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7627393 Crane or digger for swinging a load hanging on a support cable with damping of load oscillations  
The invention concerns a crane or excavator for traversing a load hanging from a load cable, which is movable in three spatial directions. The crane or excavator has a computer-controlled...
7603196 Methods and apparatus for material control system interface  
Methods and apparatus are provided for managing movement of small lots between processing tools within an electronic device manufacturing facility. In some embodiments, a number of priority lots to...
7599756 Production moving line system and method  
A production moving line system. An illustrative embodiment of the production moving line system includes at least one metallic guide strip and at least one tow vehicle which may be adapted to...
7584017 Article transport apparatus  
An article transport apparatus has a path that has a first end and a second end and that extends along a plurality of article transferring locations, a plurality of article transporting vehicles...
7577517 Guided vehicle system and teaching method in the guided vehicle system  
Each of guided vehicles has an operating condition memory unit for storing the total travel distance, the travel time, the number of travels, the number of errors at a stop position, and the number...
7577487 Methods and apparatus for a band to band transfer module  
A band to band transfer module according to the present invention may be used with a substrate carrier transport system, or other systems, to transfer substrate carriers (e.g., small lot substrate...
7558646 Cooperative control system of robots  
The present invention has a communication connection means ( 21 ) which mutually connects communicatably control units (Ca, Cb) for individually controlling operations of robots (Ra, Rb) to...
7532004 Inspection device for inspecting thin plate container and method of inspecting thin plate container  
An inspection device is used for inspecting a thin plate container having a stage guide with insulation property for supporting a thin plate one by one. The inspection device includes a conductive...
7490637 Transportable container including an internal environment monitor  
A system is disclosed allowing non-invasive, continuous local and remote sensing of the internal environmental characteristics of transportable containers. The system utilizes a variety of sensors...
7457680 Conveyance method for transporting objects  
The present invention relates to conveyance method for transporting a plurality of unprocessed/processed objects between an automatic transporting device (AGV) and a semiconductor manufacturing...
7433756 Calibration of high speed loader to substrate transport system  
In a first aspect, a first method of calibrating a substrate carrier loader to a moving conveyor is provided. The first method includes the steps of (1) providing a substrate carrier loader adapted...
7424339 Method and system for acquiring delivery position data of carrying apparatus  
In a searching step, a laser beam by a laser beam projector is projected toward an object to be detected, which is previously disposed at a delivery position, while moving a holding member which is...
7402966 Linear drive with travel measurement  
The invention concerns a linear drive ( 1 ) with a linear stroke for the displacement of movably supported parts, in particular of articles of furniture, comprising a rotary spindle ( 2 ) which is...
7385529 Dynamic and predictive information system and method for shipping assets and transport  
The dynamic, predictive information system and method assigns shipping assets (drivers-tractors-trailers) from carriers to transport orders by shippers. Computer databases hold shipping asset data....
7363107 Substrate transfer system  
A substrate transfer system is used in fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The system includes a cassette having a bar code, a cassette stocker to store the cassette; an auto guided...
7356378 Method and system for smart vehicle route selection  
In one aspect a factory automation system for a wafer fab is provided. The factory automation system comprises: a manufacturing execution system (“MES”) for providing lot information; a...
7346426 Automatic dotting machine for manufacture of heat sink for electronic component  
An automatic dotting machine ( 100 ) includes a feeding device ( 10 ) for unloading workpieces ( 200 ) one by one with the same interval, a conveying device ( 40 ) for conveying the workpieces to a...
7346414 Moving mechanism and stage system in exposure apparatus  
A moving mechanism includes a first structural member having a first guide surface, a moving member being movable along the first guide surface, a second structural member having a second guide...
7333872 Product processing system  
A product processing system applicable to a production process for producing an electronic device is disclosed. The product processing system includes a plurality of processing apparatuses...
7319912 Management system for semiconductor manufacturing equipment  
A management system for semiconductor manufacturing equipment in a manufacturing facility is provided. The system includes a host computer communicating with a tracking server, the tracking server...
7283890 Work convey system, unmanned convey vehicle system, unmanned convey vehicle, and work convey method  
There is a jump in the number of devices formed on a single wafer, and it takes a lot of time to inspect a single wafer. In addition, if wafers are inspected every lot, detected wafers remain in...
7277774 Transportation state notification system and method, and information storage medium  
A server includes a communication section which receives event information from an event detection device which detects a plurality of types of events occurring in a plurality of temporary storage...
7263409 Method and apparatus for tracking a load on a conveyor system  
A method and apparatus for tracking a load on a conveyor system using the trailing edge of the load. The method includes the steps of sensing the trailing edge of the load with a first sensor and...
7251545 Ring management system  
The present invention provides a production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system comprises size measurement unit 300 for measuring...
7229240 Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method  
When the processing temperature in a heater should be changed between lots, for example, a foremost substrate in a subsequent lot is transported to a position close to the heater such as a...
