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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Dec. 2019

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Modeling Approach for Estimation of Contact and Friction Behavior of Rolling Elements in Linear Bearings Matthias Reuss, Taku Sakai, and Atsushi Matsubara	linear bearing, rolling friction, micro contact simulation, sticktion, tribology
-	Vol.13 No.5 (2019)	Improvement of Reverse Motion of an NC Moving Table Based on Vector Control Method by Friction Force Compensation Akio Hayashi, Tatsuya Mukai, Yusuke Inomata, and Yoshitaka Morimoto	vector control, NC moving table, nonlinear friction, AC servo motor, torque compensation
7	Vol.3 No.3 (2009)	Precision Positioning Control by Modeling Frictional Behaviors of Linear Ball Guideway Toshiharu Tanaka, Jiro Otsuka, and Takaaki Oiwa	precision positioning, nonlinear frictional model, bristle model, linear ball guideway, circular contouring error
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Development of Heating and Cooling Injection Mold with Far-Infrared Radiation Heater Yasuhiko Murata and Masahiro Kuramochi	polymer, injection molding, heating and cooling injection mold, far-infrared radiation heater, weld line
6	Vol.13 No.6 (2019)	Mirror Finishing of SiC by UV-Assisted Constant-Pressure Grinding Moe Mekata, Minoru Ota, Keishi Yamaguchi, and Kai Egashira	SiC, grinding, UV-ray, diamond wheel, photochemical reaction
5	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
2	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.7 No.3 (2013)	Using Pulse Laser Processing to Shape Cutting Edge of PcBN Tool for High-Precision Turning of Hardened Steel Daisuke Suzuki, Fumihiro Itoigawa, Keiichi Kawata, and Takashi Nakamura	high-precision turning, PcBN cutting tool, pulse laser, hardened steel
7	Vol.12 No.2 (2018)	Study of Femtosecond Laser Ablation Effect on Micro-Processing for 4H-SiC Substrate Chengwu Wang, Syuhei Kurokawa, Julong Yuan, Li Fan, Huizong Lu, Zhe Wu, Weifeng Yao, Kehua Zhang, Yu Zhang, and Toshiro Doi	4H-SiC, femtosecond (fs) laser, surface morphology, pseudo-radical site, precision processing
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Development of New Complex Machining Technology for Single Crystal Silicon Carbide Polishing Tsuneo Kurita, Koji Miyake, Kenji Kawata, Kiwamu Ashida, and Tomohisa Kato	complex machining, silicon carbide, electrochemical machining, polishing
-	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Development of an Active Damping System for Structural Chatter Suppression in Machining Centers Iker Mancisidor, Xavier Beudaert, Gorka Aguirre, Rafael Barcena, and Jokin Munoa	chatter, milling, active damping
3	Vol.13 No.5 (2019)	Tool Orientation Angle Optimization for a Multi-Axis Robotic Milling System Leandro Batista da Silva, Hayato Yoshioka, Hidenori Shinno, and Jiang Zhu	robotic machining, tool orientation optimization, robotic stiffness, milling
7	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	Minimizing Burrs and Defects on Microstructures with Laser Assisted Micromachining Technology Shaolin Xu, Shinsaku Osawa, Ryuichi Kobayashi, Keita Shimada, Masayoshi Mizutani, and Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa	laser assisted micromachining, burrs and defects, microstructures, electroless NiP plating
7	Vol.13 No.1 (2019)	Frictional Stress Derived on Interface Between Work and Tool Materials on Quasi-Dislocation Model for Cutting Simulations Tohru Ihara, Xiaoqi Song, and Yukio Takahashi	cutting simulation, quasi-dislocation model, interface between work and tool materials, friction phenomena, high strain velocity
6	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Development of Path Generation Method for Five-Axis 3D Printer Hikaru Nishikawa, Yoshitaka Morimoto, and Akio Hayashi	additive manufacturing, 3D printer, five-axis position control
-	Vol.13 No.1 (2019)	Prediction of Built-Up Layer and Built-Up Edge Formation in Dry Cutting of SUS304 Stainless Steel Xiaoqi Song, Yukio Takahashi, and Tohru Ihara	cutting, built-up layer, built-up edge, formation mechanisms, thermodynamic analysis
-	Vol.13 No.5 (2019)	Thermal Characteristics of Spindle Supported with Water-Lubricated Hydrostatic Bearings Yohichi Nakao, Rei Kirigaya, Dmytro Fedorynenko, Akio Hayashi, and Kenji Suzuki	thermal stability, hydrostatic bearings, spindle, power loss, cooling efficiency
-	Vol.12 No.3 (2018)	Artificial Neural Networks for Tool Wear Prediction Based on Sensor Fusion Monitoring of CFRP/CFRP Stack Drilling Alessandra Caggiano and Luigi Nele	drilling, composite material, sensor monitoring, artificial neural network, tool wear prediction

