates the edge portion from the body portion.

Disclosed is method and device for forming an electrode plate. The method includes: performing tab cutting on a substrate so that the substrate forms a body portion, an edge portion connecting to the body portion, and a plurality of tabs that connect to the body portion but are separated from the edge portion; and performing edge portion cutting on the substrate to separate the edge portion from the body portion. The electrode plate is formed in two steps. First, the tab and the edge portion are separated, so that in the process of cutting, impact of vibration of the edge portion on the tab is small, greatly reducing the risk of deformation of the tab caused by vibration of the edge portion and damage to the tab caused by being pulled by the edge portion. Second, edge portion cutting separates the edge portion from the body portion.

A method and apparatus are disclosed for conditioning a corrugated cardboard stack by causing air to flow through flutes of the stack from an air intake end to an air discharge end of the stack, air moved by an air moving device being confined to flow only, or at least predominantly, through the flutes.

A manipulator device such as a robot arm that is capable of increasing manufacturing throughput for additively manufactured parts, and allows for the manipulation of parts that would be difficult or impossible for a human to move is described. The manipulator can grasp various permanent or temporary additively manufactured manipulation points on a part to enable repositioning or maneuvering of the part.

A manipulator device such as a robot arm that is capable of increasing manufacturing throughput for additively manufactured parts, and allows for the manipulation of parts that would be difficult or impossible for a human to move is described. The manipulator can grasp various permanent or temporary additively manufactured manipulation points on a part to enable repositioning or maneuvering of the part.

A fixture used in the manufacture of an eyepiece, to cut the eyepiece to a particular shape, and a method of using the fixture to cut the eyepiece to have a desired shape. Embodiments are directed to a configurable fixture to align, hold, and protect a plastic sheet (e.g., a wafer) while a laser cutting apparatus is cutting one or more eyepieces out of the wafer. During the cutting, the fixture protects the eyepieces from reflected laser light by providing voids around the laser cutting lines, and by supporting each eyepiece near its perimeter. The fixture can be quickly rearranged for different eyepieces, different eyepiece shapes, and/or different plastic sheet sizes.

A fixture used in the manufacture of an eyepiece, to cut the eyepiece to a particular shape, and a method of using the fixture to cut the eyepiece to have a desired shape. Embodiments are directed to a configurable fixture to align, hold, and protect a plastic sheet (e.g., a wafer) while a laser cutting apparatus is cutting one or more eyepieces out of the wafer. During the cutting, the fixture protects the eyepieces from reflected laser light by providing voids around the laser cutting lines, and by supporting each eyepiece near its perimeter. The fixture can be quickly rearranged for different eyepieces, different eyepiece shapes, and/or different plastic sheet sizes.