Impregnation plant for internally hollow cylindrical components (stators) of electric motors including working stations arranged linearly and sequentially, managed and controlled by central processing unit; and a plurality of motor-driven elements to impart rotatory motion, in both directions of rotation, and tilting motion, in both directions respective to a predefined plane, to each component mounted onto a respective support device when such support device is inserted into the plant working stations. Each support device has a spring collet in turn has blocks clamping the component onto the inner diameter of its respective cylindrical body. Each spring collet entirely crosses the component cylindrical body to rest on both of its respective circumferential ends. An impregnation method for electric motor components using the impregnation plant, wherein the component is rotatable in both directions about a support device predefined axis, and tiltable respective to a predefined plane of such support device.

The present invention provides a film forming method of forming a film on a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a region including a first concave portion and a second concave portion, the first concave portion has a width larger than that of the second concave portion, and the film forming method includes: selectively supplying a first material into the first concave portion and molding the first material; and supplying a second material onto the region and molding the second material, such that the second concave portion is filled with the second material and a planarization film of the second material is formed over all of the region.

The disclosure relates to a perforated plate for an application apparatus for the application of a fluid onto a component, preferably a motor vehicle bodywork and/or an add-on part therefor. The perforated plate comprises at least three through-holes for the passage of the fluid, wherein the through-holes are assigned to a row of nozzles with a central region and two edge regions, wherein the at least one outermost through-hole in at least one edge region has at least one reference opening diameter that is smaller than at least one reference opening diameter of at least one through-hole in the central region. The disclosure also relates to an application apparatus and an application method with such a perforated plate.

An application apparatus includes: an application needle that applies, to a target, an application material having its viscosity changing under shear; a drive unit that moves the application needle up and down; and a controller that controls the drive unit to move the application needle such that shear is applied to the application material at a shear speed depending on a type of the application material and depending on a target application amount or a target application diameter.

Problem: To provide a technology for forming a planar liquid film having less surface unevenness than ever before using a jet-type discharge device.

Solution: Provided is a planar liquid film forming method of forming a planar liquid film on an application target using a jet-type discharge device having a plurality of discharge ports, and an apparatus for implementing the method. In the method, the plurality of discharge ports are arranged on a straight nozzle arrangement line 140, and are arranged with such a distance from one another that globs of a liquid material having landed on the application target can join together to form a linear liquid film. The method includes: a unitary linear liquid film forming step of forming a unitary linear liquid film 404 by discharging the liquid material such that a plurality of liquid globs simultaneously discharged from the plurality of discharge ports have no contact with one another before landing on the application target, and by letting globs of the liquid material having landed join together on the application target; and a specific planar liquid film forming step of forming a specific planar liquid film 405 from a plurality of unitary linear liquid films 404 by successively executing the unitary linear liquid film forming steps while moving the jet-type discharge device and the application target relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the nozzle arrangement line 140 so that the plurality of unitary linear liquid films 404 join together.

A coating device coats a to-be-coated object including a recessed portion extending in a first direction. The coating device includes a head, an arm, and a controller. The head includes a nozzle surface. The arm holds the head. The controller controls movement of the head via the arm. The controller moves the head in the first direction while causing the nozzle surface and the recessed portion to face each other in a posture in which a length of a first component along the first direction of the head is larger than a length of a second component of the head intersecting the first component.

A liquid material application unit includes an application needle and an application liquid container. The application liquid container includes a joining section and a needle movement section. The joining section extends in a horizontal direction. The needle movement section extends, in a vertical direction, from the joining section. A protrusion amount by which the application needle is allowed to protrude from a through-hole of the application liquid container in the vertical direction is greater than or equal to 1 mm and less than or equal to 3 mm. A first width of the needle movement section in the horizontal direction is less than or equal to 5 mm. A length of the needle movement section extending from the joining section to the through-hole in the vertical direction is greater than or equal to 5 mm.

A system and method for controlling a needle motion of a material applicator are disclosed. The system includes an actuator assembly that contains a piezoelectric device, where the actuator assembly is connected to a needle and translates the needle along a vertical direction, and a sensor assembly that includes an emitter for emitting light, where a portion of the actuator assembly occludes a portion of the light. The sensor assembly also includes a receiver for receiving a non-occluded portion of the light and a sensor holder that secures the emitter and the receiver. The system further includes a controller in electrical communication with the piezoelectric device, emitter, and receiver, where the controller adjusts operation of the actuator assembly based on feedback received from the receiver.

The present invention provides a substrate processing device. An aspect of the present disclosure is to a substrate processing device and a control method for substrate processing device which can improve a resolution of a printer by determining a discharge time of an ink discharge controller with a higher resolution than a pulse wave generated by an encoder.

A tool for installing a liquid shim material into a clearance formed between an assembly first and second component includes a body having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a planar surface and the second end includes a first surface and a second surface arranged at an angle to the first end and to one another. At least one hole is formed in the body. The at least one hole extends from the first end to the second end and is configured to provide a passageway through the body. The tool is arranged adjacent the assembled first and second component such that the passageway formed by the at least one hole is arranged in fluid communication with the clearance.