An object can be made one section at a time, that is layerwise, using an apparatus for making an object using a stereolithographic method. Disclosure generally relates to an apparatus for making a stereolithographic object and a method for making a stereolithographic object. An apparatus (100) for making an object (122) is disclosed.

Provided is a pressure vessel strain analysis device capable of grasping a correlation between manufacturing conditions and strains. The pressure vessel strain analysis device includes an analysis unit. Based on a plurality of manufacturing conditions of a plurality of pressure vessels and a plurality of strains acquired by an image correlation method in a state where a predetermined internal pressure is applied to the plurality of pressure vessels manufactured under the plurality of manufacturing conditions, the analysis unit calculates a correlation between the plurality of manufacturing conditions and the plurality of strains.

A measuring method is provided. A probe and a first sensor are disposed over a jig including a bar protruding from the jig. The probe is moved until a first surface of the probe is laterally aligned with a second surface of the bar facing the jig. A first distance between the second surface of the bar and the first sensor is obtained by the first sensor. The probe and the first sensor are disposed over a magnetron. Magnetic field intensities at different elevations above the magnetron are measured by the probe. A method for forming a semiconductor structure is also provided.

A method and system for stress engineering of a transparent material can include an imaging system that can visualize a spatial distribution of an internal stress in a transparent material, an actuator system that can induce stress in the transparent material, the actuator system comprising one or more actuator elements, and a feedback system that can communicate with the imaging system and the actuator system, and which can guide an internal stress distribution in the transparent material toward a preferred final state.

A press load measuring apparatus includes: strain gauges attached to respective columns of a press machine and configured to detect strains generated in the respective columns respectively in association with a press load acting on a slide of the press machine, an inertial force calculator configured to calculate a slide inertial force proportional to a product of a mass of a slide and a member connected to the slide and a slide acceleration detected by an acceleration detector, and a press load calculator configured to calculate press partial load signals before calibration based on a strain signals detected by the strain gauges, eliminate a slide inertial force signals from the press partial load signals before the calibration, and calculate calibrated press partial load signals.

The present invention relates to a force measuring device (10) for measuring drawing forces on a drawing stock (30) in three dimensions, having a force application element (12) and, arranged spaced apart therefrom, a support element (14), each of which comprises a passage opening for the drawing stock (30), one or more connecting elements (16) that are deformable in three dimensions and that connect the force application element (12) and the support element (14), and arranged on the connecting elements (16), a plurality of measuring elements (18) for measuring the deformations of the connecting elements (16), produced by the drawing forces, in three dimensions.

The present invention also relates to a system (100) for wire drawing, having an inclined wire outlet having such a force measuring device, the use of the force measuring device, and a method for measuring drawing forces on a drawing wire in three dimensions.

A robot controller that moves a first workpiece mounted on a robot with respect to a second workpiece, the robot having a sensor for detecting one of magnitude of force acting on the first workpiece and magnitude of torque acting on the robot, the robot controller including a calculation unit configured to calculate a force between the first workpiece and the second workpiece and a moment on the first workpiece, based on the magnitude of the force or the torque, a controller carrying out force control so that the calculated force and the moment correspond to a predetermined force and moment, and a display displaying at least one of a velocity of the first workpiece and an angular velocity, the velocity and the angular velocity occurring as a result of control by the controller, the velocity and the angular velocity being overlapped on an image of the robot.

An electric cylinder system includes: an electric cylinder including a rod and a strain detector; an output unit configured to output, on the basis of a reference load value in accordance with an output value of a strain detector for calibration obtained when the rod presses the strain detector for calibration and a measurement load value in accordance with an output value of the strain detector obtained when the rod presses the strain detector for calibration, a gain and an offset for causing the measurement load value to approach the reference load value; a storage unit configured to store the gain and the offset as a calibration parameter; and a calibration unit configured to calibrate a load value in accordance with an output value detected by the strain detector on the basis of the calibration parameter wherein the gain and the offset satisfy a preset relationship.

Techniques for force sensing in additive fabrication are provided. According to some aspects, an additive fabrication device may include a force sensor configured to measure a force applied to a build platform during fabrication. A length of time taken for a layer of material to separate from a surface other than the build platform to which it is adhered may be determined based on measurements from the force sensor. Subsequent additive fabrication operations, such as subsequent motion of the build platform, may be adapted based on the determined length of time.

An object can be made one section at a time, that is layerwise, using an apparatus for making an object using a stereolithographic method. Disclosure generally relates to an apparatus for making a stereolithographic object and a method for making a stereolithographic object. An apparatus (100) for making an object (122) is disclosed.