A method and system for controlling and providing a more consistent material application amount includes implementing a conveyor configured to convey substrates along a dispense line at a speed; implementing an application device configured to apply a desired amount of a material to each of the substrates; implementing a pump configured to deliver the material at a pressure to the application device; implementing a controller configured to receive a desired speed of the conveyor and control a speed of the conveyor to convey the substrates along the dispense line at the desired speed; determining with the controller a target pressure of the material provided by the pump to the application device to provide the desired amount of the material to each of the substrates utilizing a control algorithm; measuring an amount of material applied to a plurality of substrates by a pump; comparing the material applied per substrate to a target value; and adjusting a pressure of the pump based on the comparing the material applied per substrate to a target value.

A reconditioning device includes: a first shearing plate; a second shearing plate; and a housing. The housing includes: a first member configured to hold the first shearing plate and comprising an input for receiving a material; a second member connected to the first member to form an inner cavity, a portion of the inner cavity is located in a gap between the first shearing plate and the second shearing plate; and an output member connected to a pipeline of a production applicator and configured to output the material subsequent to shearing. The shaft extends through the second member, is connected to the second shearing plate, and is configured to be rotated to shear the material disposed in the gap between the first shearing plate and the second shearing plate.

Provided is a multi-nozzle pump for dispensing a viscous liquid, and in particular, to a multi-nozzle pump for dispensing a viscous liquid, which dispenses the viscous liquid through a plurality of nozzles with high resolution. The multi-nozzle pump for dispensing the viscous liquid has advantages of miniaturizing intervals between the nozzles and a total size of the pump while simultaneously or individually dispensing the viscous liquid through the plurality of nozzles. Also, according to the multi-nozzle pump for dispensing the viscous liquid, the intervals between the plurality of nozzles may be formed to be narrow as compared with the entire size and the pressing force, and thus, the viscous liquid of high viscosity may be dispensed with high resolution.

An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode of a secondary battery, includes: a storage unit to store a slurry; a die coater connected to the storage unit, and to discharge the slurry onto a substrate; a supply unit connected to the storage unit and the die coater, and to supply the slurry from the storage unit to the die coater; a slurry measuring unit to measure a density and a flow rate of the slurry supplied from the supply unit; and a controller to control the supply unit based on the density and the flow rate of the slurry transmitted from the slurry measuring unit.

The disclosure relates to an application device for applying an application agent (e.g. heat-conducting paste) into a cavity, in particular in a battery module of an electric battery. The application device according to the disclosure comprises a nozzle for dispensing the application agent through the nozzle and a first pressure sensor for measuring a first pressure reading (p.sub.A, p.sub.B) of the application agent upstream of the nozzle. The disclosure additionally provides a second pressure sensor for measuring a second pressure reading (p.sub.D) of the coating agent downstream of the first pressure sensor, in particular in the nozzle. Furthermore, the disclosure comprises a corresponding application method.

Provided is a liquid chemical supply module and a substrate processing apparatus including the same, the liquid chemical supply module including a main supplier for supplying a liquid chemical from a liquid chemical tank to at least one substrate processing apparatus, and at least one distribution supplier for connecting between the main supplier and any one substrate processing apparatus to distribute the liquid chemical supplied through the main supplier to the any one substrate processing apparatus, wherein the distribution supplier includes a distribution line branched from a main line of the main supplier, a first circulation line branched from the distribution line and connecting between the distribution line and the main line, and a second circulation line branched from the distribution line connecting between the distribution line and the main line.

An electrode coating system includes a slurry storage tank in which a slurry is stored, a coating slot die configured to receive the slurry, and a line through which the slurry flows from the slurry storage tank to the coating slot die, in which the line includes a first line and a second line, and the slurry is configured to flow from the slurry storage tank to the coating slot die selectively through the first line or the second line.

The coating apparatus includes a coating unit having a tank containing a coating material, a die head for discharging the coating material, a supply passage constituting a channel from the tank to the die head, a volume changing device for imparting a volume change to the supply passage, and a pressure sensor for detecting a pressure in an internal space of the die head, and a control unit for controlling an operation of the coating unit. The control unit is configured to determine whether or not the coating material can be ejected from the die head based on a change in pressure when a volume change is applied to the supply passage by the volume changing device, and start ejecting the coating material to the object to be coated when the ejection is possible.

The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a housing having a treating space for treating a substrate therein; a support unit configured to support the substrate at the treating space; a nozzle for supplying a liquid to the substrate placed on the support unit; a liquid supply unit configured to supply the liquid to the nozzle and have a flow meter; and a flow rate measuring unit configured to verify an error of the flow meter; and a controller for controlling the liquid supply unit and the flow rate measuring unit, and wherein the flow rate measuring unit comprises: a cup for accommodating the liquid; a measuring means configured to verify a level of the liquid accommodated in the cup; and a discharge line for discharging the liquid within the cup and having a discharge valve installed thereon, and wherein the controller controls the liquid supply unit to discharge a liquid of a first amount to the cup for a first time in a state at which the discharge valve is closed, and controls the measuring means to determine whether an error has occurred in the flow meter by determining whether the level of the liquid accommodated in the cup is the first amount.

Disclosed are droplet deposition systems. The systems regulate the pressure of the system by, for example, coordinating the pressure provided by a pressure source with the pressure released when a droplet is dispensed. Alternatively, or in addition to the above, a pressure regulator may be used to maintain the coating liquid in equilibrium and permitting the dispensation of a droplet when a piston actuator contacts a micropipe. A robotic arm can be used to apply the coating to a substrate, such as a military aircraft.