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Nov. 2019

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
9	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Recent Advances in Multiaxis Control and Multitasking Machining Keiichi Nakamoto and Yoshimi Takeuchi	multiaxis control, multitasking, multifunctional machine tool, CAM, complicated part
3	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.13 No.6 (2019)	Ridge-Texturing for Wettability Modification by Using Angled Fine Particle Peening Yutaka Kameyama, Hideaki Sato, and Ryokichi Shimpo	peening, surface texture, periodical structure, wettability, contact angle
1	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Ultra Precision Surface Finishing Processes Fang-Jung Shiou and Assefa Asmare Tsegaw	surface finishing, ball burnishing, ball polishing, vibration assisted polishing, abrasive multi-jet polishing
2	Vol.13 No.5 (2019)	Tool Orientation Angle Optimization for a Multi-Axis Robotic Milling System Leandro Batista da Silva, Hayato Yoshioka, Hidenori Shinno, and Jiang Zhu	robotic machining, tool orientation optimization, robotic stiffness, milling
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Method of Planning Tool Postures for Deep Groove Machining of Complex Shapes – Development of an Automatic Planning Method that Considers the Motions of the Rotational Axis when the Tool Reverses Direction in Grooved Shapes – Kohei Ichikawa, Jun’ichi Kaneko, Masanobu Hasegawa, Takayuki Iwasaki, and Kenichiro Horio	5-axis machining, deep groove, CAM, tool posture planning
8	Vol.13 No.5 (2019)	Improvement of Simultaneous 5-Axis Controlled Machining Accuracy by CL-Data Modification Ryuta Sato, Kiichi Morishita, Isamu Nishida, Keiichi Shirase, Masanobu Hasegawa, Akira Saito, and Takayuki Iwasaki	5-axis machine tool, 5-axis controlled motion, CL-data, motion accuracy, compensation
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Digital Shape Reconstruction of a Micro-Sized Machining Tool Using Light-Field Microscopy Shin Usuki, Masaru Uno, and Kenjiro T. Miura	shape reconstruction, light-field microscope, digital refocusing, shape from silhouette, 3D measurement
-	Vol.6 No.2 (2012)	High Precision Tool Cutting Edge Monitoring Using Laser Diffraction for On-Machine Measurement Panart Khajornrungruang, Keiichi Kimura, Yasuhiro Takaya, and Keisuke Suzuki	tool, cutting edge, laser, diffraction, onmachine, measurement
5	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Adaptive Active Vibration Control for Machine Tools with Highly Position-Dependent Dynamics Robin Kleinwort, Jonathan Platz, and Michael F. Zaeh	chatter, vibrations, active damping, adaptive controller
-	Vol.8 No.3 (2014)	Grinding a Hard-to-Grind Materials with Ultrasonic-Assisted Fluid Jun Ishimatsu, Atsushi Iwaita, and Hiromi Isobe	grinding, grinding fluid, ultrasonic vibration, hard-to-grind material, dressing
4	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Review of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing for 3D Metal Printing Johnnie Liew Zhong Li, Mohd Rizal Alkahari, Nor Ana Binti Rosli, Rafidah Hasan, Mohd Nizam Sudin, and Faiz Redza Ramli	wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), 3D printing, additive manufacturing (AM), welding, fused deposition modeling (FDM)
-	Vol.5 No.4 (2011)	Theoretical Comparison of McKibben-Type Artificial Muscle and Novel Straight-Fiber-Type Artificial Muscle Hiroki Tomori and Taro Nakamura	artificial muscle, McKibben-type, straightfiber-type, dynamic characteristic model, static characteristic model

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Oct. 2019

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Ultra Precision Surface Finishing Processes Fang-Jung Shiou and Assefa Asmare Tsegaw	surface finishing, ball burnishing, ball polishing, vibration assisted polishing, abrasive multi-jet polishing
-	Vol.4 No.3 (2010)	FE Analysis of One-Directional and Elliptical Vibration Cutting Processes Saeid Amini, Eiji Shamoto, Norikazu Suzuki, and Mohammad Javad Nategh	vibration cutting, elliptical vibration cutting, FE analysis, cutting mechanics
5	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
1	Vol.13 No.5 (2019)	Tool Orientation Angle Optimization for a Multi-Axis Robotic Milling System Leandro Batista da Silva, Hayato Yoshioka, Hidenori Shinno, and Jiang Zhu	robotic machining, tool orientation optimization, robotic stiffness, milling
-	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.9 No.5 (2015)	Investigation into Chemical Mechanical Polishing Mechanism of Hard-to-Process Materials Using a Commercially Available Single-Sided Polisher Michio Uneda, Keiichi Takano, Koji Koyama, Hideo Aida, and Ken-ichi Ishikawa	chemical mechanical polishing, hard-to-process materials, removal rate, slurry flow between wafer and polishing pad during CMP, polisher vibration acceleration
5	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Review of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing for 3D Metal Printing Johnnie Liew Zhong Li, Mohd Rizal Alkahari, Nor Ana Binti Rosli, Rafidah Hasan, Mohd Nizam Sudin, and Faiz Redza Ramli	wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), 3D printing, additive manufacturing (AM), welding, fused deposition modeling (FDM)
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Formation of Hydroxyapatite Layer on Ti–6Al–4V ELI Alloy by Fine Particle Peening Shoichi Kikuchi, Yuki Nakamura, Koichiro Nambu, and Toshikazu Akahori	fine particle peening, titanium alloy, hydroxyapatite, fatigue, biomaterial
4	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Adaptive Active Vibration Control for Machine Tools with Highly Position-Dependent Dynamics Robin Kleinwort, Jonathan Platz, and Michael F. Zaeh	chatter, vibrations, active damping, adaptive controller
11	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Effect of Cooling Stimulus on Collection Efficiency of Calf Chondrocytes Cultivated on Metal Surface Yuta Kurashina, Shogo Miyata, and Jun Komotori	chondrocyte, cell proliferation, cell adherence, fine particle peening, surface modification

