Equipment for the logistics of slab-shaped articles comprising one supplying plane of at least one slab-shaped article; one robotic gripping group of the slab-shaped article; a (tangible) movement component/unit/device/machine (or the like) of the gripping group along one direction of movement; a plurality of temporary storage stations of the slab-shaped article; one supporting frame of the slab-shaped article supported as an integral part to the movement component/unit/device/machine; and one unloading station of the supporting frame; wherein the gripping group is adapted to: take the slab-shaped article from the supplying plane; place the slab-shaped article on one of the storage stations; and take the slab-shaped article from one of the storage stations to place it on the supporting frame.

A system for handling sheets of flexible material. The system comprises a first roller (5.2) which comprises a plurality of first releasable connectors (3.2) and a second roller (5.3) which comprises a plurality of second releasable connectors. The system further comprises an array of third releasable connectors (2.1) which is displaceable between at least the first and second rollers (5.2, 5.3). The first, second and third releasable connectors releasably attach to a sheet of flexible material in use.

The present application relates to a movable buffer, an automated material handling system and a corresponding overhead hoist transfer. The movable buffer includes: an inclined track including a first end and a second end opposite to each other, wherein the second end of the inclined track is higher than the first end of the inclined track; a storage tray connected to the inclined track, wherein the storage tray is provided with a space for accommodating a front opening unified pod, the storage tray is provided with at least one opening; and a transmission mechanism, wherein the upper surface of the transmission mechanism is connected to the lower surface of the overhead buffer, the lower surface of the transmission mechanism is connected to the inclined track, and the transmission mechanism is used for driving the storage tray to slide from the first end of the inclined track to the second end.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to optical devices. More specifically, embodiments described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for gripping optical devices. In an embodiment, an apparatus for gripping an optical device includes a base coupled to a proximal end of a stem extending from a bottom surface of the base. The apparatus also includes a plurality of arms movably coupled to the bottom surface of the base. The plurality of arms are coupled to an actuator operable to move the plurality of arms laterally along a X-Y plane parallel to the bottom surface of the base. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a suction pad operable to provide a noncontact vertical suction force.

A substrate transfer device includes a substrate holder and a base to which the substrate holder is movably attached. The substrate holder includes first and second suction holes provided to be open in a placing surface, first and second protrusions disposed respectively in the first and second suction holes, and first and second supports provided respectively in the vicinity of the first and second suction holes so as to protrude upward from the placing surface. The first protrusion is pressed by a first elastic member toward an upward direction to protrude from the first suction hole such that the first protrusion blocks the first suction hole, and the second protrusion is pressed by a second elastic member toward an upward direction to protrude from the second suction hole such that the second protrusion blocks the second suction hole.

Provided is an apparatus for transporting articles that can effectively treat numerous articles. The apparatus for transporting articles comprises: a frame; a first transport mounting portion connected to the frame and configured to support a first-class article from below; a second transport mounting portion connected to the frame, disposed over the first transport mounting portion and configured to support the first-class article from below; a third transport mounting portion connected to the frame, disposed over the second transport mounting portion and configured to support a second-class article different from the first-class article from below. The first transport mounting portion operates independently of the second and third transport mounting portions, and the second transport mounting portion and the third transport mounting portion operate simultaneously.

Provided is a substrate transferring method which is capable of accurately mounting a substrate at a desired rotation angle. In order to eliminate a misalignment of a wafer W in a rotational direction in a vacuum process chamber, which is caused by a variation in a transfer distance of the wafer W, the wafer W is mounted on a stage while being offset from the center of the stage in a load lock chamber and an angle of rotation of the wafer W with respect to a fork when a transfer arm receives the wafer W is changed.

A glass sheet processing apparatus includes a first gantry assembly that extends across a glass sheet in a cross-machine direction. The first gantry assembly includes a processing head that moves along a length of the first gantry assembly and includes a laser comprising an optical arrangement positioned in a beam path of the laser providing a laser beam focal line that is formed on a beam output side of the optical arrangement. A second gantry assembly extends across the glass sheet in the cross-machine direction. The second gantry assembly includes a processing head that moves along a length of the second gantry assembly.

A transfer device including at least one first transfer component and at least one second transfer component are provided. The first transfer component includes a first carrier pad contacting the transferred object, and the second transfer component includes a second carrier pad contacting the transferred object, and material of the first carder pad has stronger capability to capture electrons than that of the second carrier pad and material of the second carrier pad has stronger capability to lose electrons than that of the first carder pad.

A suspended transport vehicle travels along a track supported by a ceiling and transfers an article to a shelf of a rack installed on a floor, the suspended transport vehicle has a driving part, a first traveling part and a second traveling part, a ceiling-side member that is suspended downwards from the first traveling part and the second traveling part and has a transferring part that transfers the article to the shelf of the rack, a floor-side member that is provided so as to be capable of relative movement with respect to the ceiling-side member and has travel rollers being contacting parts in contact with a first guide part installed on the floor, and a distance sensor that detects a relative distance between the ceiling-side member and the floor-side member.