NIKKEI Monozukuri February 2006

Feature
Use of Plastics is Increasing

Part 1 : Market/Growing Social Needs
Part 2 : Improvement in Usage Environment
Part 3 : Case Studies

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. : Mitsubishi Motors Corporation : Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd./ Hirotec Corporation : Oshima Electric Works Co., Ltd. : Meiki Co., Ltd. :Sharp Corporation/ Fujitsu Ltd. : Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd./Dai Nippon Toryo Co., Ltd.: Japan Composite Co., Ltd. : Toray Industries, Inc. : Hitachi Joei Tech Co., Ltd :

Frank Opinion

The key is education, so don't lose the manufacturing gene

Kaleidoscope

Is it a car or motorbike? A new type of vehicle has been invented

Detailed Reports

Riken and JST have discovered a new negative expansion material that makes it possible to realize
“zero expansion”for a single substance
Nissan Motor has decided to adopt UGS’NX software for its next-generation CAD system
Sankyo Alloy Mfg. starts operating actual operation lines of a decompression freezing molding
method, which does not require a hardening agent
The amount of time required for warping analysis of an injection molding process is significantly reduced
A regulatory framework called“REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of
Chemicals)”is scheduled to be law in the EU in 2007, whose objective is to protect the health of
people and the environment from toxic substances

Introductory Course on Analysis for Designers

(Part 2) The accuracy has been increased by making innovative efforts to determine the optimum size and density of mesh

New Ideas

Hung type conveyance equipment, which allows automatic return to its original position

Search for Manufacturing

Universal Design

Special Report

Machine and electronics overcome the problem of being “strange bedfellows”in the design stage
The use of hydroforming is widely spreading

The Method

Taguchi Method (Part 3)Application to development and production

Toyota Production System and Its New Developments

(Part 2) Just-in-time and automation

Documentary

Comeback of mechanical watches (Final P a r t) Brands that can compete with Swiss watches

Material Dynamics Mandala

(Part 14) How to estimate the critical speed that will be encountered in practical application

How to Select and Buy Low-Priced Parts in China

(Part 2)There are different ways to negotiate better prices for parts, and too much discount can get you in a lot of trouble

Outstanding SMEs

Shoyoseiki Co., Ltd.
Dainichi Co., Ltd.

The Master

(Part 21) Men who have been infatuated with lacquer

Accident Investigation

The express train on East Japan Railway’s Uetsu Line was derailed and overturned by strong wind

Interview

Koichi Fukaya: President & CEO, Denso Corporation

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Solid-state drives (SSD) using NAND Flash memory are beginning to show up in a variety of equipment as storage devices. Prices are dropping as semiconductor technology continues to evolve, accelerating adoption of the drives, but manufacturers must also deal with eroding quality.

Analysis Expanded Use of Silicon Tuners Transforms Tvs

With analog television broadcasting slated for the axe in about two years in Japan, TV broadcast tuners are evolving rapidly, replacing old radio frequency (RF) analog circuits with new integrated circuits (IC) called silicon tuners. Signal demodulators are evolving with them, and by tracing the direction of their evolution it is possible to delineate the shape of tomorrow's TV.

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Convenience store franchises are moving to slash energy consumption following the revision of the Japanese Act on the Rational Use of Energy, and are rapidly becoming showcases for cutting-edge energy-conservation technology. The technologies honed here will spread to other firms in the distribution industry, office buildings and more, eventually worldwide.