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US 2013/0152364 A1Published application
Work holder, work setting apparatus, and work setting method
AssigneeToshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMitsunori KOKUBO, Toru SUZUKI, Hidetoshi KITAHARA, Hiroaki OMAGARI
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Abstract
A work holder 25 has a cylindrical main body 27 and an adhesive 49 arranged at an opening of the main body 27 to hold a work even in a vacuum atmosphere.
Claims6
A work holder comprising:
- a cylindrical main body;
- and
- an adhesive arranged at an opening of the main body.
A work setting method comprising:
- setting a first work on a first table;
- holding a second work, which includes a plate-like base material and an uncured membranous material arranged on one face of the base material, by a work holder that employs adhesive and vacuum suction to engage with another face of the second work;
- forming a vacuum atmosphere and placing the first work set on the first table and the second work held by the work holder in the vacuum atmosphere;
- setting the second work onto the first work by moving the work holder holding the second work toward the first work set on the first table while maintaining the vacuum atmosphere, so that the uncured membranous material of the second work is brought into contact with the first work and the second work is set onto the first work;
- pressing the first work and the second work set on the first work between the first table and a second table that is positioned opposite to and above the first table with the first and second works interposed between the first and second tables;
- and
- separating the work holder from the second work during pressing the first and second works.
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