The invention relates to a gluing device, for gluing brick slips, a system for gluing brick slips and a method for gluing brick slips, for example for providing brickwork veneer. Gluing device comprising:—a support;—a glue container that extends from a first end to a second end, wherein the glue container is operatively connected to the support;—a discharge nozzle that is operatively connected to the first end of the glue container and that is provided with a discharge opening; and—a plunger that, during use of the device, is positioned in the glue container and that is provided with a drive side facing the first end of the glue container and a press side facing the second end of the glue container, and wherein the plunger is operatively connected to the support, wherein the plunger and the container are connected to the support and wherein one of the plunger and the container is moveably connected to the support with respect to the other of the plunger and the container, such that the plunger and the container are moveable relative to each other.

An apparatus and a method for dispensing a viscous adhesive for attaching a semiconductor die onto a substrate are provided, where the method comprises the steps of dispensing a volume of viscous adhesive from a nozzle onto the substrate and moving the nozzle away from the substrate such that an adhesive tail is formed between the nozzle and the volume of viscous adhesive. The method further comprises the steps of capturing multiple images of the adhesive tail with an imaging device as the nozzle is moving away from the substrate with an imaging device; and thereafter detecting with the imaging device an instant when the adhesive tail breaks from the volume of viscous adhesive.

A method for manufacturing an electrode is provided, the method including coating and drying of an electrode paste and being able to highly suppress variations in the weight per unit area of the active material layer. The method for manufacturing an electrode disclosed herein includes the steps of: coating an electrode paste onto a current collecting foil from a die; and drying the coated electrode paste. Here, the current collecting foil is conveyed by a backup roll. A variation in at least one of thickness and width of the coated electrode paste is measured. The peripheral speed of the backup roll is changed according to a measurement result of the variation so that the variation becomes small.

Provided is a spin-coating device including a film thickness measurement unit (1) and an operation adjustment unit (2). The film thickness measurement unit (1) measures a real-time thickness of a film formed of coating liquid by means of interferometry. The operation adjustment unit (2) adjusts operation of the spin-coating device in accordance with the real-time thickness of the film formed of the coating liquid.

A slot die shim for use with a slot die, the slot die shim including a first channel configured to receive a first coating, a second channel configured to receive a second coating, and a third channel configured to receive a third coating. The slot die shim simultaneously dispenses the first coating through the first channel, the second coating through the second channel, and the third coating through the third channel onto a substrate. The coatings can be applied at different flow rates and include different test reagents. A vacuum force is applied to the first, second, and third coatings to control a width and a thickness of each of the coatings and a gap or distance between the coatings. The first, second, and third coatings are placed near one another or directly in contact with one another to minimize the area required for the coatings.

A roll map of an electrode coating process includes a roll map bar and a representation part. The roll map bar is displayed on a screen in synchronization with movement of an electrode between an unwinder and a rewinder while being coated with an electrode slurry in a roll-to-roll state. The roll map bar is displayed in the form of a bar by simulating the electrode in the roll-to-roll state. The representation part is configured to visually show either one of or both quality-related and defect-related acquired data associated with the electrode coating process. The acquired data is shown at a certain location on the roll map bar corresponding to a location in the electrode at which the data is measured. A roll map of an electrode coating process is generated by a process. A roll map of an electrode coating process is generated by a system.

A substrate processing apparatus 1 is configured to supply a processing liquid to a peripheral portion of a wafer W being rotated. The substrate processing apparatus 1 includes a rotating/holding unit 21 configured to rotate and hold the wafer W; a processing liquid discharging unit 73 configured to discharge the processing liquid toward the peripheral portion of the wafer W held by the rotating/holding unit 21; a variation acquiring unit configured to acquire information upon a variation amount of a deformation of the peripheral portion of the wafer W; and a discharge controller 7 configured to control a discharge angle and a discharge position of the processing liquid from the processing liquid discharging unit 73 onto the peripheral portion based on the information upon the variation amount of the deformation of the peripheral portion acquired by the variation acquiring unit.

A coating production device for an optical film includes a base plate. Supporting rods are fixed on a top at both front and rear sides of the base plate. A transverse plate is jointly fixed on outer walls at opposite surfaces of the two supporting rods by a fixing rod. A Y-shaped tube is mounted on a bottom of the transverse plate. The Y-shaped tube includes a vertical tube and branch tubes communicating with outer walls at two sides of the vertical tube. Tops of the two branch tubes are respectively mounted on the bottom at two sides of the transverse plate by a mounting rod.

Systems and methods for applying a liquid coating to a substrate are disclosed herein. One exemplary method includes calibrating flow rate of a material through a coating system. A target flow rate for the material through a spray nozzle is received, a first operating pressure of the coating system based upon the target flow rate is calculated, and the material is ejected onto a least part of a surface with the material flowing through the spray nozzle at the first operating pressure of the coating system. Subsequent to a comparison between an operating flow rate and the target flow rate, the operating pressure is adjusted to a second operating pressure and at least part of the substrate is sprayed with the material flowing through the spray nozzle at the second operating pressure of the coating system.

The present disclosure describes a system including: at least one ceramic foam comprising a porous top surface, porous channels, and a porous bottom surface, wherein the at least one ceramic foam is over a surface of a solar panel such that when dust particles are poured onto the porous top surface of the at least one ceramic foam, the dust particles permeate through the porous channels of the at least one ceramic foam and then exit from the porous bottom surface of the at least one ceramic foam to form a layer of dust, with a pre-determined thickness, on the surface of the solar panel.