NIKKEI Monozukuri June 2007

Cover Story
Japan’s On-Site Strength-Part 3: Deepening cooperation between set makers and suppliers in order to maintain strength

Section1 : The strained good relationship between set makers and suppliers
Section2 : Sodick, TGK, Fukui Byora, Nakagawa Precision Parts, Nissei Electric, ADVANEX, Chimera

Special Report
IT that will improve business quality -- Drawing out the know-how and ideas

Interview

Shiro Kondo: President & CEO, Ricoh Company Ltd.

The Exquisite "X"

An unusually shaped ball end mill

Sites in Figures

The effects of the Consumer Products Safety Law

Breaking News

The Lexus LS Hybrid which made full-time 4-wheel drive a reality
Home-use fuel cell technology development is at the best stage. Can it overcome durability and cost barriers?
“Acrobat 3D”can convert even 3D drawing information to PDF and has improved compression ratio
Toray develops plant-fiber strengthened polylactate
Fiscal year 2006 results show a succession of best ever

Detailed Reports

Looking for the truth behind roller coaster accidents
A succession of competitively adaptable tools on show at INTERMOLD 2007

Mechatronics Course - The Plan to Develop a Tea- Serving Automaton

(Part 3) Development specifications and realization methods

The Art of Visualization

(Part 3) Visualizing things at the production site (2)

Basic Geometric Tolerance

(Part 3) The tolerance zone and maximum/least material requirement

Global Plant Safety

(Part 3) Main points of the revision of the Occupational Safety and Health Law

The Method

The Nakazawa Method - Part 3
Simple calculation methods

Talking about Manufacturing in English

(Part 3) Design

SME Relay

KOKUNE/ICHIKAWA GRINDER MFG

How to Select and Buy Low-Priced Parts in China

Plentiful know-how for simple springs - costs will increase in invisible processes

The Master

Artificial arainbow

Documentary

Development of Lexus LS (Part 8) Just one day of rest

Frank Opinion

Technical advancement actually comes from being showered with criticism

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Nikkei Electronics Asia (monthly)

We are offering a magazine monthly to qualified engineers and managers free of charge.

In-depth Articles from Nikkei Electronics Asia

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.