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Sep. 2019

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.13 No.5 (2019)	Tool Orientation Angle Optimization for a Multi-Axis Robotic Milling System Leandro Batista da Silva, Hayato Yoshioka, Hidenori Shinno, and Jiang Zhu	robotic machining, tool orientation optimization, robotic stiffness, milling
-	Vol.13 No.5 (2019)	Improvement of Simultaneous 5-Axis Controlled Machining Accuracy by CL-Data Modification Ryuta Sato, Kiichi Morishita, Isamu Nishida, Keiichi Shirase, Masanobu Hasegawa, Akira Saito, and Takayuki Iwasaki	5-axis machine tool, 5-axis controlled motion, CL-data, motion accuracy, compensation
-	Vol.13 No.5 (2019)	Improvement of Reverse Motion of an NC Moving Table Based on Vector Control Method by Friction Force Compensation Akio Hayashi, Tatsuya Mukai, Yusuke Inomata, and Yoshitaka Morimoto	vector control, NC moving table, nonlinear friction, AC servo motor, torque compensation
-	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Adaptive Active Vibration Control for Machine Tools with Highly Position-Dependent Dynamics Robin Kleinwort, Jonathan Platz, and Michael F. Zaeh	chatter, vibrations, active damping, adaptive controller
1	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Review of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing for 3D Metal Printing Johnnie Liew Zhong Li, Mohd Rizal Alkahari, Nor Ana Binti Rosli, Rafidah Hasan, Mohd Nizam Sudin, and Faiz Redza Ramli	wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), 3D printing, additive manufacturing (AM), welding, fused deposition modeling (FDM)
1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Aug. 2019

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
3	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Review of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing for 3D Metal Printing Johnnie Liew Zhong Li, Mohd Rizal Alkahari, Nor Ana Binti Rosli, Rafidah Hasan, Mohd Nizam Sudin, and Faiz Redza Ramli	wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), 3D printing, additive manufacturing (AM), welding, fused deposition modeling (FDM)
-	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	Effects of Fiber Orientation Direction on Tool-Wear Processes in Down-Milling of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Laminates Satoru Maegawa, Yuta Morikawa, Shinya Hayakawa, Fumihiro Itoigawa, and Takashi Nakamura	carbon fiber reinforced plastics, tool wear, tool life, fiber orientation direction, processed surface quality
5	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Development of Innovative Intelligent Machine Tool Based on CAM-CNC Integration Concept – Adaptive Control Based on Predicted Cutting Force – Isamu Nishida, Ryo Tsuyama, Keiichi Shirase, Masahiro Onishi, and Katsuyuki Koarashi	intelligent machine tool, CAM-CNC integration, cutting-force simulation
1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
6	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	R-Test Analysis Software for Error Calibration of Five-Axis Machine Tools – Application to a Five-Axis Machine Tool with Two Rotary Axes on the Tool Side – Soichi Ibaraki, Yu Nagai, Hisashi Otsubo, Yasutaka Sakai, Shigeki Morimoto, and Yosuke Miyazaki	Metrology, R-test, five-axis machine tools, calibration, location error, error motion, geometric error.
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Study on Machining Vibration Suppression with Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers: Vibration Control for Long Fin Machining Ippei Kono, Takayuki Miyamoto, Koji Utsumi, Kenji Nishikawa, Hideaki Onozuka, Junichi Hirai, and Naohiko Sugita	tuned mass damper, machining, milling, chatter
2	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Ultrasonic-Assisted Innovative Polyurethane Tool to Polish Mold Steel Ming-Yi Tsai, Yue-Feng Lin, Jihng-Kuo Ho, and Jing-Guang Yang	ultrasonic, hardened Stavax stainless mold steel, polyurethane tool
6	Vol.6 No.2 (2012)	Elastic Deformation Error Model for Calibration and Compensation of Parallel Kinematic Mechanism Machine Tool Tetsuya Matsushita, Hiroshi Ueno, and Atsushi Matsubara	parallel kinematic mechanism, elastic deformation, gravity, rotational resistance, calibration
-	Vol.5 No.6 (2011)	Questionnaire Survey on Ultra-Precision Positioning Takaaki Oiwa, Masahide Katsuki, Mitsuji Karita, Wei Gao, Susumu Makinouchi, Kaiji Sato, and Yasuji Oohashi	ultra-precision positioning, questionnaire
-	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	Properties of Photopolymer Part with Aligned Short Ferromagnetic Fibers Takeshi Nakamoto and Sho Marukado	photopolymer, short ferromagnetic fiber, residual magnetic flux density, tensile strength, laser stereolithography
-	Vol.9 No.3 (2015)	An Exact Method for Robust Capacity Requirements Planning Daisuke Morita and Haruhiko Suwa	capacity requirements planning, robust load plan, dynamic environment, uncertainty, exact method
2	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Ultra Precision Surface Finishing Processes Fang-Jung Shiou and Assefa Asmare Tsegaw	surface finishing, ball burnishing, ball polishing, vibration assisted polishing, abrasive multi-jet polishing
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Development of New Complex Machining Technology for Single Crystal Silicon Carbide Polishing Tsuneo Kurita, Koji Miyake, Kenji Kawata, Kiwamu Ashida, and Tomohisa Kato	complex machining, silicon carbide, electrochemical machining, polishing
-	Vol.8 No.3 (2014)	Review of Computer-Aided Process Planning Systems for Machining Operation – Future Development of a Computer-Aided Process Planning System – Mohammad Mi’radj Isnaini and Keiichi Shirase	machining operation, metal removal process, CAPP, CAD, CAM
-	Vol.12 No.2 (2018)	Characteristics and Mechanism of Catalyst-Referred Etching Method: Application to 4H-SiC Pho Van Bui, Yasuhisa Sano, Yoshitada Morikawa, and Kazuto Yamauchi	catalyst-referred etching, chemical planarization, SiC, interface reaction, first-principles calculations
-	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	UNIVPM BRAVe: A Hybrid Propulsion Underwater Research Vehicle David Scaradozzi, Giacomo Palmieri, Daniele Costa, Silvia Zingaretti, Luca Panebianco, Nicolò Ciuccoli, Antonio Pinelli, and Massimo Callegari	underwater vehicle, 3D reconstruction, underwater mapping, hybrid propulsion, efficient thrusters
2	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Development of Path Generation Method for Five-Axis 3D Printer Hikaru Nishikawa, Yoshitaka Morimoto, and Akio Hayashi	additive manufacturing, 3D printer, five-axis position control
2	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	A Five-Axis Machining Error Simulator for Rotary-Axis Geometric Errors Using Commercial Machining Simulation Software Soichi Ibaraki and Ibuki Yoshida	five-axis machine tools, machining error, simulator, kinematic model, machining test
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Development of Four-Axis 3D Printer with Fused Deposition Modeling Technology Kyosuke Kawagishi, Shoma Umetani, Ken Tanaka, Eiji Ametani, Yoshitaka Morimoto, and Keigo Takasugi	additive manufacturing, 3D printer, CAM, position control, nozzle path

