A window deposition apparatus includes a chamber, a seating part disposed in the chamber and on which a window is disposed and in which an open portion that exposes a portion of the window is formed, and a spray part disposed in the chamber and that faces a bottom surface of the seating part. An inner surface of the seating part that defines the open portion includes a first inner surface, an inducing surface that connects the first inner surface and the bottom surface of the seating part to each other, a second inner surface disposed on the first inner surface, and a guide surface that connects the second inner surface and a top surface of the seating part to each other. The first inner surface protrudes inward from the second inner surface.

A coating system includes: a plurality of coating robots fixed in a coating booth, the plurality of coating robots being configured to coat a vehicle conveyed in a predetermined conveyance direction; and a fixed-type operation robot fixed in the coating booth on an upstream side or a downstream side of the plurality of coating robots in the conveyance direction, the fixed-type operation robot being configured to operate an open/close member provided at a front or a rear portion of the vehicle, the fixed-type operation robot including a first arm turning around a vertical axis.

A fixture assembly for supporting workpieces in a coating process includes a shaft; and a plurality of fixtures each having a workpiece support surface and a shaft mount defining a shaft mounting structure, wherein the shaft mounting structure extends from the workpiece support surface such that, when the shaft mounting structure is engaged with the shaft, workpiece support surfaces of the fixtures are positioned facing radially outwardly away from the shaft.

A coating system includes a coating robot and an operation robot. The coating robot has a height and is mounted in a coating booth to coat a workpiece while the workpiece is conveyed in the coating booth in a conveyance direction substantially perpendicular to a height direction along the height. The workpiece including a body and a movable part movable with respect to the body. The operation robot is disposed in the coating booth below the coating robot in the height direction. The operation robot is movable in the coating booth in the conveyance direction and is configured to move the movable part of the workpiece.

Apparatuses and methods for leaching catalysts from a polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) may utilize a high pressure jet. For example, a method may include impinging a jet of leaching fluid, including one or both of an acid and a caustic material, on a surface of a PDC disposed on a substrate at a fluid pressure ranging between 125 psi and 10,000.

A coating system including a coating robot and a movable opener robot. The coating robot has a fixed base fixedly mounted to a coating booth, and a first arm rotatably coupled to the fixed base about a first axis substantially parallel to a conveyance direction of a workpiece that includes a body and a first movable member. The body has a body inner surface and the first movable member has a first movable member inner surface. The movable opener robot has a movable base mounted such that the movable opener robot is movable in the coating booth in the conveyance direction. The movable base is mounted below the fixed base. The movable opener robot can open the first movable member of the workpiece. The coating robot can coat the body inner surface and the first movable member inner surface when the first movable member has been opened.

A first robot and at least one further second robot are provided to run through a plurality of positioning ranges during operation. A dynamic behavior and/or a load characteristic value of the robot in at least one first positioning range can be adapted to a dynamic behavior and/or a load characteristic value in at least one second positioning range of the robot and/or a dynamic behavior and/or a load characteristic value of the first robot in at least one first positioning range is adapted to a dynamic behavior and/or a load characteristic value of the second robot in at least one second positioning range.

An apparatus for holding a hood of a vehicle open during e-coat application and painting. The apparatus includes a support incorporating first and second pairs of legs attached to spaced locations on right and left sides of an engine compartment. The two pairs of legs are connected at an upper portion of the legs. A hood support bar is connected to the upper portion of both the first and second pairs of legs and extends transversely across the engine compartment. A hood striker receiving bracket may be provided on the hood support bar. The apparatus is adjustable to position the hood striker receiving bracket in a range of vertical, transverse and longitudinal locations. The adjustability of the apparatus provides a flexible hood support that reduces thermal distortion or sag due to thermal load.

The disclosure relates to a handling device that handles a motor vehicle body component, preferably for a coating operation of the motor vehicle body component and/or the motor vehicle body. The device includes an automatic movement machine and a gripping arm, that has a mounting means mounted to the automatic movement machine and at least one gripping tool for catching the motor vehicle body component, wherein the gripping arm includes, between the mounting means and the at least one gripping tool, a first deflection section, wherein the automatic movement machine is configured to bring the gripping arm into a working position. The handling device is characterized in particular in that the gripping arm comprises, between the first deflection section and the at least one gripping tool, a second deflection section. The disclosure also relates to a corresponding method and to a coating installation with such a handling device.

A substrate processing apparatus includes: a plurality of first mist nozzles provided inside a chamber and arranged at a predetermined second interval along an arrangement of a plurality of substrates; and a plurality of second mist nozzles provided inside the chamber and arranged at the second interval along the arrangement of the plurality of substrates. The first mist nozzles are disposed on opposite sides of the second mist nozzles, with respect to the substrates in plan view. The first and second mist nozzles are disposed in a manner facing the substrates in plan view. The first mist nozzles are arranged in a manner offset from the respective second mist nozzles by a length corresponding to a half the second interval in the direction of the arrangement of the substrates W. Each of the first and second mist nozzles sprays the liquid as at least one of mist and droplets.