The present invention provides an imprint apparatus that forms a pattern in an imprint material on a substrate using a mold including a pattern region, the apparatus comprising: a stage configured to be movable while holding the substrate; and a dispenser configured to discharge the imprint material, wherein a sensor, a receptor, and a mark are provided around a holding region where the substrate is held, in an upper surface of the stage, and the upper surface of the stage includes a first region that passes below the pattern region during movement of the stage between a position below the dispenser and a position below the mold, and a second region that does not pass below the pattern region during the movement, and the sensor, the receptor, and the mark are arranged in the second region.

A molded product production system includes a powdery material mixing and feeding device configured to feed mixed powdery materials including at least two types of powdery materials, a filler configured to fill, with the mixed powdery materials fed by the powdery material mixing and feeding device, a die bore of a compression-molding machine, a sensor configured to measure a mixing degree of the mixed powdery materials fed by the powdery material mixing and feeding device, and a molded product removal mechanism configured to distinguish a molded product obtained by compression molding mixed powdery materials having a mixing degree measured by the sensor out of a predetermined range from a molded product obtained by compression molding mixed powdery materials having a mixing degree within the predetermined range.

An exterior inspection device configured to inspect whether or not a molded product in a predetermined shape has defectiveness based on an image of the molded product, the inspection device including: a first foreign matter determiner configured to determine whether or not, in an obtained image of the molded product, a first inspection region located inside an outline of an assumed normal molded product P includes foreign matter; and a second foreign matter determiner configured to determine whether or not, in the obtained image of the molded product, a second inspection region located outside the outline of the assumed normal molded product includes foreign matter.

An imprint method for forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate includes irradiating the imprint material with light to increase a viscosity of the imprint material on the substrate with a mold and the imprint material being in contact with each other, aligning the substrate and the mold with each other while changing and increasing a control gain to be used in a controller, which is configured to control relative positions of the mold and the substrate so as to reduce a displacement based on a result of detection of the displacement between the substrate and the mold, in such a manner that the control gain increases with the mold and the imprint material being in contact with each other, and curing the imprint material by irradiating the imprint material with light.

An apparatus comprises: a dispensing device for dispensing at least one polymeric material; a severing element for severing a dose of polymeric material from the polymeric material dispensed by the dispensing device; a transport element for transporting the dose; a mould comprising a male mould element and a female mould element, the female mould element being positioned above the male mould element.

The transport element is configured to perform a first movement by moving along a path directed from the dispensing device towards the mould, so as to bring the dose to the mould. Moreover, the transport element is configured to perform, in addition to the first movement, a second movement by rotating about an axis, so as to turn the dose from a first orientation with which the dose is received by the transport element, to a second orientation with which the dose is released by the transport element onto the male mould element.

A line for the continuous cycle production of plastic objects comprises: an extruder configured to deliver a flow of plastic fluid; a compression moulding machine including a rotating moulding carousel and a plurality of moulds to form an ordered succession of objects from corresponding doses; a transfer apparatus configured to feed the doses individually to the compression moulding machine; a conveyor; a first sensor configured to detect a first diagnostic signal; a control unit programmed to capture the first diagnostic signal.

The present invention provides an imprint apparatus that molds an imprint material on a shot region of a substrate by using a mold, comprising a detection unit configured to detect first light with which a first mark of the mold and a second mark of the substrate are irradiated and measure a position deviation between the first mark and the second mark, a heating unit configured to irradiate the substrate with second light for heating the substrate and deforming the shot region, and a control unit configured to control alignment between the mold and the substrate based on the position deviation, wherein a parameter of the detection unit or the heating unit is set not to detect the second light by the detection unit while the first light is detected and the substrate is irradiated with the second light.

An imprint apparatus includes: a pressure roller configured to press a film onto a substrate; an idle roller spaced from the pressure roller, the idle roller and pressure roller being configured to peel the film from the substrate; a pressure sensor connected to the pressure roller and configured to sense a first pressure applied to the pressure roller; and a controller configured to detect a peeling defect based on the first pressure.

Methods and devices of fabricating a stringer for a vehicle. The stringer can be constructed from two charges that are formed together into the stringer. During fabricating, the ends of the charges can be formed in a die cavity. When the ends are misaligned in the die cavity, one of the charges can be moved in the die cavity to align the ends. The device used for fabricating the charges can include a punch with separate punch plates that move the ends of the charges into the die cavity. The punch plates can be separately moved to adjust the position of the charges and align the ends.

The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which forms a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate by using a mold, the apparatus comprising a control unit configured to control a process of deforming the mold into a convex shape and bringing the mold and the imprint material into contact with each other, wherein the control unit determines, based on information indicating a relationship between a relative tilt between the mold and the substrate, and a moment which fluctuates the relative tilt at a time of contact between the mold and the imprint material, a target relative tilt such that a moment generated at the time of contact between the mold and the imprint material falls within an allowable range, and starts contact between the mold and the imprint material after setting the relative tilt to the target relative tilt.