• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.69-77
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• 2009

Recently, As increasing cleanroom size, Stocker system is trending the large size and long distance for LCD material transfer system. In order to rise a rate of production, the manufacturer are on the decrease of total tact time with Stocker system. And the manufacturer are requested to high speed of next generation Stocker system. Therefore, this paper propose Contactless Power Supply(CPS) system about high speed of next generation Stocker system. This paper proposes CPS system is applied in the long distance and straight section with Stocker system. The test results of input/output characteristic and efficiency of CPS system on operating pattern of Stocker system were analyzed, and proved the applicability on commercial use.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.1178-1186
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• 2002

Clean stockers are being used by semiconductor and TFT-LCD manufacturers to store and buffer work in process. The only way to keep the stored product clean is to provide constant clean airflow the product and through stocker. Up to now, stockers typically have been configured to receive their laminar airflow from fan filter units that are located on the side of the stocker. This type of stocker may have such problems as complexity of structure, increment of temperature, mechanical vibration, initial investment and running cost. In this study, in order to solve the above mentioned problems, new air control system in stocker is proposed, which is to control open ratios of exits that are located on the side of the stocker without fan filter units. In this study, static pressure regain was used for the analysis of the open ratios of exits theoretically and experiment was also conducted using actual clean stocker for TFT-LCD manufacturers and CFDesign, was used for simulating airflow in stocker. As a result, open ratios of exits can be obtained by the analysis of static pressure regain and was verified by experiment and simulation results. Therefore, new air control system in stocker can be used by the semiconductor and TFT-LCD manufacturers.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.80-82
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• 2006

This paper is particle decreasing method of LCD stocker crane by TRIZ.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.77-85
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• 2010

Recently, As increasing cleanroom size, Stocker system is trending the large size and long distance for LCD material transfer system In order to rise a rate of production, the manufacturer are on the decrease of total tact time with Stocker system And the manufacturer are requested to high speed of next generation Stocker system Also manufacturers for the high oil prices through energy-saving conservation to minimize plant operating costs are required. Therefore, this paper propose optimal design of high efficiency Contactless Power Supply(CPS) system about high speed and energy savings of next generation Stocker system This paper proposes CPS system is applied in the long distance and straight section with Stocker system for energy savings. The test results of input!output characteristic and efficiency of CPS system on operating pattern of Stocker system were analyzed, and proved the applicability on commercial use.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.121-130
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• 2002

Clean stockers are being used by semiconductor and TFT-LCD manufacturers to store and buffer work in process. Since an important function of a stocker is to keep the contained material clean. The only way to keep the stored product clean is to provide constant clean airflow the product and through stocker, The airflow across the product prevent contamination from settling on the product. Up to now, stocker typically have been configured to receive their laminar airflow from fan filter units that are located on the side of the stocker This type of stocker may have such problems as complexity of structure, increment of temperature, mechanical vibration, initial investment and running cost. In this study, In order to solve the above mentioned problems, new air control system in stocker is proposed, which is to control open ratios of exits that are located on the side of the stocker without fan filter units. Open ratios of exits need to be optimized for the same quantities of airflow in each exit. In this study, static pressure regain was used for the analysis of the open ratios of exits theoretically and Blue Ridge Numerics FEM software, CFDesign, was used fur simulating airflow in stocker. As a result, Open ratios of exits important to provide constant clean airflow can be obtained by the analysis of static pressure regain and was verified by simulation results. Therefore, new air control system in stocker can be used by the semiconductor and TFT-LCD manufacturers.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.30-34
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• 1999

반도체 산업의 시장은 매년 증가하고 있으며 생산환경, 설비 등의 변화로 인하여 매년 많은 수의 기존 FAB Line이 변화되고 새로이 건설되고 있다. 그 동안 반도체 산업의 성장은 주로 설계기술, 설비기술, Chip Size의 소형화 등의 기술적인 개발에 의존하고 있었으나 반도체 기술의 확산, 시장 경쟁력의 격화 등으로 생산성 향상에 의한 원가절감이 성장의 근본요인이 되고 있다. 즉 FAB Line의 시스템적인 관리통제의 기술이 반도체 산업의 성패를 좌우하는 시대로 접어든 것이다. FAB Line은 크게 Bay와 Stocker, 각 Lot (또는 Batch) 들을 운반하는 Inter-System으로 구성된다. 이러한 Line은 대체 특성, 분기 현상, 돌발 상황 등의 특수한 경우가 많아 Analytic 모델로 접근하기에는 사실상 불가능하다. 특히 Stocker와 Bay 간의 이동은 더욱 그렇다. 따라서 적절한 설계과정을 거친 Simulation적 접근이 합리적이다. 본 논문에서는 FAB Line에서 Stocker 배치의 다양한 실험을 수행하였다. 그 결과 Line에서 최적의 Stocker 수와 가동률을 알아내었다. 반도체 생산라인에서는 제품별 또는 같은 제품이라도 Version이 다른 경우 FAB 공정가운데 약 10% 내외만이 바뀌는 점을 감안하면 본 논문의 결과는 쉽게 생산현장에 적용될 수 있을 것이며, 이것은 비단 반도체 공정뿐 아니라 제조업에서도 적용되리라 예상한다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.56.1-56
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• 2002

$\textbullet$ Introduction $\textbullet$ Constitution and equipment of AMHS $\textbullet$ Discussion about Using Stocker $\textbullet$ Ahead developed 300mm stockers $\textbullet$ 300mm Stocker Solution-Modular Stocker $\textbullet$ Conclusion

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.1-7
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• 2011

The stocker system is another name of automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) and being popularly used as main material handling tools in Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and semiconductor fabrication facilities. Recently the use of the stocker system has been extended to transportation from conventional storage and retrieval in LCD fabrication facilities. Toolsets are connected in the ground level of the stocker system and 4~6 stories of the shelves are placed in the upper or lower ground level. As a consequence of the more sophisticated design, move requests imposed on the system greatly increased. For solving this problem, the industry adopted the dual-robot stocker system that two robots are moving along the same guide line in the stocker system. This research develops a closed-form solution to estimate a delivery rate of the dual robot stocker system under given design and operation parameters. Using this stochastic model, industry practitioners could analyze performance levels under given various design parameters, and ultimately the model helps optimizing the design parameters.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.148-156
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• 2007

This paper explains stocker system that is operated in the long distance and linear area. The power system of stocker system uses Contactless Power Supply(CPS) to reduce problems of particle generation. The circuit configuration of CPS is simplified than the conventional ones, and the prototype is designed for commercial product. To transfer output data(information) from crane(secondary vehicle system) of the CPS to Primary system optical modem and TMS320F243(DSP, TI) are used between primary and secondary. power system are used, and the output voltage is controlled by operating frequency modulation. This paper is applied to stocker system controlled as one to one communication between the moving part(secondary system) and fixed part(primary system) of crane using optical modem. The study makes one to multi communication between fixed part and moving part for the purpose of multi crane operation of stocker system and must be done in the future.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.25 no.10
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• pp.23-27
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• 2011

In this paper, material handing cleanroom stocker system for thin film solar cell line of photovoltaic industry and liquid crystal display line of flat panel display industry was selected for the study. Optimum solution for stocker system's CPS(Contactless Power Supply) is approached by changing the motion pattern, optimizing design & production, and analyzing characteristics of the power system. As a result, acceleration time of X-Axis changed from 3 sec to 4 sec, changed the input characteristic of CPS within approximately 11[kW]. This result shows that extending acceleration time of the X-Axis in Stocker Crane's motion pattern can reduce the capacity of the CPS, thus saving the manufacturing cost.