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Jul. 2019

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Mirror-Surface Finishing by Integrating Magnetic-Polishing Technology with a Compact Machine Tool Yuki Manabe, Hiroki Murakami, Toshiki Hirogaki, Eiichi Aoyama, and Tatsuya Furuki	magnetic polishing, mirror finish, compact machine tools
1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
7	Vol.12 No.2 (2018)	Geometric Error Compensation of Five-Axis Machining Centers Based on On-Machine Workpiece Measurement Ryuta Sato and Keiichi Shirase	five-axis machining center, geometric error, observation equation, compensation, on-machine measurement
3	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Ultra Precision Surface Finishing Processes Fang-Jung Shiou and Assefa Asmare Tsegaw	surface finishing, ball burnishing, ball polishing, vibration assisted polishing, abrasive multi-jet polishing
6	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Ultrasonic-Assisted Innovative Polyurethane Tool to Polish Mold Steel Ming-Yi Tsai, Yue-Feng Lin, Jihng-Kuo Ho, and Jing-Guang Yang	ultrasonic, hardened Stavax stainless mold steel, polyurethane tool
-	Vol.6 No.5 (2012)	Synthesis of Porous Titanium with Directional Pores by Selective Laser Melting Takayuki Nakamoto, Nobuhiko Shirakawa, Kyosuke Kishida, Katsushi Tanaka, and Haruyuki Inui	selective laser melting (SLM), porous structure, titanium, Young’s modulus, yield stress
7	Vol.4 No.4 (2010)	A Gravity-Powered Mechanism for Extending the Workspace of a Cable-Driven Parallel Mechanism: Application to the Appearance Modelling of Objects Clément Gosselin and Samuel Bouchard	parallel mechanism, cable-driven parallel mechanism, appearance modelling
7	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Formation Mechanism of Pores Inside Structure Fabricated by Metal-Based Additive Manufacturing Kyota Egashira, Tatsuaki Furumoto, Kiichi Hishida, Satoshi Abe, Tomohiro Koyano, Yohei Hashimoto, and Akira Hosokawa	additive manufacturing, powder bed fusion, pore, temperature
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	A Five-Axis Machining Error Simulator for Rotary-Axis Geometric Errors Using Commercial Machining Simulation Software Soichi Ibaraki and Ibuki Yoshida	five-axis machine tools, machining error, simulator, kinematic model, machining test
-	Vol.13 No.4 (2019)	Associating 2D Sketch Information with 3D CAD Models for VR/AR Viewing During Bridge Maintenance Process Fumiki Tanaka, Makoto Tsuchida, and Masahiko Onosato	virtual reality, 2D sketch, 2D and 3D association, IFC, bridge maintenance process
7	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Development of Path Generation Method for Five-Axis 3D Printer Hikaru Nishikawa, Yoshitaka Morimoto, and Akio Hayashi	additive manufacturing, 3D printer, five-axis position control
-	Vol.13 No.4 (2019)	Developing a Support System for Loading Planning Takayuki Nakamura, Jun’ichi Kaneko, Takeyuki Abe, and Kenichiro Horio	augmented reality, point clouds, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)
7	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Skill Abstraction of Physical Therapists in Hemiplegia Patient Rehabilitation Using a Walking Assist Robot Qi An, Yuki Ishikawa, Wen Wen, Shu Ishiguro, Koji Ohata, Hiroshi Yamakawa, Yusuke Tamura, Atsushi Yamashita, and Hajime Asama	skill education, walking assist robot, rehabilitation, hemiplegia
7	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Unidirectional Wetting Surfaces Fabricated by Ultrasonic-Assisted Cutting Keita Shimada, Takuya Hirai, Masayoshi Mizutani, and Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa	ultrasonic cutting, functional surfaces, wetting, surface finishing
6	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Advances in Noninvasive Glucose Sensing Enabled by Photonics, Acoustics, and Microwaves Takuro Tajima, Masahito Nakamura, Yujiro Tanaka, and Michiko Seyama	photoacoustic, dielectric spectroscopy, noninvasive glucose sensor, biomedical, multiphysics-based sensing
-	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Adaptive Active Vibration Control for Machine Tools with Highly Position-Dependent Dynamics Robin Kleinwort, Jonathan Platz, and Michael F. Zaeh	chatter, vibrations, active damping, adaptive controller
-	Vol.9 No.6 (2015)	An Integral Method to Determine Workpiece Flow Stress and Friction Characteristics in Metal Cutting Norfariza Wahab, Yumi Inatsugu, Satoshi Kubota, Soo-Young Kim, and Hiroyuki Sasahara	numerical simulation, flow stress, orthogonal cutting, friction characteristics
5	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Review of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing for 3D Metal Printing Johnnie Liew Zhong Li, Mohd Rizal Alkahari, Nor Ana Binti Rosli, Rafidah Hasan, Mohd Nizam Sudin, and Faiz Redza Ramli	wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), 3D printing, additive manufacturing (AM), welding, fused deposition modeling (FDM)
-	Vol.13 No.4 (2019)	Estimating 3D Position of Strongly Occluded Object with Semi-Real Time by Using Auxiliary 3D Points in Occluded Space Shinichi Sumiyoshi and Yuichi Yoshida	occluded space detection, auxiliary point-cloud generation, strongly occluded object detector, semi-real-time system, 3D position estimation
-	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Development of an Active Damping System for Structural Chatter Suppression in Machining Centers Iker Mancisidor, Xavier Beudaert, Gorka Aguirre, Rafael Barcena, and Jokin Munoa	chatter, milling, active damping
4	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Surface Finishing of Single-Crystal SiC and GaN Wafers Using a Magnetic Tool in H₂O₂ Solution Akihisa Kubota	SiC, GaN, surface smoothing, OH radical, abrasive Fe

