Work-saving improvements for food-process lines include (1) mounting alternate machines of a food process line on pivot hardware to speed up washing and maintenance operations, (2) mounting the machines on rolling riding gear in order to speed up the activities of building and re-building food process lines of a different series of machines, or (3) isolate the food process line in its own tunnel and hence its own climate-controlled atmosphere to reduce conflicts with running two food process lines side by side where one food process line is a source of air borne allergens.

The present disclosure provides a curved surface coating device. The curved surface coating device includes a bracket having a first and second ends. The curved surface coating device includes a glue coating portion connected with the first end of the bracket. The curved surface coating device includes a transmission member connected between the first and second ends of the bracket and its distance from the first end of the bracket is adjustable. The curved surface coating device includes a first driving mechanism connected with the transmission member for driving the bracket through the transmission member to rotate around the transmission member as a center of rotation. The curved surface coating device includes a second driving mechanism connected with the bracket for driving the bracket to move on a line where the first end and the second end are located.

A liquid processing apparatus includes: a tank configured to store a processing liquid supplied from a processing liquid supply source; a circulation passage connected to the tank; a pump installed at the circulation passage; a plurality of liquid processors configured to perform liquid processing on a substrate; and a plurality of supply passages configured to supply the processing liquid to the plurality of liquid processors respectively, wherein the circulation passage includes a main passage portion provided with the pump, and a first branch passage portion and a second branch passage portion branching from the main passage portion, and the processing liquid flowing out from the tank passes through the main passage portion, then flows into the first branch passage portion and the second branch passage portion, and then returns to the tank through the first branch passage portion and the second branch passage portion.

Kits for sprayer vehicles may include electrically-actuatable solenoids configured to selectably turn individual nozzle assemblies on and off when installed in ports from which check valves were removed, one or more wirelessly-controllable solenoid controllers, a first wiring harness to electrically connect the electrically-actuatable solenoids to the controller(s), a GPS antenna system that wirelessly communicates information identifying its position, bracketry configured to attach the GPS antenna system and the one or more controllers with the sprayer vehicle, a second wiring harness to electrically connect the controller(s) and the GPS antenna system with a source of electrical power on the vehicle, and a mobile device configured to wirelessly cause the one or more controllers to turn individual nozzle assemblies on and off based on a comparison of predetermined geographical boundaries and predefined relative positions of the individual nozzle assemblies to real-time location information received wirelessly from the GPS antenna system.

A metering and application system for a moisture-curing polymer material includes a reservoir for the polymer material and a first pump and a second pump, wherein the polymer material is conveyable by the first pump from the reservoir to the second pump. In addition, a gas metering device with a defined pressure ratio is provided to bring a gas to a defined pressure, wherein the gas metering device is connected to the input of the second pump on its outlet side. In addition, a mixer for mixing the polymer material and the gas and a valve arranged downstream of the mixer for metering and a nozzle for applying the polymer material/gas mixture are provided.

Object: A liquid material application apparatus and a liquid material application method are provided with which a liquid material can be discharged in a predetermined discharge amount per unit time regardless of a relative moving speed in a series of application works.

Solution: The liquid material application apparatus includes a discharge head, a robot moving the discharge head relative to a workpiece, a movement control unit controlling relative movement of the discharge head and the workpiece, and a discharge control unit controlling an operation of discharging a liquid material from a discharge head, wherein the discharge control unit executes, in a switchable manner in accordance with an application program, first mode discharge control of changing a discharge amount of the liquid material, which is discharged from the discharge head per unit time, depending on a relative moving speed between the discharge head and the workpiece, and second mode discharge control of operating the discharge head to discharge the liquid material in a predetermined discharge amount per unit time regardless of the relative moving speed. The liquid material application method is implemented using the liquid material application apparatus.

A method of reinforcing a support mat includes at least one extruder applying at least a first stream of weld-forming material over at least one seam formed between upper and lower, interconnected, at least partially overlapping, panels on the top of the mat and at least one automated extruder applying at least a second stream of weld-forming material over at least one seam formed between the panels on the bottom of the mat.

Exemplary coating devices and exemplary coating methods for coating components with a coating agent, e.g., for painting motor vehicle body components with a paint, are disclosed. An exemplary coating device comprises an application device that applies the coating agent. The application device may include a paint head that discharges the coating agent out of at least one coating agent nozzle.

A device for depositing a bead of a plastic substance on a profile includes a robotic arm, a deposition effector including an extrusion nozzle that is linked to a supply of plastic substance and that extends axially along an extrusion axis (A), and a force feedback sensor for measuring the force applied by the nozzle to the profile during the deposition of the bead. The device further includes an electronic computer implementing a computer program that is designed to control the robotic arm in space along a predetermined theoretical trajectory, and correct the theoretical trajectory according to the measurements made by the force feedback sensor, such that the bearing force (F) of the nozzle on the profile, measured by the force feedback sensor, tends towards a predefined value, in order to allow the nozzle to remain in contact on the profile.

Embodiments describe a method for moisturizing soil at an open construction site. The method includes determining current site characteristics of the open construction site; storing the current site characteristics in memory; determining a target volume of water for achieving a target soil moisture level based on the current site characteristics of the open construction site; calculating a target water application rate to achieve the target soil moisture level across the open construction site; determining a planned path across the open construction site; and guiding a water truck along the planned path while dispensing the target volume of water at the target application rate to achieve the target moisture level in the soil at the open construction site.