Cover Story
Winning out over the steep rise in metal prices
- Part1 : 2 to 8-fold appreciation in 5 years. The sharp rise in metal prices hits the manufacturing industry
- Part2 : Reducing the volume used without a drop in functionality
- Part3 : Greater expectations for new materials as alternatives
Interview
Akira Amari, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
The Exquisite "X"
Swedish products that pursued ergonomic design
Sites in Figures
The current status of 3D data use
Breaking News
- Easy-to-adopt far infrared camera module aimed at cars appears on market
- The secret of bringing down the price of the small-sized bipedal robot “i-SOBOT”
- “3D Live”expands the shared area for 3-dimensional data
- Nakagawa Precision Parts moves to pressing die-casting products, reducing the cost of components for heat exchangers to one tenth
- Calsonic strengthens resins with carbon fiber and uses them for the first time in front-end modules
Detailed Reports
- A succession of elevator wire rupture accidents
- “Monozukuri White Paper”- In the midst of a boom, the role of domestic bases becomes clearer
Mechatronics Course - The Plan to Develop a Tea- Serving Automaton
(Part 4)Industrial design and control of concept design (installment 1)
The Art of Visualization
(Part 4) Visualizing things in administration and indirect divisions (1)
Basic Geometric Tolerance
(Part 4) Geometry tolerance and envelope requirement
Global Plant Safety
(Part 4) Risk assessment sequence and preparations for introduction
The Method
The Nakazawa Method (Final Part)
Detailed calculation methods and actual examples of applications
Talking about Manufacturing in English
(Part 4) Modules
SME Relay
Nakamura Choko
From the Nikkei Monozukuri Blog
Changes in role divisions brought about by digitalization
How to Select and Buy Low-Priced Parts in China
Magnets with major fluctuations in magnetic force - one should also consider the trouble of post-processing
The Master
The professor who can stick anything together
Accident Investigation
Large-scale recall from Matsushita Electric - diminishing the risk by expanding the product ranges concerned
Documentary
Development of Lexus LS (Part 9) Sub-zero runs
Frank Opinion
The manufacturing site is a space that is anything but a vacuum - the three frames of reference vital for regeneration