7228198 Prescription filling apparatus implementing a pick and place method  
An apparatus for filling vials comprises a shelving unit defining an array of storage locations. The shelving unit may be an array in an XY plane or one or more carousels. A plurality of storage...
7225043 System, method and program for tracing manufacturing processes  
System, method and program product for tracing first, second and third processes for producing a product. First, second and third process instances for the first, second and third processes,...
7222738 Sorting system for multiple conveyor belts  
An apparatus and a method for sorting workpieces ( 204 ) includes multiple conveyors ( 201, 202 ), a scanner ( 208 ), an offloading device ( 216 ), a workpiece processor ( 218 ), and a computer (...
7212884 Network controlled sorter conveyor  
The present invention relates to a sorter conveyor having a plurality of conveyor units with article-supporting means, such as tilt trays or cross-belts, equipped with discharge means for...
7194332 Data based node penalties  
A method for determining a node based penalty for use in a path finding algorithm for an automated material handling system (AMHS) is described. The AMHS includes a track interconnecting a...
7177716 Methods and apparatus for material control system interface  
Methods and apparatus are provided for managing movement of small lots between processing tools within an electronic device manufacturing facility. In some embodiments, a number of priority lots to...
7162330 Method for transporting postal deliveries and a device for storing postal deliveries  
Disclosed herein are a method and device for transporting and sorting postal deliveries. The method includes verifying whether postal deliveries are to be delivered to an electronic parcel...
7162329 Automated data storage system including a moveable rail system and garage  
Applicants' automated data storage system includes a first media storage library having a first rail system, a garage having a movable rail system, said garage being disposed adjacent the media...
7139640 Substrate transfer system  
A substrate transfer system is used in fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The system includes a cassette having a bar code, a cassette stocker to store the cassette; an auto guided...
7099739 Stocker utilization self-balancing system and method  
A method for operating a plurality of stockers, comprises the steps of: monitoring utilization of the plurality of stockers, each stocker capable of storing a plurality of wafer, LCD or reticle...
7089076 Scheduling multi-robot processing systems  
A robotic manufacturing system may include multiple robots for transporting materials between a series of stages in a manufacturing process. To provide enhanced efficiency, each of these robots may...
7079913 Package and mail delivery system  
At the shipping department of a company, contracted outlets or outlets of delivery companies, information concerning the shipper and receiver are written into a label having a memory, but no...
7062355 Electrical communications architecture  
An electrical communications architecture for implementation in a conveyor system, and a method of communicating information among components of a conveyor system, are disclosed. The electrical...
7035714 Integrated conveyor bed  
A conveyor system, and method of controlling the conveyor system, includes providing a conveying surface, at least one motor propelling the conveying surface and a plurality of lower-level...
7031803 Installation for treating products and corresponding data acquisition component  
An installation ( 1 ) for the treatment of products comprises: containers ( 2 ) for products to be treated and equipped with elements ( 14 ) for emitting radiofrequency waves, at least one...
7024275 Control method and system for an automated material handling system  
An automated material handling system for a semiconductor fabrication facility includes: at least one processing tool that performs a semiconductor fabrication process on semiconductor wafers, at...
7010377 Method, system, and storage medium for facilitating a transport scheme in an automated material handling system environment  
A method, system, and storage medium for facilitating a transport scheme in an automated material handling system environment are provided. The method includes detecting an occurrence of a trigger...
7009798 Automated cartridge exchange system and method for high-density automated tape libraries  
A system, method and program are disclosed for automatically exchanging tape cartridges between a plurality of automated tape libraries arranged in close proximity. The automated cartridge exchange...
6996448 Transport system with multiple-load-port stockers  
A transport system for a fabrication system. The fabrication system contains a plurality of tools for processing articles. The transport system contains a stocker subsystem and a track subsystem....
6993405 Manufacturing product carrier environment and event monitoring system  
An apparatus, method and system for monitoring the environment surrounding a product in a product carrier and events affecting the product carrier and product in the product carrier during...
6985794 Management of move requests from a factory system to an automated material handling system  
Management of move requests from a factory system to an automated handling system (AMHS) is provided. In one embodiment, a method and system is provided which includes receiving a move request from...
6975921 Graphical representation of a wafer processing process  
A method for graphically representing the progress of wafers being processed in a plurality of process stations is disclosed. In one step, the start of a process performed on the wafers in one of...
6952628 Center of gravity and dimension measuring device and apparatus  
A method and apparatus for measuring and sorting parcels, including the concept of determining at least one component of the gravity center of said parcels. Determination of the gravity center...
6946612 Mail sequencing system  
A mail sequencing system has, its top surface part, a tray storage. A non-standard-size mail supplied from a mail supplying unit is read by a bar code reader. The mail is stacked in a predetermined...
6941190 Apparatus for positioning a carriage for loading or unloading a wound reel, such as printing material webs for web-fed rotary presses  
In combination with a transport mechanism that includes a plurality of conveyor rollers, an apparatus is used to position a carriage loadable with a wound reel at a desired location on the...
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