A collection device includes an acquisition device, a control device, and a detection device. The acquisition device acquires information inside a space of a target region. The control device sets a detection path for a collection device based on an unreachable region within the space of the target region. The detection device acquires environmental data including environmental data of the unreachable region detected when the collection device moves along the detection path in the space of the target region.

Example air rinsing apparatus includes: a first enclosure having a first inlet and first output ports; a second enclosure within the first enclosure, the second enclosure comprising a second inlet port and a second output port, the second output port disposed on a same face of the first enclosure as the first inlet port, wherein the second output port comprises an air knife, wherein the first inlet port and the second output port are aligned in the first direction; one or more air movers configured to: urge first air into the second inlet port, the second enclosure configured to direct the first air from the second inlet port to the second output port; and pull second air from the first output port, the first enclosure configured to direct the second air from the first inlet port to the first output port; and an ionizer disposed within the second enclosure.

Disclosed is a system for analyzing foreign particulate matter in a cathode material powder. The system includes: a transfer unit including a rotating plate having an upper surface having an edge on which a cathode material powder containing foreign particulate matter is placed and a rotary motor rotating the rotating plate and transferring the cathode material powder along the circular arc direction as the rotating plate rotates; a supply unit supplying the cathode material powder to the upper surface of the rotating plate; a roller unit including a main roller pressing the cathode material powder supplied from the supply unit; an imaging unit imaging the cathode material powder spread in the form of a flat film and transferred along the circular arc direction; and an analysis unit analyzing the image captured by the imaging unit to identify the foreign particulate matter.

A deduster is comprised of two sets (pairs) of counter-rotating dedusting brushes in cooperation with a vacuum system for saw dust removal from wooden lumber. In addition to these features, the deduster may feature a separate, movable, top brush assembly that can be easily adjusted for different board thicknesses and raised up to allow for clearing board jams and for pass-through if boards were to be run without dedusting. This deduster apparatus is modular, thereby allowing it to be positioned over an existing machine or a lumber board unscrambler machine such as a lugged unscrambler machine. There is also a deduster for a board handling hopper.

A sheet material surface treatment method for treating the surface of a sheet material using a surface treatment system is disclosed. The system includes a channel, a plurality of liquid processing units and gas processing units arranged in series, and a sheet-transfer mechanism for transferring sheet material from an inlet at one end of the channel toward an outlet at an opposite end of the channel so that a surface treatment liquid can be filled into each liquid processing unit to surface-treat the sheet material and gas can be drawn out of each gas processing unit to remove waste liquid and impurities from the surface of the sheet material, enabling the sheet material to be alternatively surface treated and cleaned by the liquid processing units and the gas processing units in a proper order, ensuring a high level of surface treatment quality and increasing the yield.

The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for the applying of and removal by suction of operating fluids onto rolling stock (2) and off rolling stock (2) in the inlet (4) of cold rolling systems (6) and comprises at least one spray device (7) arranged above or below a rolling stock transport line (8), wherein at least one operating fluid can be placed by the spray device (7) onto a surface of the rolling stock (2) or onto a surface of a working roll (9) which makes contact with the rolling stock (2), and to at least one suction removal device (10) which can be arranged above or below the rolling stock transport line (8) and on the same side of the rolling stock transport line (8) as the spray device (7), wherein the suction removal device (10) acts in the vicinity of the surface of the rolling stock (2) or of the working roll (9). The spray device (7) and the suction removal device (10) are attached onto a common component frame (12) and therefore form a compact unit (14.1; 14.2).

A system for maintaining a device in a semiconductor manufacturing environment that includes a controller configured to determine a distance travelled by the device within the semiconductor manufacturing environment, where the device has a feature that selectively engages a carrier configured to carry a semiconductor wafer such that the device moves the semiconductor wafer to different processing stations within the semiconductor manufacturing environment. The system also includes an inspection component configured to inspect the device responsive to the distance travelled by the device exceeding a distance threshold, a repair component configured to repair the device responsive to a repair indication from at least one of the controller or the inspection component, and a cleaning component configured to clean the device responsive to a clean indication from at least one of the controller or the inspection component.

An apparatus for washing a mat, which enables a user to introduce the mat into the apparatus pile side up so, that it can be inspected and pretreated before cleaning by the apparatus. The mat is inclined in the wash and/or rinse module of the apparatus, while a plurality of high pressure nozzles spray water onto the pile side of the mat. Water flowing down the inclined mat pre-wets regions of the mat to pre-treat these regions before they are treated by the high pressure nozzles. The apparatus may include a trough at the bottom of the incline to further soak the mat before treatment by the high pressure nozzles. The apparatus may include means for holding the mat flat on the incline, means for extracting water from the cleaned mat, and means for cleaning and reusing water.

A device for removing dust from closures which are capable of circulating in a chute extending along a longitudinal axis (y-y), includes a suction system arranged around the chute and are capable of sucking up the dissociated dust from the closures, and including at least one ionization bar extending longitudinally alongside the chute.

A device for dedusting products manufactured in a production machine includes a product inlet, a product outlet, and a first surface structured to receive the products fed through the product inlet and to convey the products to the product outlet. An ultrasonic apparatus is coupled to the first surface and is structured to excite the first surface to vibrate ultrasonically. A separating apparatus is structured to feed a dust that detaches from the products due to the ultrasonic vibrations to a dust outlet of the device that is separate from the product outlet. The products are one of tablets or capsules.