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Jun. 2019

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
4	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
12	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Accurate Tool Path Generation Method for Large-Scale Discrete Shapes Hiromu Kitahara, Jun’ichi Kaneko, Masahiro Ajisaka, Takeyuki Abe, and Kenichiro Horio	NC machining, CAM, graphics hardware, GPGPU, 3-axis machining
4	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Ultra Precision Surface Finishing Processes Fang-Jung Shiou and Assefa Asmare Tsegaw	surface finishing, ball burnishing, ball polishing, vibration assisted polishing, abrasive multi-jet polishing
12	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Integrating CAD, TRIZ, and Customer Needs A. M. M. Sharif Ullah , Michihiro Sato, Michiko Watanabe, and Md. Mamunur Rashid	CAD, TRIZ, fundamental human needs, customer needs, product development
9	Vol.3 No.6 (2009)	Muscle Suit Development and Factory Application Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takamitsu Aida, and Takuya Hashimoto	wearable robot, power assist, McKibben artificial muscle, work-related disorder, muscle suit
12	Vol.9 No.2 (2015)	Back-Pressure Forging Using a Servo Die Cushion Kiichiro Kawamoto, Takeshi Yoneyama, and Masato Okada	forging, back pressure, servo press, servo die cushion
8	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Surface Finishing of Single-Crystal SiC and GaN Wafers Using a Magnetic Tool in H₂O₂ Solution Akihisa Kubota	SiC, GaN, surface smoothing, OH radical, abrasive Fe
12	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	Effects of N-Face Finishing on Geometry of Double-Side Polished GaN Substrate Koji Koyama, Hideo Aida, Michio Uneda, Hidetoshi Takeda, Seong-Woo Kim, Hiroki Takei, Tsutomu Yamazaki, and Toshiro Doi	GaN substrate, bowing, N-face, CMP, diamond polishing
11	Vol.5 No.4 (2011)	Theoretical Comparison of McKibben-Type Artificial Muscle and Novel Straight-Fiber-Type Artificial Muscle Hiroki Tomori and Taro Nakamura	artificial muscle, McKibben-type, straightfiber-type, dynamic characteristic model, static characteristic model
9	Vol.8 No.2 (2014)	Design of Two-Wheeled Self-Balancing Robot Based on Sensor Fusion Algorithm Jianhai Han, Xiangpan Li, and Qi Qin	PID, sensor fusion, accelerometer, gyroscope, two-wheeled self-balancing robot
9	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Development of Press Molding Preform Design and Fabrication Method with Unfolded Diagram for CFRP Tatsuki Ikari and Hidetake Tanaka	CFRP, press molding, preform, CAD/CAM, papercraft
12	Vol.7 No.2 (2013)	Positioning Characteristics of a MEMS Linear Motor Utilizing a Thin Film Permanent Magnet and DLC Coating Ryogen Fujiwara, Tadahiko Shinshi, and Minoru Uehara	electromagnetic actuator, linear motor, MEMS, thin film permanent magnet, positioning, DLC coating
11	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	Elbow Musculoskeletal Model for Industrial Exoskeleton with Modulated Impedance Based on Operator’s Arm Stiffness Daniele Borzelli, Stefano Pastorelli, and Laura Gastaldi	arm stiffness, hill muscle model, elbow model, exoskeleton
10	Vol.3 No.6 (2009)	Upper-Limb Power-Assist Control for Agriculture Load Lifting Eiichi Yagi, Daisuke Harada, and Masaaki Kobayashi	power assist system, wearable robot system, exoskeleton, pneumatic actuator, emg, elbow motion, shoulder motion, farming, lift-up motion

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, May. 2019

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.10 No.3 (2016)	Machine Bed Support with Sliding Surface for Improving the Motion Accuracy Yusaku Shirahama, Ryuta Sato, Yusuke Takasuka, Hidenori Nakatsuji, and Keiichi Shirase	NC machine tools, machine bed, motion accuracy, tracking motion, vibration, mathematical model
-	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Review of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing for 3D Metal Printing Johnnie Liew Zhong Li, Mohd Rizal Alkahari, Nor Ana Binti Rosli, Rafidah Hasan, Mohd Nizam Sudin, and Faiz Redza Ramli	wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), 3D printing, additive manufacturing (AM), welding, fused deposition modeling (FDM)
-	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Formation Mechanism of Pores Inside Structure Fabricated by Metal-Based Additive Manufacturing Kyota Egashira, Tatsuaki Furumoto, Kiichi Hishida, Satoshi Abe, Tomohiro Koyano, Yohei Hashimoto, and Akira Hosokawa	additive manufacturing, powder bed fusion, pore, temperature
6	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Ultra Precision Surface Finishing Processes Fang-Jung Shiou and Assefa Asmare Tsegaw	surface finishing, ball burnishing, ball polishing, vibration assisted polishing, abrasive multi-jet polishing
-	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Promotion of Knowledge and Technology Transfer Towards Innovative Manufacturing Process: Case Study of New Hybrid Coating Process Kentaro Shinoda, Hiroaki Noda, Koichi Ohtomi, Takayuki Yamada, and Jun Akedo	innovative design and manufacturing, ceramic coatings, Kansei delight design, hybrid aerosol deposition, plasma spray
4	Vol.12 No.2 (2018)	Geometric Error Compensation of Five-Axis Machining Centers Based on On-Machine Workpiece Measurement Ryuta Sato and Keiichi Shirase	five-axis machining center, geometric error, observation equation, compensation, on-machine measurement
3	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.13 No.3 (2019)	Shape Contraction in Sintering of 3D Objects Fabricated via Metal Material Extrusion in Additive Manufacturing Koki Jimbo and Toshitake Tateno	additive manufacturing, metal material, material extrusion, sintering, shrinkage

