A factory transition system and a transition device thereof are provided. The transition device is provided for being disposed on a partition wall that separates two rooms from each other, and includes a chamber and a filtering module assembled to the chamber. The chamber has a transition channel formed therein. The transition channel has two entrances respectively arranged on two ends thereof. The chamber is configured to correspond in position to the communication opening of the partition through one of the two entrances. The filtering module is spatially communicated with the transition channel. The filtering module is configured to perform a ventilation and filtration process for continuously suctioning air from an external environment of the transition device into the transition channel after filtering the air.

A display panel vacuum suction system includes a control device, a robot arm, and a vacuum device. The robot arm includes two or more retractable rods, and each of the retractable rods is connected with a vacuum plate. Each vacuum chamber is disposed in each of the vacuum plates, and each vacuum hole is disposed on a surface of each of the vacuum plates, wherein each vacuum chamber is connected with the vacuum device by a suction pipe. The control device controls expansion and retraction of the retractable rods of the robot arm, so that the vacuum plates connected with the retractable rods can be combined to pick up a single display panel or pick up two display panels respectively. By combining vacuum plates, and controlling the opening or closing of the vacuum holes of each of the vacuum plates, different sizes of display panels can be sucked.

A die ejection apparatus operable to eject a die from a support has at least two ejector components configured to lift a die located on the support. The ejector components are moveable to a position in which a lifting force is exertable by the ejector components on the support, so as to lift a die located on the support. Movement of the die ejector components is initiated towards the support, and a moment when each of the die ejector components reaches the position is determined. A height offset of each die ejector component relative to a height of another die ejector component is determined upon reaching the said position, and relative heights of the die ejector components are adjusted in dependence upon the evaluated height offset.

A glass processing apparatus to convey a glass sheet along a conveyance path can include a plurality of air bars spaced apart from each other along a first direction extending perpendicular to a central axis. Each air bar can include a surface with a plurality of fluid outlet ports. The glass processing apparatus can include a plurality of plates, and at least one of the plurality of plates can be positioned between ones of the plurality of air bars. Each plate can include a surface with a plurality of fluid inlet ports. The plurality of air bars and the plurality of plates can be symmetrically arranged relative to the central axis. Methods of processing a glass sheet can include emitting fluid from the plurality of fluid outlet ports of each of the plurality of air bars, thereby providing a cushion of fluid.

A process and apparatus for handling a rigid sheet is disclosed. The process comprises engaging opposing faces of a sheet at its periphery with engagement means providing a second engagement means, movable relative to the first and engaging the sheet with the second engagement means, The sheet is then moved relative to the second engagement means whilst the sheet is engaged with the first engagement means and is then clamped. The sheet is then moved to a desired orientation or location whilst maintaining the first and second engagement means in fixed relative position. The process is useful in handling glass sheeting and in the production of multiple glazed units and on an insulating glass production line.

Systems and methods for automated, sequential processing of a continuous glass ribbon by conveying the glass ribbon in a ribbon travel direction, forming a score line in the glass ribbon, separating a glass sheet from the glass ribbon at the score line while supporting the glass sheet with a transfer device, lowering the glass sheet onto a conveyor, and conveying the glass sheet in a sheet travel direction differing from the ribbon travel direction. By transferring and then conveying the glass sheet in a direction differing from the ribbon travel direction (e.g., a 90 degree turn) immediately after glass sheet separation, the systems and method of the present disclosure are conducive to streamlined production of glass sheets utilizing a unique production floor footprint.

A device for supporting a sheet of glass, in a contact band between the edge and up to 200 mm from the edge of the glass, includes first and second supports that each include a chassis and a support system for supporting the glass connected to the chassis, the support system of each support including a surface for supporting the glass including a fibrous material able to contact the glass in the contact band at a temperature between 400 and 600° C., the two supports being movable in a transfer vertical relative movement enabling the support surface of one to pass over or under the support surface of the other in order to transfer the glass from one support to the other, the support system of the first support including a passage to allow to pass an arm connected to the second support during the transfer vertical relative movement.

A transport device has a position detection portion, a holding portion attached to an arm, a driving portion to drive the holding portion and the arm, and a control portion. A control portion controls the position detection portion and the driving portion to perform, as one cycle, a procedure to detect a position of a parcel, select parcels based on a predetermined condition, and set priority for the selected parcels, and a procedure to refer to a result of the detection, and cause the holding portion to take out one or more parcels from the accumulation portion in accordance with the priority to transport the parcels to a predetermined location, and excludes, from parcels to be taken out, a second parcel that is present within a predetermined distance from a first parcel and has priority lower than the priority of the first parcel, during the one cycle.

The present invention provides a wafer transfer device. The wafer transfer device comprises a first supporting mechanism and a second supporting mechanisms, wherein the first supporting mechanism and the second supporting mechanism are arranged side by side along a translation direction, and two opposite outer side walls of the first supporting mechanism and the second supporting mechanism are each provided with a picking-conveying guide structure arranged along a telescopic direction perpendicular to the translation direction; a first picking-conveying mechanism and a second picking-conveying mechanism which are movably arranged at the picking-conveying structure of the first supporting mechanism and the picking-conveying guide structure of the second supporting mechanism respectively, wherein each of the first picking-conveying guide structure and the second picking-conveying guide structure comprises a tail end execution part, and the tail end execution part of the first picking-conveying mechanism and the tail end execution part of the second picking-conveying mechanism are oppositely arranged along a lifting direction and face opposite directions, thus transferring a plurality of wafers in two directions. The present invention further provides a wafer transfer method.

A glass-plate working apparatus 1 includes a cutting section 2 serving as a processing position for forming cut lines on a glass plate 5, a grinding section 3 serving as a processing position for grinding peripheral edges of the glass plate 5, a bend-breaking section 4 serving as a processing position between the cutting section 2 and the grinding section 3, and a glass-plate transporting section 6 for transporting the glass plates 5, and further includes a feed conveyor 7 disposed on the side of carrying in to the cutting section 2 and serving as a glass-plate carrying-in section, as well as a discharge conveyor 8 disposed on the side of carrying out from the grinding section 3 and serving as a glass-plate carrying-out section.