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.

Method for the pretreatment of insert elements for the fitting of injection molded parts, in particular pipette tips, wherein the insert elements are transported as bulk material from a supply container to a storage container, the bottom of which is formed as a sieve plate with corresponding openings or bores, into which the insert elements are preferably transferred by means of shaking motion for a further transport or a use in the fitting process of the injection molded parts, characterized by the steps: introducing of the insert elements into a rotatable transport drum, which is provided with openings or through-holes of such a shape or size that the insert elements remain in the transport drum during the pretreatment; rotating of the transport drum at least intermittently about an axis X, about which the transport drum is rotatably mounted; and transporting of the insert elements.

A dust removal device capable of normally dedusting a surface of a sheet-shaped object having an edge portion of a shape with protruding parts continuously arranged at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction, that is, a dust removal device discharging a gas to a surface of a sheet-shaped object 100 from a discharge outlet while drawing in the gas above the surface of the sheet-shaped object 100 through a suction inlet, the discharge outlet including a first discharge outlet 30 for discharging the gas to portions of the sheet-shaped object 100 other than the edge portion and a second discharge outlet 35 for discharging the gas to the edge portion 100b of the sheet-shaped object 10, and the suction inlet including a first suction inlet (31, 32) for drawing in the gas above the surface of the portions of the sheet-shaped object 100 other than the edge portion 100b and a second suction inlet (33, 34) for drawing in the gas of the surface of the edge portion 100b of the sheet-shaped object 100.

In one example, a process for depowdering an elastic object made with a 3D printer using powdered build material includes compressing the object progressively from one end of the object to another end of the object.

Proposed is a roll-to-roll manufacturing method of electrodes for secondary batteries including material supplying for supplying an electrode material from an unwinder, meander correcting for correcting meandering in a movement path of the electrode material, notching processing for forming an electrode tab shape by processing a tab fabrication area of the electrode material, cleaning the electrode material, vision inspection for determining whether the electrode material is of good quality, and electrode material winding for winding the electrode material with a rewinder.

Disclosed is a dust removal mechanism, a dust removal device, a dust removal method, and a battery production system. The dust removal mechanism includes a mounting base, a cleaning member rotatably mounted on the base around an axis, and at least two dust suction members positioned on opposite sides of the cleaning member along a direction intersecting the axis. The dust suction members are located at the outer periphery of the cleaning member and each includes a dust suction port that does not contact the cleaning member. During cleaning, the cleaning member rotates to clean a target surface, and dust particles on the target surface, dust dislodged during cleaning, or dust adhering to the cleaning member are removed by suction through the ports. This configuration enables effective dust collection without direct contact between the suction ports and the cleaning component.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-stage system and process for removing debris from plastic sheets (such as tier sheets or any other suitable sheets formed from any suitable material). Certain embodiments of the sheet-cleaning system (10) include a drive assembly comprising a drive roller (211, 212) driven by a drive actuator, an electrostatic-discharge device (220) operable to discharge static electricity, and a cleaning roller assembly (230) comprising a cleaning roller (231, 232) driven by a cleaning roller actuator, the cleaning roller (231, 232) comprising a cleaning implement on at least part of its outer surface.

The disclosure notably relates to a method for recycling a rolled sheet of a battery, the sheet comprising one or more layers including one or more metallic layers, each metallic layer respectively having a coating of a precursory element. The precursory element of the coating of at least one metallic layer is precursory ink. The method comprises unrolling the sheet and brushing each metallic layer for which the coating is precursory ink to separate the respective precursory ink. This forms an improved solution for recycling a rolled sheet of a battery.

A cleaning device includes a base unit that supports a die unit and a carrier plate that is movable relative to the drive unit. A nozzle seat is connected to the carrier plate. A nozzle is fixed to the nozzle seat to spray a cleaning solution onto a die unit. A laser marking unit is connected to the carrier plate and is adapted to project a laser beam to the cleaning solution sprayed from the nozzle onto the die unit.

It is preferred that the foreign material removal device for notching a secondary battery according to one example of the present invention comprises: a foreign material confirmation part provided so that in a transport path of an electrode film through a notching process, the upper and lower surfaces of the notched electrode pattern are photographed, and a position of a foreign material present in the electrode pattern is calculated based on the photographed image; and a foreign material removal process part provided so that air is sprayed to the position of the foreign material and a vacuum pressure is applied thereto according to the foreign material position information calculated by the foreign material confirmation part.