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IJAT Vol.4 No.2 Mar. 2010

Special Issue on Microfactory

Guest Editor : Yuichi Okazaki (Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

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Editorial:

Special Issue on Microfactory

Yuichi Okazaki, p. 81

In the last decade, the miniaturization and integration of mechanical, electronic, and optical components has seen intensive development, both for industrial and consumer products. The technology involved in micromanufacturing can be now seen as moving from the academic study phase to that of industrial application. At the same time, the manufacturing industry is being forced to accommodate these changes in products in order to survive in a borderless international market, not only due to technical considerations but in the interest of cost-effectiveness and agility as well. The environment is also a consideration.

To accommodate these demands, further scientific and technological advancements will be required. On the other hand, industrial applications should be developed in order to make the output of the manufacturing industries more economically advantageous and sustainable.

“Microfactory” is the philosophy of reducing the size of manufacturing machinery and systems to make them appropriate to the size of the products. It is important that there be advances in micromanufacturing to open this potential new stage for cutting edge manufacturing. The microfactory concept was born almost twenty years ago in Japan, but is just now commonly understood and studied worldwide.

For this special issue, we called for both academic and practical papers related to the microfactory concept. As the latter category of papers usually tend to be published outside the world of academic journals, it has been difficult for researchers to become familiar with them. However, since practical applications are very important for the prospects of micromanufacturing technologies, we also invited papers that may fall outside our conventional criteria. Unfortunately, a number of important trials and developments could not be included in this issue, but it is our hope that this special issue may provide our readers with some aspects of the micromanufacturing of the near future.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all authors, reviewers, and editors for their contributions and efforts in realizing this special issue.

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Review

Review:

Microfactories – A New Methodology for Sustainable Manufacturing –

Yuichi Okazaki, pp. 82-87

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Paper

Paper:

Development of a Desktop Machine Tool for Mirror Surface Grinding

Hitoshi Ohmori and Yoshihiro Uehara, pp. 88-96

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Paper:

Fabrication of Ultrafine Tools Using a Desktop Microgrinder

Hitoshi Ohmori, Yoshihiro Uehara, and Kazutoshi Katahira, pp. 97-102

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Paper:

High-Speed Milling Using a Developed Desktop Machine Tool

Hideharu Kato, Kazuhiro Shintani, and Kazuo Iwata, pp. 103-109

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Paper:

On-Demand MEMS Device Production System by Module-Based Microfactory

Kiwamu Ashida, Shizuka Nakano, Jaehyuk Park, and Jun Akedo, pp. 110-116

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Paper:

Advances in the TUT Microfactory Concept Development

Riku Heikkilä, Eeva Järvenpää, and Reijo Tuokko, pp. 117-126

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Review

Review:

Precision Component Technologies for Microfactory Systems Developed at KIMM

Jong-Kweon Park, Seung-Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim, Woo-Cheol Shin, and Hyeon-Hwa Lee, pp. 127-137

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Development Report

Development Report:

Development of Ultra Slim Utility Type CNC Lathe Adapted to Automation
– An Approach to Energy Conservation from Machine Shops –

Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Naohiko Suzuki, Katsufumi Kanahira, Hiromitsu Wada, and Makoto Yamano, pp. 138-149

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Development Report:

Building of Efficient, Energy-Saving Lines with an Extremely-Compact Machining Center and CNC Lathe

Tsuyoshi Ogawa, pp. 150-154

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Development Report:

Small Processing Machinery Effectiveness
in Micropart Processing and Factory Construction with Desktop Production Equipment

Chiaki Endo, pp. 155-159

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Regular Paper

Regular Paper:

Quasi-Minimum Time Trajectory Planning and Experiments for Prototype Direct-Drive Robot Arm Driven
by Stepping Motors Using GA

Hiroyuki Kojima, Kengo Motomura, Yoshifumi Kuwano, Keiichi Abe, and Hajime Hosoya, pp. 161-168

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Regular Paper:

Dynamic Controls of Genetic Algorithm Scheduling in Supply Chain

Jia Yee Chai, Tatsuhiko Sakaguchi, and Keiichi Shirase, pp. 169-177

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Regular Paper:

Development of Neural-Net-Based Decision Support System for Mattress Patterns Using Particle Swarm Optimization

Mitsue Kato and Toru Yamamoto, pp. 178-183

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Regular Paper:

Online Rescheduling in Semiconductor Manufacturing

Masao Sugi, Mingang Cheng, Masashi Yamamoto, Hiroki Ito, Kazuyoshi Inoue, and Jun Ota, pp. 184-197

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