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July 2007P.4 Interview Akira Amari, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry P.17 The Exquisite X Swedish products that pursued ergonomic design P.21 Breaking News Easy-to-adopt far infrared camera module aimed at cars appears on market P.25 Breaking News The secret of bringing down the price of the small-sized bipedal robot “i-SOBOT” P.29 Breaking News “3D Live” expands the shared area for 3-dimensional data P.31 Breaking News Nakagawa Precision Parts moves to pressing die-casting products, reducing the cost of components for heat exchangers to one tenth P.33 Breaking News Calsonic strengthens resins with carbon fiber and uses them for the first time in front-end modules P.34 Detailed reports A succession of elevator wire rupture accidents P.40 Detailed Reports “Monozukuri White Paper” - In the midst of a boom, the role of domestic bases becomes clearer P.54 Cover Story Winning out over the steep rise in metal prices P.56 Part 1: 2 to 8-fold appreciation in 5 years. The sharp rise in metal prices hits the manufacturing industry P.61 Part 2: Reducing the volume used without a drop in functionality P.68 Part 3: Greater expectations for new materials as alternatives P.74 Area Focus (Regional Feature Series - Hokuriku Area Edition) “Bottom-Line Hokuriku” is the true home of the machinery industry P.99 Sites in Figures The current status of 3D data use P.115 Mechatronics Course - The Plan to Develop a Tea-Serving Automaton Part 4 – Industrial design and control of concept design (installment 1) P.123 The Art of Visualization Part 4 - Visualizing things in administration and indirect divisions (1) P. 133 Basic Geometric Tolerance Part 4 - Geometry tolerance and envelope condition P. 140 Global Plant Safety Part 4 - Risk assessment sequence and preparations for introduction P. 145 The Method The Nakazawa Method (Final Part) Detailed calculation methods and actual examples of applications P. 150 Talking About Manufacturing in English (Part 4) Modules P. 152 SME Relay Nakamura Choko P. 192 From the Nikkei Monozukuri Blog Changes in role divisions brought about by digitalization P. 201 How to Select and Buy Low-Priced Parts in Magnets with major fluctuations in magnetic force - one should also consider the trouble of post-processing P. 205 The Master The professor who can stick anything together P. 209 Accident Investigation Large-scale recall from Matsushita Electric - diminishing the risk by expanding the product ranges concerned P. 213 Documentary Development of Lexus LS (Part 9) Sub-zero runs P. 218 Frank Opinion The manufacturing site is a space that is anything but a vacuum - the three frames of reference vital for regeneration |
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