Abstract:
A parts feeder is provided which is designed to pick up parts carried by a strip carrier. The strip carrier is moved intermittently to a pickup station and has storage chambers arrayed in a lengthwise direction thereof. The storage chambers has openings and stores therein the parts each of which has formed on ends thereof electrodes having at least a magnetic portion. A magnet which has a non-pole face oriented to the strip carrier is disposed at the pickup station for magnetically keeping each of the parts in a desired orientation within one of the storage chambers.
Abstract:
A container having a plurality of orifices in an outer peripheral wall and having a space communicating with the orifices is rotated to extrude an electrically charged raw material liquid containing a polymer material from the space through the orifices by centrifugal force. This allows the electrically charged raw material liquid to form a fibrous material. At this time, the raw material liquid is supplied to the space in which the raw material liquid is filled by a raw material liquid pump so that the raw material liquid is extruded from the orifices at a predetermined pressure. That is, the raw material liquid in the space is pressurized. Also, the shape of the space in the container is set so that the centrifugal force exerted on the raw material liquid is constant.
Abstract:
A nanofiber manufacturing apparatus for fabricating nanofibers from a raw material liquid by electrostatic explosions includes a housing internally having an electrospinning space in which nanofibers are fabricated, and a support structure for supporting an electrospinning head including nozzles for ejecting the raw material liquid into the electrospinning space. The support structure is fittable to and removable from the housing and is enabled to self-stand in a state of having been removed from the housing.
Abstract:
A nanofiber manufacturing system in which nanofiber is formed from a raw material liquid by electrostatic explosions in a nanofiber forming space and the formed nanofiber is collected and deposited on a main surface of a base sheet. The system includes: a first dielectric belt having dielectric property; sheet conveying devices for conveying the base sheet in the nanofiber forming space; a sheet contacting device for putting a back surface of the base sheet and a first surface of the first dielectric belt into contact with each other; a dielectric belt driving device for running the first dielectric belt in a conveyance direction of the base sheet within the nanofiber forming space while the first surface is kept in contact with the back surface of the base sheet; and a voltage applying device for applying a voltage to the second surface of the first dielectric belt so that dielectric polarization occurs to the first dielectric belt.
Abstract:
A nanofiber manufacturing apparatus (100) which produces nanofibers (301) by electrically stretching a solution (300) in space, includes: an effusing body (115) having effusing holes (118) for effusing the solution (300) into the space, a tip part (116) in which openings (119) at ends of the effusing holes (118) are one-dimensionally arranged at given intervals, and two side wall parts (117) provided extending from both sides of the tip part (116) so that the effusing holes (118) are located between the side wall parts (117) and distance between the side wall parts (117) increases with distance from the tip part (116); a charging electrode (121) disposed at a given distance from the effusing body (115); and a charging power supply (122) which applies a given voltage between the effusing body (115) and the charging electrode (121). The nanofiber manufacturing apparatus (100) keeps a high production rate per unit time and unit area and limits the impact of ionic wind while producing high and consistent quality of nanofibers.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a fine polymer including: generating superheated steam by a superheated steam generating unit (101); adjusting the pressure of the generated superheated steam by a pressure adjusting unit (102); receiving a polymer by a reception unit (103); heating the received polymer to a predetermined temperature by a heating unit (104); discharging the heated polymer through a first discharge port (111); and discharging the superheated steam through a second discharge port (121) at the same time as the time when the heated polymer is discharged. Here, the second discharge port (121) surrounds the first discharge port (111), and the first discharge port (111) and the second discharge port (121) face the same direction.
Abstract:
Nanofibers are formed from a polymer material by rotating a conductive rotating container having a plurality of small holes while supplying a polymer solution formed by dissolving a polymer material in a solvent into the rotating container, charging the polymer solution discharged from the small holes of the rotating container by charging means, and drawing the discharged filamentous polymer solution by centrifugal force and an electrostatic explosion resulting from evaporation of the solvent. The nanofibers from this production step are oriented and made to flow from one side toward the other side in a shaft center direction of the rotating container by a reflecting electrode and/or blowing means, or those nanofibers are deposited, to produce a polymer web. The nanofibers and the polymer web using these nanofibers can be produced uniformly by a simple configuration with good productivity.
Abstract:
A nanofiber manufacturing apparatus for fabricating nanofibers from a raw material liquid by electrostatic explosions includes a housing internally having an electrospinning space in which nanofibers are fabricated, and a support structure for supporting an electrospinning head including nozzles for ejecting the raw material liquid into the electrospinning space. The support structure is fittable to and removable from the housing and is enabled to self-stand in a state of having been removed from the housing.
Abstract:
A nanofiber production device produces nanofibers by stretching, in a space, a solution. The nanofiber production device includes: an effusing body which effuses the solution into the space by centrifugal force; a driving source which rotates the effusing body; a supplying electrode which is placed at a predetermined distance from the effusing body and supplies charge to the solution via the effusing body; a charging electrode to which a potential of reverse polarity to a polarity of the effusing body is applied, with the charging electrode being placed at a predetermined distance from the effusing body; and a charging power source which applies a predetermined voltage between the supplying electrode and the charging electrode.
Abstract:
In a nanofiber manufacturing apparatus (1) which produces nanofibers by electrically stretching a solution in space, a hollow supporting unit (32) which is rotated around an axial line AL by a motor (41) supports a cartridge (33) which supplies a solution (20) stored therein, a pressurizing member (38) is pressurized by air introduced through a rotary joint (43) so that the solution (20) flows into an interior space (34a) of an effusing body (34) which is rotated together with the supporting body (32), and the solution (20) is radially effused from effusing holes (34c) by the pressure of the air and centrifugal force due to the rotation of the effusing body (34).