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US 2015/0290751 A1Published application
Work setting apparatus and method thereof
AssigneeToshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMitsunori KOKUBO, Yuki SUGIURA, Toru SUZUKI, Hidetoshi KITAHARA
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Abstract
A work setting apparatus includes a lower table 15 on which a first work W1 is set, an upper table 17, and a work holding unit 19 having a plurality of work holders 25 each having an adhesive to hold a second work W2. The work setting apparatus lowers the work holders until a predetermined short distance is established between the first and second works and drops the second work from the work holders onto the first work, thereby setting the second work onto the first work.
Claims5
A work setting method comprising:
- setting a first work on a lower table;
- holding a second work having a plate-like base material and an uncured membranous material arranged on one face thereof by means of a work holder that employs one of adhesive plus vacuum suction, adhesive alone, and vacuum suction alone to hold the second work so that the second work is positioned above the first work set on the first table and the uncured membranous material faces a top face of the first work;
- lowering the second work until a predetermined short distance is established between the set first work and the held second work;
- dropping the second work from the work holder so that the second work freely falls onto the first work by lowering the upper table that is above the second work and is spaced away from the second work, so that the second work is set onto the first work;
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- pressing the first and second works by further lowering the upper table so that the first and second works are held and pressed between the upper and lower tables.
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