NIKKEI Monozukuri June 2006

Cover Story
Whistle-Blowing-Engineers are responsible for ensuring safety

Moving away from a standardless"universal design"

Part 1 : Letters to the editor
Materials used as substitutes for asbestos,Electrolytic capacitors
Part 2 : To protect whistle-blowers
Part 3 : Case Studies
Shoddy construction work of Japan Railways,False labeling of place of origin

Frank Opinion

“Product”manufacturing capability is based on the ability to generate innovations. We should focus on the difference from the capability to manufacture“goods”

Kaleidoscope

Plastics will be used extensively in future cars

Detailed Reports

Honda Motor scrambles to enhance its manufacturing capabilities by building new plants in Saitama Prefecture and North America
Recycling of PVC waste produces recycled materials whose properties are equal to those of virgin
materials
Low-cost technologies at the forefront of die machining : New types of combined machining and
longer-lived mold steel have been launched

Introductory Course on Analysis for Designers

(Part 6)Modeling of assembly analysis

New Ideas

Magnet lifts in which gaps between circular columns and circular cylinders are filled with magnets, etc.

Search for Manufacturing

Procurement of parts from overseas: If a supplier has strong technological capabilities, the company can procure parts from around the world, regardless of where it is located

Special Report

Sony is leading the industry in adoption of titanium cases based on the combined wisdom of Iwasaki- Seiki and Nippon Steel
Enhancement of the infrastructure based on the perspective of business operations : Evolving Usage of information technologies

The Method

Seven tools for product planning (Part 3) Methods for generating new ideas

Toyota Production System and Its New Developments

(Part 6) Application to made-to-order production of a wide variety of products in small lots

Documentary

A story about an SME whose shares were listed on a stock exchange (Part 4) Seesawing back and forth

Material Dynamics Mandala

(Part 18) The basics of screws that many people have not learned until now, to their surprise

How to Select and Buy Low-Priced Parts in China

(Part 6)The key to quality preservation of degraded liquid crystal panels is third parties within China

Outstanding SMEs

Toyoriko K.K
Seki Corporation

The Master

(Part 25) The public sector the public sector

Accident Investigation

The accident on the Yurikamome Line was caused when the hub that connects the axle and the wheel broke. Why was the service on the line suspended for more than two days?

Interview

Makoto Umehara : President, Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.

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Cover Story SSDs Challenge HDDs, but Quality a Problem

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.

Convenience Stores Lead in Energy Conservation

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.