A cleaning apparatus performing cleaning treatment for a washing tool used for substrate washing by causing the washing tool to contact with a cleaning member while supplying a washing liquid to the washing tool includes a liquid extraction unit that extracts the washing liquid remaining in the washing tool or the washing liquid flowing out from the washing tool in the cleaning treatment, a color reaction unit that applies an iodine color reaction to the washing liquid extracted by the liquid extraction unit, and a determination unit that detects a coloration degree of the washing liquid subjected to the iodine color reaction and determines whether or not cleaning of the washing tool is completed based on the detected coloration degree.

The invention relates to wind turbine blade and tower maintenance devices, which can be used for semi- or fully-automated maintenance, including cleaning, de-icing, and painting of wind turbine blades and tower. The wind turbine blade maintenance arrangement, comprising a main frame; a roller frame; at least one cleaning and/or painting means supporting frame; a linear movement rail, comprising the longitudinally extending base surface, two longitudinally-extending walls, being perpendicular to the base surface; a joint, providing for at least one degree of freedom; at least two rollers mounted on the roller frame and configured to allow secure pushing of the arrangement of the cleaning robot against an edge of the wind turbine blade, and moving the maintenance arrangement along the edge of the blade; the cleaning and/or painting means, mounted on the cleaning and/or painting means supporting frame; the cleaning and/or painting means supporting frame or frames are adjustably connected to the roller frame so as to allow controllable adjustment of the distance between the cleaning and/or painting means, and the surfaces of the wind turbine; wherein the main frame and the roller frame are adjustably connected together via a linear movement rail and a joint; the linear movement rail is designed to allow movement of the roller frame in a substantially horizontal direction in respect to the main frame; the joint is designed to allow controllable rotational movement of the roller frame in respect to the linear movement rail, wherein the rotational axis of the revolute joint is substantially perpendicular to the base surface of the linear movement rail.

The invention relates to wind turbine blade and tower maintenance devices, which can be used for semi- or fully-automated maintenance, including cleaning, de-icing, and painting of wind turbine blades and tower. The wind turbine blade maintenance arrangement, comprising a main frame; a roller frame; at least one cleaning and/or painting means supporting frame; a linear movement rail, comprising the longitudinally extending base surface, two longitudinally-extending walls, being perpendicular to the base surface; a joint, providing for at least one degree of freedom; at least two rollers mounted on the roller frame and configured to allow secure pushing of the arrangement of the cleaning robot against an edge of the wind turbine blade, and moving the maintenance arrangement along the edge of the blade; the cleaning and/or painting means, mounted on the cleaning and/or painting means supporting frame; the cleaning and/or painting means supporting frame or frames are adjustably connected to the roller frame so as to allow controllable adjustment of the distance between the cleaning and/or painting means, and the surfaces of the wind turbine; wherein the main frame and the roller frame are adjustably connected together via a linear movement rail and a joint; the linear movement rail is designed to allow movement of the roller frame in a substantially horizontal direction in respect to the main frame; the joint is designed to allow controllable rotational movement of the roller frame in respect to the linear movement rail, wherein the rotational axis of the revolute joint is substantially perpendicular to the base surface of the linear movement rail.

Provided is a blade maintenance device for a wind turbine. The blade maintenance device for the wind turbine includes: a body that travels along a leading edge of a blade; support units that extend from the body to both sides of the blade and support the sides of the blade; and a maintenance unit installed at at least one of the body and the support units so as to perform maintenance of an outer side of the blade.

An embodiment provides a method for stirring a sample in a cell, including: providing a cell comprising a sample chamber; placing an electrode on an inner surface of the sample chamber, placing a removable stir bar in the sample chamber, the removable stir bar directly contacting and touching the electrode; and wherein the stir bar can be operated to rotate within the sample chamber upon the electrode. Other aspects are described and claimed.

There is disclosed a substrate processing apparatus which is capable of detecting whether a substrate, such as a wafer, supported by a fluid is properly present in a predetermined processing position or not. The substrate processing apparatus includes at least one distance sensor configured to measure a distance between a scrubber and a hydrostatic support structure; and a processing controller configured to calculate a gap between the hydrostatic support structure and the surface of the substrate from a measured value of the distance and determine whether the gap falls within a predetermined range or not.

A golf club cleaner includes a container and a cleaning unit with a free end spaced from a base of the container for a club face to be positioned and cleaned.

A method and apparatus for cleaning a substrate after chemical mechanical planarizing (CMP) is provided. The apparatus comprises a housing, a substrate holder rotatable on a first axis and configured to retain a substrate in a substantially vertical orientation, a first pad holder having a pad retaining surface facing the substrate holder in a parallel and space apart relation, the first pad holder rotatable on a second axis rotatable parallel to the first axis, a first actuator operable to move the pad holder relative to the substrate holder to change a distance defined between the first axis and the second axis, and a second pad holder disposed in the housing, the second pad holder having a pad retaining surface facing the substrate holder in a parallel and spaced apart relation, wherein the second pad holder is couple with a rotary arm.

A novel, mechanical method and apparatus for scraping desired solids from the interior walls of various vessels, especially spherical glass or metal flasks common to chemical laboratory settings is described. The present invention utilizes spinning, flexible, abrasive tentacles fixed to a vertical shaft. The rotary motion of the vertical shaft is driven by a simple electrical or pneumatic motor. Centrifugal force extends the tentacles, which act as brushes, whereby their abrasive contact with the solids caked to the interior walls effects mechanical scraping. While spinning, the apparatus is moved vertically up and down to effect complete scraping. The present invention, therefore, rapidly removes the majority of dry solid material stuck to the interior of a spherical vessel with a minimum of physical effort. This method provides a significant improvement over the existing standard practice of slow, uncomfortable, manual scraping with spatulas.

In a brush-type processing device, a base portion of a processing brush is fixed to a reciprocating rotating shaft provided to a drive source. A brush portion extends from the base portion to one side along the radius of the reciprocating rotating shaft. When the reciprocating rotating shaft reciprocatingly rotates, a plurality of brush bristles of the brush portion reciprocatingly oscillates in a circumferential direction of the reciprocating rotating shaft. Accordingly, an object to be removed on a processed surface can be scraped off by allowing distal ends of the brush bristles to be pressed against the processed surface. In this case, the distal ends of the brush bristles that reciprocatingly oscillate repeatedly collide with the object to be removed from both sides in a reciprocating oscillation direction, thereby making it possible to effectively remove the object to be removed.