Apparatus and method for transferring a substrate are disclosed. The substrate transfer apparatus includes: a substrate conveyance assembly disposed between a mechanical arm and a wafer stage, the substrate conveyance assembly including a substrate loading conveyor and a substrate unloading conveyor parallelly arranged in a first direction, each of the substrate loading conveyor and the substrate unloading conveyor configured for transferring a substrate between the wafer stage and the mechanical arm along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; an integral frame; and a transition air suspension assembly fixed to the integral frame at the end thereof proximal to the wafer stage, the transition air suspension assembly being able to engage with either of the substrate loading conveyor and the substrate unloading conveyor for producing an air film to levitate the substrate during the conveyance of the substrate by the substrate loading conveyor or the substrate unloading conveyor.

A break-out process includes scoring a cutting line in the surface of the glass using a cutting tool, which cutting line delimits the outer contour of the inner shape and the inner contour of a peripheral shape; bringing the peripheral shape of the glass sheet into contact with a bearing system along the outer contour of the inner shape; the use of a deformation system for deforming one of the inner shape and of the peripheral shape by convex bending toward the side opposite the cutting line. The differential deformation between the inner shape and the peripheral shape is sufficient to break out the inner shape along the cutting line and create the distance needed for the contactless extraction of the inner shape relative to the peripheral shape. The extraction is carried out while maintaining the convex bending.

A vacuum plate which may be used in a system in which sheet material articles are handled by a vacuum plate. The vacuum plate comprises a first wall, a plurality of bores in the first wall, and at least one air outlet for connection to a source of vacuum pressure for applying a vacuum pressure to the bores. The first wall provides, in use, a vacuum lifting surface for pulling and holding the sheet material article to the vacuum surface when vacuum pressure is applied to the bores. Each bore comprises a flared opening terminating at the vacuum surface for admitting air pulled through the bore by the applied vacuum pressure, and opposite this opening, an exit for the air pulled through the bore, this exit being surrounded by a rim that extends above a surrounding surface of the second side of the first wall.

An apparatus for manufacturing a glass laminated substrate includes a chamber, a cutting apparatus configured to cut the glass laminated substrate within the chamber, and a surface processing apparatus configured to process a surface of the glass laminated substrate that is cut. The cutting apparatus and the surface processing apparatus of the apparatus for manufacturing a glass laminated substrate can be used to manufacture in-line the glass laminated substrate within the chamber.

A touch display device includes a display module, a touch module and a light-transmitting substrate. The display module has a display surface and a bottom surface opposite to the display surface. The touch module is fixed to the display surface by an adhesive. The adhesive, the touch module and the display surface together form an accommodating space between the display module and the touch module. The light-transmitting substrate is disposed in the accommodating space, one side of the light-transmitting substrate is fixed to the display surface by a first optical adhesive, the other side of the light-transmitting substrate is fixed to the touch module by a second optical adhesive. An adhesive strength of the adhesive is greater than an adhesive strength of the first optical adhesive, and the adhesive strength of the adhesive is greater than an adhesive strength of the second optical adhesive.

This application discloses an apparatus for manufacturing a liquid crystal panel and a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal panel. The manufacturing apparatus includes a vacuum attaching station, a pneumatic transmission mechanism and a sealant curing station, the vacuum attaching station is configured to support the liquid crystal panel on which sealant coating and substrate attaching have been completed, the pneumatic transmission mechanism is disposed at the vacuum attaching station and between the vacuum attaching station and the sealant curing station, the pneumatic transmission mechanism is provided with a plurality of air holes, and an angle included between an air discharging direction of the air holes and the liquid crystal panel is an acute angle.

A glass manufacturing apparatus may be configured to facilitate a process of separating a glass ribbon along a separation path extending across a width of the glass ribbon. In one example, the glass manufacturing apparatus comprises at least one anvil-side vacuum port defined by an elongated nose and an elongated anvil member. The anvil-side vacuum port is configured to remove glass debris during the process of separating the glass ribbon. In another example, the glass manufacturing apparatus comprises a scoring device and a score-side vacuum port configured to remove glass debris generated during the process of separating the glass ribbon.

A transferring system includes a container where a plurality of sheet members are placed in a vertically-oriented fashion so that principal surfaces of the sheet members are inclined, a robot including an arm having a suction part, and a control device. The control device is configured to cause the suction part of the arm to suck the principal surface of the sheet member, and then operate the arm to move the sheet member in a direction at an angle of elevation other than a normal direction of the principal surface of the sheet member.

An apparatus for conveying a substrate includes a base along which the substrate is conveyed, a first upward gas ejecting section, a second upward gas ejecting section and a third upward gas ejecting section disposed over the base, the third upward gas ejecting section being disposed between the first and second upward gas ejecting sections, and a first downward gas ejecting section and a second downward gas ejecting section disposed above and facing respective portions of the third upward gas ejecting section. Gas ejected upward from the first, second and third upward gas ejecting sections floats the substrate. The substrate is subjected to pressure by gas ejected downward from the first and second downward gas ejecting sections. The first and second downward gas ejecting sections are spaced to provide a working area therebetween and through which the substrate is irradiated with a laser beam.

In an apparatus for overturning sheets and/or panels, a bearing structure carries a loading plane, and roto-translation means vertically translate the loading plane and rotate the same with respect to an axis. A grab device carried by the loading plane serves to transfer a sheet and/or panel from a supply station, when stopped upstream of the apparatus, on an operating surface. A command and control unit in alternatively activating and de-activating the roto-translation means, the stabilization and transfer and the grab device, defines for the loading plane a collection position, an overturning position and an unloading position of a sheet and/or panel to be overturned by the supply station placed upstream of the apparatus, over an unloading station downstream of the apparatus.