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International Journal of Automation Technology

ISSN : 1881-7629(Print) / 1883-8022(Online)
Editor-in-Chief :Yoshimi Takeuchi(Osaka University)
Deputy Editor-in-Chief :Mamoru Mitsuishi (The University of Tokyo.)

IJAT Vol.3 No.1 Jan. 2009

Special Issue on Design and Manufacturing Toward Sustainability: Editor : Yasushi Umeda(Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan)

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IJAT Vol.3 No.1 Jan. 2009

Editorial:

Special Issue on Design and Manufacturing Toward Sustainability

Yasushi Umeda, pp. 1-2

"Sustainability," a concept leading the 21st Century, calls for the manufacturing industry and its products to achieve sustainability.
This issue treats such aspects as CO2 emission and global warming, depletion of natural resources and fossil fuel, and emission of toxic and hazardous substances. Sustainability requires the manufacturing industry to make at least two major changes while maintaining or increasing competitiveness and added product value:

1. Lifecycle thinking requiring manufacturers to design, evaluate, and manage the complete product lifecycle, including use and end-of-life stages.
2. Minimizing everything in the product lifecycle, including products, material and energy use, manufacturing and inverse manufacturing systems, and logistics the consummate lean lifecycle.

In this sense, sustainable manufacturing is an extension of current advances in manufacturing technologies, but with an emphasis on wider, holistic applications.

This special issue brings together manuscripts discussing vital viewpoints on design and manufacturing moving toward sustainability.
The first two papers by Kishita et al. and Matsumoto et al. advocate sustainable resource circulation systems. Papers 3 to 6 by Masui, Sakao et al., Fargnoli, and Fukushige et al. discuss environmentally conscious design. Papers 7 and 8 by Narita et al. and Kondoh et al. propose evaluations of environmental awareness of manufacturing systems. The last three papers by Komoto et al., Takata et al., and Hiraoka et al. discuss postsales activities– collection, and reuse–indispensable to sustainable manufacturing.

We thank the authors for their most interesting contributions to this special issue and the reviewers and editors for their invaluable effort, and hope you, our discriminating readers, will begin discussing and implementing ideas and applications for moving the manufacturing industry toward sustainability.

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Paper:: Scenario Analysis of Global Resource Circulation with Traceability Index Targeting Sustainable Manufacturing; Yusuke Kishita, Eisuke Kunii, Shinichi Fukushige, Yasushi Umeda, and Jun Fujimoto, pp. 3-10; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)
Paper:: Tele-Inverse Manufacturing -- An International E-Waste Recycling Proposal; Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Nozomu Mishima, and Shinsuke Kondoh, pp. 11-18; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)
Paper:: Current Status of Environmentally Conscious Design Among Japanese Manufacturers; Keijiro Masui, pp. 19-25; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)
Paper:: Environmentally-Conscious Design Methods for Manufacturing Firms with Servicification; Tomohiko Sakao, Mattias Lindahl, and Anna, pp. 26-32; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)
Paper:: Design Process Optimization for EcoDesign; Mario Fargnoli, pp. 33-39; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)

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Paper:: Design Methodology for Modularity Based on Life Cycle Scenario; Shinichi Fukushige, Yoichiro Inoue, Keita Tonoike, and Yasushi Umeda, pp. 40-48; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)
Paper:: Analysis of Environmental Impact due to Machine Tool Operation; Hirohisa Narita and Hideo Fujimoto, pp. 49-55; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)
Paper:: Total Performance Analysis of Manufacturing Processes; Shinsuke Kondoh, Nozomu Mishima, Yuji Hotta, Koji Watari, \Tsuneo Kurita, and Keijiro Masui, pp. 56-62; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)
Paper:: Design of Competitive Maintenance Service for Durable and Capital Goods Using Life Cycle Simulation; Hitoshi Komoto, and Tetsuo Tomiyama, pp. 63-70; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)
Paper:: Modelling Product Returns Taking Sales Modes into Account; Shozo Takata and Takako Sakai, pp. 71-76; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)

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Paper:: Simulator for Reuse of Mechanical Parts with Network Agents; Hiroyuki Hiraoka and Atsushi Tanaka, pp. 77-83; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)
Regular Paper:: A Uniform Pressure Apparatus for Micro/Nanoimprint Lithography Equipment; Jian-Shian Lin, Chieh-Lung Lai, Ya-Chun Tu, Cheng-Hua Wu, and Yoshimi Takeuchi, pp. 84-88; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)
Regular Paper:: New Daylight Panel Design Using Ultra-Precision Machining; Jian-Shian Lin, Wei-Lun Tai, Chieh-Lung Lai, and Yoshimi Takeuchi, pp. 89-98; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)
Regular Paper:: Quasi-Minimum Time Trajectory Planning Method of Robot Arm with Electromagnetic Attraction Hand Using Genetic Algorithm and Experiments; Yusuke Mutsuura, Hiroyuki Kojima, Yuuichi Takeuchi, and Hiroki Saitou, pp. 99-106; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)
Interview:: Factory Tour of Komatsu Oyama Plant; Sadaji Hayama, pp. 107-109; Abstract | Preview | Full-text (PDF)

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