NIKKEI Monozukuri May 2008

Cover Story
Japan’s Factories Fight Back with Robots

Part 1: More and More Revolutionary Robot Factories
Part 2: Why Are Robots a Hot Topic Again?
Part 3: Examples - Denso, Roland, Sanoh Industrial, NTN, Fujitsu Ten, Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi
Part 4: The Factory of the Near Future

Interview

Hitoshi Yamada, Director, PEC Industrial Education Center

The Exquisite "X"

What Are the Structural Advantages Learned from Silkworms?

Breaking News

New Steel Plates with Improved Fatigue Resistance at Welding Points - Sumitomo Metal Industries Controls the Occurrence and Development of Fatigue Cracks
Matsushita Electric Completely Reworks Its Fuel Cells, and Looks for an Opportunity to Move to Mass Production
The New Version of SpaceClaim Makes Modeling Possible with Drawing Representation
Toho Tenax Has CFRP Molding Technology for Cars in Sight, Adding Fuel to Competition in Development
Movement to Reform Automobile Recall System, With Rapid Release of Information on Accidents and Defects
Kobe Steel Develops High-Performance Steel Sheets For Use in EMI Shielding for Flat-Panel TV Receivers and the Like

Detailed Reports

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ New Passenger Jet is Looking Strong With Its Next-Generation Engine

Detailed Reports

Protecting 3D Data from Unlawful Use

Series: The Environment

Mitsubishi Electric’s Environmental Friendly Factory - Reducing Costs by 100 Million Yen Through Energy Visualization

Special Report

Yurikamome (Transit System) Hub Failure Accident

Sites in Figures

Passing On Know-How

The Plan to Develop a Tea-Serving Automaton - Detailed Design Edition

(Part 2) Management and Investigation of Design Objectives (2)

Toyota-Style Human Resources Development

(Part 2) Forward-Looking to Prepare for Changes in the Market

Points of Factory Safety

(Part 2) The Basics of Interlock

The Substance of Geometric Tolerance

(Part 2) Notation of Old JIS Standards

Talking About Manufacturing in English

(Part 14) Production Lead Time

SME Relay

Akebono Machine Industries Co., Ltd. - Fighting for Top Share in the 3 Fields Related to Cutting Equipment Sankei High-Precision Co., Ltd. - Development of Barrel Polishing Equipment for Finishing That Is Particularly Well- Suited to Precision Processing of Resistant Metals

The Master

100% Energy-Saving Homes

Documentary - Factories

Yamamoto Manufacturing - The Road to Production Leveling Part 2 - Think Globally, Act Locally

Frank Opinion

Large Corporations Should Open Up “Manufacturing Master Schools” Internally

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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.