An apparatus for feeding a solar panel includes a picker section which holds a plurality of solar panels; a first feeding section which makes the picker section reciprocate in a vertical direction; and a second feeding section which makes the picker section reciprocate in a horizontal direction, wherein the picker section includes: a main rail arranged in the horizontal direction; a plurality of picker units provided under the main rail, reciprocating in a lengthwise direction of the main rail, and holding and moving corresponding solar panels at a time; a connecting unit connecting neighboring picker units among the picker units, and restricting a space between the neighboring picker units not to go beyond a preset reference space; and an adjusting unit provided on the main rail to make the picker units move in the lengthwise direction of the main rail and adjust a space between the picker units.

A cutting system (10; 10; 10) for slabs (50) which comprises: a longitudinal guide (20; 20; 20) comprising a pair of surfaces (23,24; 23,24; 23,24) opposite to each other, of which a lower surface (24; 24; 24) and an opposite upper surface (23; 23; 23); a suction cup (41; 41; 41) coupled to the lower surface (24; 24; 24) of the longitudinal guide (20; 20; 20) suitable to selectively adhere to a slab (50) and defining a contact surface of the longitudinal guide (20; 20; 20) on the slab (50); the longitudinal guide further comprising a pair of rails (231; 231; 231) parallel to each other coupled to the upper surface (23; 23; 23) of the longitudinal guide (20; 20; 20) and suitable for slidably coupling to a scoring slider (30; 30; 30). The rails (231; 231; 231) are arranged on opposite sides with respect to a median plane (A-A) of the suction cup (41; 41; 41) perpendicular to the contact surface thereof.

A device for unloading insulating glass from a production line has a support frame and a manipulator frame arranged on the support frame and having a manipulator plane provided with a matrix of suction cups adapted to achieve adhesion of the insulating glass to the manipulator plane, and brackets for supporting the insulating glass. Each bracket is movable between a retracted position, where the bracket does not protrude or has minimal protrusion from the manipulator plane, and an extracted position, where the bracket has maximum protrusion from the manipulator plane. A movable abutment moves in a direction substantially parallel to the brackets and interacts with the brackets by a first contact portion of an operating surface to push the brackets towards the retracted position so that the brackets assume a given protrusion with respect to the manipulator plane between the retracted and extracted positions.

A gas floated workpiece supporting apparatus includes a gas upward ejector ejecting gas upward, and a gas downward ejector located at an upper side from the gas upward ejector and ejecting gas downward. The gas downward ejector is installed at a position where the gas downward ejector ejects the gas downward from above a plate-shaped workpiece to apply pressure to the plate-shaped workpiece that is floated and supported by the gas ejected from the gas upward ejector, whereby a uniform floating amount supports the plate-shaped workpiece with high flatness at a time of floating and supporting the plate-shaped workpiece.

A glass plate separating apparatus, as one example, includes: a trigger device that forms a start point flaw in a first main surface of a glass ribbon on a division-planned line; a pair of holding members disposed at the first main surface side of the glass ribbon; and a heater disposed at a second main surface side of the glass ribbon. The pair of holding members, each of which extends parallel to the division-planned line, is brought into contact with the glass ribbon at both sides of the division-planned line while being lowered together with the glass ribbon. The heater extends along the division-planned line, and is brought into contact with and pressed onto the glass ribbon on the division-planned line while being lowered together with the glass ribbon.

The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a bent component. The present disclosure moreover relates to a shaping tool for manufacturing a bent component. The shaping tool comprises a first tool half, a second tool half and at least one movable cylinder pin. The first tool half of the shaping tool is arranged opposite the second half of the shaping tool. An outer end of the at least one cylinder pin herein points in the direction of the second half of the shaping tool. A holding element for receiving a flat bendable element is assembled on this outer end of the at least one cylinder pin.

A workpiece conveyance apparatus having: a conveyance path on which the workpiece moves; a gas flotation section that gas-floats the workpiece over the conveyance path; a movable holding section that holds the workpiece to move on the conveyance path along with the workpiece; and a treatment region conveyance path that is located on the conveyance path, and has a treatment region where predetermined treatment for the workpiece is performed, wherein the movable holding section has at least two or more holding sections along a movement direction of the conveyance path, each of the holding sections is capable of switching between release of holding and holding for the workpiece during movement of the workpiece, operation for releasing holding of the workpiece by the holding section on the treatment region conveyance path, and holding the workpiece on the conveyance path other than the treatment region conveyance path.

A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, a rotary member, a first magnet, a second magnet, and a magnetic body. The vacuum chamber contains a substrate and a target located opposite to the substrate. The rotary member has a first surface located on a back side of the target outside the vacuum chamber. The first magnet is provided on the first surface. The second magnet has a magnetic pole opposite to a magnetic pole of the first magnet and is provided on an inner side of the first magnet on the first surface. The magnetic body is provided between the first magnet and the second magnet and is configured to be movable backward and forward in a vertical direction.

An apparatus for supplying a support having a clean surface is provided. Alternatively, an apparatus for manufacturing a stack including a support and a remaining portion of a processed member whose one surface layer is separated is provided. A positioning portion, a slit formation portion, and a peeling portion are included. The positioning portion is provided with a first transfer mechanism of a stacked film including a support and a separator and a table for fixing the stacked film. The slit formation portion is provided with a cutter that can form a slit which does not pass through the separator. The peeling portion is provided with a second transfer mechanism and a peeling mechanism extending the separator and then peeling the separator. In addition, a pretreatment portion activating a support surface is included.

Apparatus and methods for processing a glass sheet can include a coating chamber including a dispensing port to dispense a coating on a major surface of the glass sheet. In some embodiments, an apparatus can include a fog chamber including an enclosure, a fog generator to provide fog to the enclosure, and a passage in the enclosure from which fog can exit the enclosure to contact a major surface of the glass sheet. In some embodiments a method can include providing a glass sheet to a coating chamber, and dispensing a coating on a major surface of the glass sheet. In some embodiments, a method can include providing a glass sheet to a fog chamber, providing fog to an enclosure of the fog chamber, and contacting a major surface of the glass sheet with the fog by passing the fog from the enclosure through a passage in the enclosure.