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11	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Modeling and Force Control of Thin Soft McKibben Actuator Ahmad Athif Mohd Faudzi, Noor Hanis Izzuddin Mat Lazim, and Koichi Suzumori	system identification, thin soft actuator, ARX model, force control, PID-PSO
3	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Machining of Smooth Optical Surfaces by Ultraprecision Milling with Compensated Feeding Mechanisms Hideo Takino and Yoshimi Takeuchi	milling, ultraprecision, waviness, surface, diamond cutting
10	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Study on Polishing Characteristics of Pyramidal Structured Polishing Pad Ryunosuke Sato and Yoshio Ichida	pyramidal structured polishing pad, polishing characteristics, true polishing pressure, removal rate, surface roughness
1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
11	Vol.12 No.2 (2018)	Geometric Error Compensation of Five-Axis Machining Centers Based on On-Machine Workpiece Measurement Ryuta Sato and Keiichi Shirase	five-axis machining center, geometric error, observation equation, compensation, on-machine measurement
10	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Surface Finishing of Single-Crystal SiC and GaN Wafers Using a Magnetic Tool in H₂O₂ Solution Akihisa Kubota	SiC, GaN, surface smoothing, OH radical, abrasive Fe
4	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Ultrasonic-Assisted Innovative Polyurethane Tool to Polish Mold Steel Ming-Yi Tsai, Yue-Feng Lin, Jihng-Kuo Ho, and Jing-Guang Yang	ultrasonic, hardened Stavax stainless mold steel, polyurethane tool
2	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Recent Advances in Multiaxis Control and Multitasking Machining Keiichi Nakamoto and Yoshimi Takeuchi	multiaxis control, multitasking, multifunctional machine tool, CAM, complicated part

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Mar. 2019

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Recent Advances in Multiaxis Control and Multitasking Machining Keiichi Nakamoto and Yoshimi Takeuchi	multiaxis control, multitasking, multifunctional machine tool, CAM, complicated part
-	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Ultra Precision Surface Finishing Processes Fang-Jung Shiou and Assefa Asmare Tsegaw	surface finishing, ball burnishing, ball polishing, vibration assisted polishing, abrasive multi-jet polishing
-	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Machining of Smooth Optical Surfaces by Ultraprecision Milling with Compensated Feeding Mechanisms Hideo Takino and Yoshimi Takeuchi	milling, ultraprecision, waviness, surface, diamond cutting
-	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Ultrasonic-Assisted Innovative Polyurethane Tool to Polish Mold Steel Ming-Yi Tsai, Yue-Feng Lin, Jihng-Kuo Ho, and Jing-Guang Yang	ultrasonic, hardened Stavax stainless mold steel, polyurethane tool
-	Vol.13 No.2 (2019)	Smart Modular Architecture for Supervision and Monitoring of a 4.0 Production Plant Monica Tiboni, Francesco Aggogeri, Nicola Pellegrini, and Cesare Augusto Perani	mechatronics, modular architecture, supervision, Internet of Things, Industry 4.0

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Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
7	Vol.12 No.6 (2018)	Customized End Milling Operation of Dental Artificial Crown Without CAM Operation Isamu Nishida, Ryo Tsuyama, Ryuta Sato, and Keiichi Shirase	intelligent machine tool, CAM-CNC integration, cutting force simulation, dental artificial crown
7	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Model-Based Installation of Viscoelastic Damper Support for Reduction of Residual Vibration Kotaro Mori, Daisuke Kono, Iwao Yamaji, and Atsushi Matsubara	machine tool support structure, viscoelastic damper, vibration damping, residual vibration, low frequency vibration
-	Vol.12 No.2 (2018)	Patterned Sapphire Substrates for III-Nitride Epitaxial Growth Natsuko Omiya, Hideo Aida, Yutaka Kimura, Yuki Kawamata, Seong-Woo Kim, and Michio Uneda	patterned sapphire substrate, gallium compounds, internal quantum efficiency, light extraction efficiency
7	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Development of Four-Axis 3D Printer with Fused Deposition Modeling Technology Kyosuke Kawagishi, Shoma Umetani, Ken Tanaka, Eiji Ametani, Yoshitaka Morimoto, and Keigo Takasugi	additive manufacturing, 3D printer, CAM, position control, nozzle path
10	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Evaluation of Additive Manufacturing Processes in Fabrication of Personalized Robot Shushu Wang, Rakshith Badarinath, El-Amine Lehtihet, and Vittaldas Prabhu	personalization, 3D printing, fused deposition modelling, material jetting, robot, dimensional and locational accuracy, tensile strength
7	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
9	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	A Five-Axis Machining Error Simulator for Rotary-Axis Geometric Errors Using Commercial Machining Simulation Software Soichi Ibaraki and Ibuki Yoshida	five-axis machine tools, machining error, simulator, kinematic model, machining test
-	Vol.5 No.4 (2011)	Quantitative Performance Analysis of Exoskeleton Augmenting Devices - Muscle Suit - for Manual Worker Yoshiki Muramatsu, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yutaka Sato, He Jiaou, Takuya Hashimoto, and Hiroshi Kobayashi	muscle suit, wearable robot, exoskeleton, McKibben artificial muscle, quantitative performance evaluation
-	Vol.9 No.2 (2015)	A Method for Using a Virtual Machining Simulation to Consider Both Equivalent CO₂ Emissions and Machining Costs in Determining Cutting Conditions Hirohisa Narita	activity-based model, equivalent CO₂ emissions, machining costs, cutting conditions
8	Vol.12 No.3 (2018)	Development of Curvature Gap Estimation System for Deciding Thermal Forming Instructions of Ship Curved Shell Plates Using Laser Scanner Kazuo Hiekata, Taiga Mitsuyuki, Kota Okada, and Yoshiyuki Furukawa	point cloud data, curved shell plate, laser scanner, manufacturing plan, curvature
-	Vol.12 No.6 (2018)	Oscillating Finish Grinding of CFRP with Woven Metal Wire Tool Utilizing Plunger Pump Pulsation Kosaku Nomura, Naoya Takeuchi, and Hiroyuki Sasahara	grinding, CFRP, oscillation of tool, surface roughness

