Abstract:
A vacuum pump comprises a pump case having an interior space, a rotor disposed in the interior space of the pump case, and a thread stator disposed in the interior space of the pump case and opposite to an outer peripheral surface of the rotor. At least one heater is arranged in the thread stator for heating the interior space of the pump case. An output device outputs a parameter constituting a factor for determining a temperature of the rotor. A memory stores a database containing information corresponding to a relationship between the parameter output by the output device and a preselected temperature of the heater. A controller inputs the parameter output by the output device and selects from the database stored in the memory the preselected temperature of the heater in accordance with the input parameter.
Abstract:
A linear transfer device for wafery works comprising: a work supporting means provided each in a work supplying station, one or more working stations and a work discharging station, which supports the works in erect positions in front thereof, the stations being linearly arranged with equal distances; a feeding means for axially feeding the work supporting means; a transfer bar capable of moving horizontally and vertically and holding means provided on the transfer bar which are adapted to face to the stations and have a pair of supporting grooves in order to support the work in an erect position, characterized in that the delivery or reception of the work supported by each work supporting means or each holding means can be made only by the vertical movement of the transfer bar relatively to each station and that the work supporting means can locate at the retreated positions in order to prevent from interfering with the holding means when the transfer bar is in movement.
Abstract:
When the control unit makes both the first and second inverter circuits operational, the control unit controls the first and second inverter circuits by duty control such that an average heating output from the first inverter circuit reaches a predetermined first target heating output, and an average heating output from the second inverter circuit reaches a predetermined second target heating output. When the control unit makes one of the first and second inverter circuits operational in an automatic heating mode for automatic heating control according to a predetermined heating output sequence, the control unit inhibits the first and second inverter circuits from being controlled by the duty control.
Abstract:
A thickness measurement apparatus and method thereof being possible to measure an object to be inspected with required sensitivity stability and accuracy is provided.The thickness measurement apparatus 1 includes: an ultrasonic wave transmission/reception device 10 that receives and transmits an ultrasonic wave to/from a wall of a pipe to be inspected 2, covered with a heat insulation material 3; a support device 11 that supports the ultrasonic wave transmission/reception device 10 from an outer surface of the pipe to be inspected 2; a thickness calculation device 18 that measures a propagation time of the ultrasonic wave received and transmitted by the ultrasonic wave transmission/reception device 10, and calculates a thickness of the pipe to be inspected 2; a calibration board 12 of which a thickness is predetermined and more than a thickness of a dead zone of the ultrasonic wave transmission/reception device 10; and a calibration board adjustment device 13 that moves the calibration board 12 between a gap between the ultrasonic wave transmission/reception device 10 and the outer surface of the pipe to be inspected 2 and the position being different from the gap.
Abstract:
Provided is an automatic analyzer that can efficiently supply a liquid, shorten an analysis cycle, and make analyses with high accuracy. The automatic analyzer includes a suction nozzle, a detection container, and a detector. The suction nozzle suctions a sample and a solution used for the detection of the sample. The suctioned sample and the solution are supplied to the detection container. The detector detects a signal from the sample. A vessel for the sample and a container for the solution are disposed below the detection container.
Abstract:
A displacement is accurately measured at high speed to a measurement object having various surface states. In a displacement sensor including a confocal optical system in which an objective lens is moved along an optical axis, light emitted from a laser diode is formed into a slit beam by a cylindrical lens, a Y-axis side orthogonal to the optical axis is narrowed such that the light is collected on a surface of a measurement object, and an X-axis orthogonal to the optical axis is elongated in order to average a component of the light reflected from the surface. A photodiode receives the light reflected from the surface of the measurement object through an opening disposed in a position of conjugation with the laser diode. The opening is formed into a slit shape that is short in the Y-axis while being long in the X-axis. The displacement of the surface is measured from a position of the objective lens when a light receiving signal becomes the maximum.
Abstract:
A method to extract RNA with high purity from biological materials containing RNA in a safe, rapid, and simple procedure and a method to analyze it are provided. The procedure includes the steps of mixing a biological material containing RNA with a predetermined concentration of a chaotropic agent and a predetermined concentration of an organic solvent, allowing the mixed solution to contact a nucleic acid-binding solid phase, washing the nucleic-acid binding solid-phase to which RNA is bound, and eluting RNA from the nucleic-acid binding solid-phase having the bound RNA. Furthermore, the obtained RNA is analyzed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or the like.
Abstract:
According to this invention, an instrument and a method for nucleic acid isolation is realized, whereby it is possible to prevent, for example, adherence of a discharged solution upon dispersion of such solution to the vicinity of a nucleic acid isolation column outlet.A light source unit and a light-receiving unit that receives totally reflected light of the photosensor 41 for detecting the fluid level are placed on a site on the side surface of the nucleic acid isolation column 35, where the photosensor can detect the fluid level corresponding to a remaining liquid volume of approximately 10 ul. In addition, the light source unit of the photosensor 41 is positioned in a manner such that incident light is totally reflected from the interface between the nucleic acid isolation column 35 and air in the nucleic acid isolation column 35 and light is allowed to be incident in the solution when reaching the interface between the nucleic acid isolation column 35 and the solution in the nucleic acid isolation column 35. The light-receiving unit of the photosensor 41 is positioned in a manner such that it receives the totally reflected light and is fixed on the upper part of the nucleic-acid-adsorptive solid phase 24. The fluid level detection sensor is in communication with a syringe-driving motor 34 via a control unit 40 such that a syringe 31 is driven upward when the fluid level reaches a predetermined level, provided that a certain volume of the liquid remains in the nucleic acid isolation column 35. Accordingly, dispersion of the dispersed liquid is prevented.
Abstract:
A plurality of data storing servers 3 are connected on a communication network 6. A plurality of cameras 2 connected with the communication network 6 are divided into a plurality of groups, and the respective groups are related to the respective data storing servers 3 in correspondence. The respective data storing servers 3 import images from the cameras 2 belonging to the corresponding groups and store the imported images. If a request for the supply of an image to the camera 2 or the data storing server 3 is entered by means of an entry unit 28 in a PC 4, information representing this request is transmitted from the PC 4 to the camera 2 or the data storing server 3 via the communication network 6. Upon the request of the image from the PC 4, the camera 2 transmits an image obtained by a photographing operation in a target area to the PC 4 via the communication network 6. Upon the request of the image from the PC 4, the data storing server 3 supplies a requested image stored therein to the PC 4. An image data delivery system capable of simply improving a server function can be provided.