A manufacturing system includes: a first tank configured to store generation fuel; a manufacturing device having a first power generation device configured to generate power using the generation fuel, the manufacturing device being configured to operate using power supplied from the first power generation device; and a transport robot configured to transport the generation fuel from the first tank to the manufacturing device.

In a transfer system, at least one of a plurality of process apparatuses is connected to a station as a connected process apparatus. A station control unit controls a transfer device provided in the station through a communication with a process apparatus control unit to load the processing object to the connected process apparatus from the station and to unload the processing object from the connected process apparatus to the station. The station control unit controls the transfer device to begin unloading of the processing object from the connected process apparatus to the station after receiving a signal indicative of a presence of the processing object to be unloaded from the process apparatus control unit.

The invention relates to a method for assembling a product or portion of a product (10), on an assembly site (SA), comprising an assembly line (LA), the assembly line comprising a plurality of assembly stations (S1, S2, S3, etc.) and at least one mobile platform (PMA, PMB, etc.), the method comprising the following steps applied to each mobile platform of the at least one mobile platform (PMA, PMB, etc.): h) loading on the mobile platform (PMA, PMB, etc.) a plurality of objects, comprising one or more elementary parts (P1A, P2A, P3A, P4, P5, P6, etc.) and/or one or more partial assemblies (AP1, AP2, . . . APi) constituting the product to be assembled or a portion of the product to be assembled on the assembly line (LA); i) moving the mobile platform (PMA, PMB, etc.) to an assembly station of the plurality of assembly stations (S1, S2, S3, etc.) of the assembly line (LA); j) transferring onto the assembly station one or more objects of the plurality of objects present on the mobile platform (PMA, PMB, etc.); k) modifying or assembling the one or more objects transferred in step c), so as to constitute an intermediate object; I) transferring onto the mobile platform (PMA, PMB, etc.) the intermediate object constituted in the preceding step, so that, for the subsequent steps of the method, the object or said plurality of objects transferred in step c) are replaced in the plurality of objects with the intermediate object constituted in step d); m) repeating steps b) to e) so that the platform moves consecutively from an assembly station, at which an intermediate object is constituted, to another station, at which another intermediate object is constituted.

A method includes identifying first parameters of a first processing chamber of a semiconductor fabrication facility. The first parameters include first input parameters and first output parameters. The method further includes identifying second parameters of a second processing chamber of the semiconductor fabrication facility. The second parameters include second input parameters and second output parameters. The method further includes generating, by a processing device based on the first parameters and the second parameters, composite parameters comprising composite input parameters and composite output parameters. Semiconductor fabrication is based on the composite parameters.

Described herein are methods and systems for chamber matching in a manufacturing facility. A method may include receiving a first chamber recipe advice for a first chamber and a second chamber recipe advice for a second chamber. The chamber recipe advices describe a set of tunable inputs and a set of outputs for a process. The method may further include adjusting at least one of the set of first chamber input parameters or the set of second chamber input parameters and at least one of the set of first chamber output parameters or the set of second chamber output parameters to substantially match the first and second chamber recipe advices.

A method for assembling parts in an assembly line, such as an automotive final assembly line, is disclosed. The method includes advancing a part along the assembly line with an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV), arranging a first real time vision system to monitor the position of the AGV in at least two directions, and providing the readings of the first real time vision system to a controller arranged to control an assembly unit of the assembly line to perform an automated operation on the part that is advanced or supported by the AGV. An assembly line is also disclosed.

This disclosure relates to a high volume manufacturing system for processing and measuring workpieces in a semiconductor processing sequence without leaving the system's controlled environment (e.g., sub-atmospheric pressure). The systems process chambers are connected to each other via transfer chambers used to move the workpieces, in the controlled environment, between the process chambers. The transfer chambers include a measurement region with dedicated workpiece support chucks capable of translating and/or rotating the workpiece during the measurement.

This disclosure relates to a high volume manufacturing system for processing and measuring workpieces in a semiconductor processing sequence without leaving the system's controlled environment (e.g., sub-atmospheric pressure). The systems process chambers are connected to each other via transfer chambers used to move the workpieces, in the controlled environment, between the process chambers. Further, the pass-through chambers may be disposed between the transfer chambers or between the transfer chamber and the process chamber. The pass-through chambers may include a measurement region to measure workpiece attributes when the workpiece is moved through or placed in the pass-through chamber. The transfer chambers may also have separate measurement regions within their internal space to measure other attributes of the workpiece.

A method for assembling parts in an assembly line, such as an automotive final assembly line, is disclosed. The method includes advancing a part along the assembly line with an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV), arranging a first real time vision system to monitor the position of the AGV in at least two directions, and providing the readings of the first real time vision system to a controller arranged to control an assembly unit of the assembly line to perform an automated operation on the part that is advanced or supported by the AGV. An assembly line is also disclosed.

A remote control device includes a step information acquisition unit that acquires production step information; a target setting unit that sets a target distance between a front moving object and a rear moving object according to the production step information; a signal generation unit that generates at least one of a front first control signal as a control signal to define the running operation of the front moving object and a rear first control signal as a control signal to define the running operation of the rear moving object so as to set the actual distance between the front moving object and the rear moving object to the target distance; and a transmission unit that transmits the first control signal to the moving object subjected to control of the operation.