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Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
4	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
4	Vol.6 No.2 (2012)	Indirect Measurement of Volumetric Accuracy for Three-Axis and Five-Axis Machine Tools: A Review Soichi Ibaraki and Wolfgang Knapp	volumetric accuracy, indirect measurement, machine tools, kinematic model
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	MEMS Sensor Devices with a Piezo-Resistive Cantilever Kiyoshi Matsumoto and Isao Shimoyama	cantilever, sensor, piezo-resistive, MEMS
-	Vol.13 No.1 (2019)	Surface Profile Analysis in Milling with Structured Tool Fumihiro Uchiyama, Akihiko Tsuboi, and Takashi Matsumura	surface finish, milling, structured tool, cutter axis inclination, simulation
4	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	Error Calibration for Five-Axis Machine Tools by On-the-Machine Measurement Using a Touch-Trigger Probe Soichi Ibaraki and Yusuke Ota	five-axis machine tools, touch-trigger probe, geometric errors, error map, error calibration
-	Vol.13 No.1 (2019)	Utilization of Multi-Axis Positioning Repeatability Performance in Kinematic Modelling Károly Szipka and Andreas Archenti	machine tool repeatability, uncertainty estimation, kinematic modelling
-	Vol.8 No.6 (2014)	Analysis of Measured Friction of Rolling Balls in Raceway Grooves Atsushi Matsubara, Atsuko Sayama, Taku Sakai, and Matthias Reuss	rolling friction, modeling, linear guideways, bristle model, micro slip
-	Vol.12 No.3 (2018)	Artificial Neural Networks for Tool Wear Prediction Based on Sensor Fusion Monitoring of CFRP/CFRP Stack Drilling Alessandra Caggiano and Luigi Nele	drilling, composite material, sensor monitoring, artificial neural network, tool wear prediction
-	Vol.4 No.3 (2010)	Interactive Design-Assistance System of Machine Tool Structure in Conceptual and Fundamental Design Stage Zhangyong Yu, Keiichi Nakamoto, Tohru Ishida, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	interactive design-assistance system, machine tool structure, conceptual and fundamental design, beam theory, static/dynamic/thermal stiffness
4	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Error Estimation of Machined Surfaces in Multi-Axis Machining with Machine Tool Errors Including Tool Self-Intersecting Motion Based on High-Accuracy Tool Swept Volumes Wataru Arai, Fumiki Tanaka, and Masahiko Onosato	multi-axis machine tool, tool swept volume, geometric errors, machining simulation, machined surface
-	Vol.4 No.2 (2010)	Fabrication of Ultrafine Tools Using a Desktop Microgrinder Hitoshi Ohmori, Yoshihiro Uehara, and Kazutoshi Katahira	electrolytic in-process dressing (ELID) grinding, microtool, desktop microgrinder
-	Vol.5 No.5 (2011)	Development of an Interactive Assistance System for Machine Tool Structure Design Considering of Sliding Joint Damping Zhangyong Yu, Keiichi Nakamoto, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	interactive assistance system, machine tool structure, conceptual and fundamental design, joint damping

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Dec. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
9	Vol.5 No.4 (2011)	Quantitative Performance Analysis of Exoskeleton Augmenting Devices - Muscle Suit - for Manual Worker Yoshiki Muramatsu, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yutaka Sato, He Jiaou, Takuya Hashimoto, and Hiroshi Kobayashi	muscle suit, wearable robot, exoskeleton, McKibben artificial muscle, quantitative performance evaluation
-	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	Technical Review of Laser Materials Processing in Japan Takeji Arai	laser trends, laser applications technology, laser processing, current laser development, short-pulsed laser
-	Vol.5 No.5 (2011)	Tool Posture Planning Method for Continuous 5-Axis Control Machining on Machine Tool Coordinate System to Optimize Motion of Translational Axes Jun’ichi Kaneko and Kenichiro Horio	5-axis machining, CAM, tool posture, post processing, planning, GPGPU
10	Vol.7 No.1 (2013)	Simulation Technologies for the Development of an Autonomous and Intelligent Machine Tool Keiichi Shirase and Keiichi Nakamoto	autonomous and intelligent machine tools, computer aided process planning, real-time tool path generation, milling shape simulation, cutting force simulation
9	Vol.12 No.2 (2018)	Next-Generation, Super-Hard-to-Process Substrates and Their High-Efficiency Machining Process Technologies Used to Create Innovative Devices Toshiro Doi	SiC, GaN and diamond substrates, dilatancy pad, high pressure & rotational polishing machine, plasma fusion CMP, singularity
-	Vol.8 No.5 (2014)	Fuel Operated Heaters Applied to Electric Vehicles Tetsushi Mimuro and Hiroyuki Takanashi	electric vehicle, air conditioning, PTC heater, heat pump heater, fuel operated heater
3	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.6 No.2 (2012)	Generation Mechanism of Quadrant Glitches and Compensation for it in Feed Drive Systems of NC Machine Tools Ryuta Sato	feed drive system, circular motion test, quadrant glitch, friction compensator
11	Vol.4 No.4 (2010)	A Gravity-Powered Mechanism for Extending the Workspace of a Cable-Driven Parallel Mechanism: Application to the Appearance Modelling of Objects Clément Gosselin and Samuel Bouchard	parallel mechanism, cable-driven parallel mechanism, appearance modelling
-	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	Error Calibration for Five-Axis Machine Tools by On-the-Machine Measurement Using a Touch-Trigger Probe Soichi Ibaraki and Yusuke Ota	five-axis machine tools, touch-trigger probe, geometric errors, error map, error calibration
8	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Microfabricated Temperature-Sensing Devices Using a Microfluidic Chip for Biological Applications Naoki Inomata, Masaya Toda, and Takahito Ono	thermal sensor, MEMS, Micro-TAS, thermistor, mechanical resonator
11	Vol.12 No.6 (2018)	Extraction of Rotational Surfaces and Generalized Cylinders from Point-Clouds Using Section Curves Yoshitaka Midorikawa and Hiroshi Masuda	point processing, surface reconstruction, terrestrial laser scanner, shape from sections
11	Vol.5 No.3 (2011)	Tool Path Generation for Five-Axis Controlled Machining with Consideration of Motion of Two Rotational Axes Koichi Morishige and Makoto Kaneko	five-axis controlled machining, CAD/CAM, motion of rotational axes, configuration space
-	Vol.7 No.6 (2013)	Material Removal During Ultrasonic Machining Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Jingsi Wang, Keita Shimada, Masayoshi Mizutani, and Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa	ultrasonic machining, smoothed particle hydrodynamics, material removal mechanism, crack, hard and brittle materials
-	Vol.8 No.3 (2014)	Development of an Innovative Power-Assist Omni-Directional Mobile Bed Considering Operator’s Characteristics Yuki Ueno, Hideo Kitagawa, Kiyoaki Kakihara, Toshio Sakakibara, and Kazuhiko Terashima	omni-directional mobile robot, power-assist system, robotic bed
11	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	Advanced Control Strategies for Active Vibration Suppression in Laser Cutting Machines Berend Denkena, Martin Eckl, and Thomas Lepper	hybrid positioning, laser cutting, vibration control, vibration compensation, Kalman filter
6	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Highly Dynamic Spindle Integrated Magnet Actuators for Chatter Reduction Jan Königsberg, Jan Reiners, Bernd Ponick, Berend Denkena, and Benjamin Bergmann	active damping, spindle, chatter reduction
8	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Efficient Static and Dynamic Modelling of Machine Structures with Large Linear Motions Natanael Lanz, Daniel Spescha, Sascha Weikert, and Konrad Wegener	machine dynamics, modelling, measurements, control
11	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Evaluation Method for Behavior of Rotary Axis Around Motion Direction Changing Tadahiro Nishiguchi, Shogo Hasegawa, Ryuta Sato, and Keiichi Shirase	5-axis controlled machining center, rotary axis, dynamic behavior, motion direction changes, machined surface
-	Vol.2 No.2 (2008)	Development of Micro Electrical Discharge Machine Hideki Takezawa , Naotake Mohri , Kouhei Asano , and Yasunori Kodama
6	Vol.12 No.6 (2018)	Disassembly Reuse Part Selection for Recovery Rate and Cost with Lifetime Analysis Shota Hasegawa, Yuki Kinoshita, Tetsuo Yamada, Masato Inoue, and Stefan Bracke	life expectancy, recyclability evaluation method, straight line depreciation method, ϵ constraint method, integer programming
11	Vol.12 No.4 (2018)	Skill Extraction from Nursing Care Service Using Sliding Sheet Qi An, Junki Nakagawa, Junko Yasuda, Wen Wen, Hiroshi Yamakawa, Atsushi Yamashita, and Hajime Asama	nursing care service, skill extraction, optimization
-	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	Life Cycle Analysis of Emissions from Electric and Gasoline Vehicles in Different Regions Kamila Romejko and Masaru Nakano	production, electric vehicles, life cycle analysis, health issues, emissions
9	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management

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-	Vol.12 No.6 (2018)	Forecasting Life Cycle CO₂ Emissions of Electrified Vehicles by 2030 Considering Japan’s Energy Mix Keita Ishizaki and Masaru Nakano	electricity generation mix, air conditioning, clean energy vehicle, life cycle assessment
-	Vol.12 No.6 (2018)	Modelling of Material Removal in Abrasive Flow Machining Eckart Uhlmann and Simon Roßkamp	abrasive flow machining, surface integrity, edge rounding, surface roughness, simulation
4	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.12 No.6 (2018)	Green Product Preferences with Respect to Cultural Influences: Empirical Study in Indonesia Ihwan Ghazali, Salwa Hanim Abdul Rashid, Siti Zawiah Md Dawal, Hideki Aoyama, Alva Edy Tontowi, and Raja Ariffin Raja Ghazilla	sustainability, customer preferences, green product, cultural value, Indonesia
9	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Analysis of Cutting Force in Elastomer End-Milling Koji Teramoto, Takahiro Kunishima, and Hiroki Matsumoto	elastomeric parts, end-milling, cutting force, mechanistic model

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8	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Development of Four-Axis 3D Printer with Fused Deposition Modeling Technology Kyosuke Kawagishi, Shoma Umetani, Ken Tanaka, Eiji Ametani, Yoshitaka Morimoto, and Keigo Takasugi	additive manufacturing, 3D printer, CAM, position control, nozzle path
9	Vol.11 No.5 (2017)	Study on CAM Software for Additive Manufacturing with FDM Method Satoru Koizumi, Takehiro Kawamura, and Tatsuya Mochizuki	additive manufacturing, 3D printer, CAM, surface, five-axis
3	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Adaptive Active Vibration Control for Machine Tools with Highly Position-Dependent Dynamics Robin Kleinwort, Jonathan Platz, and Michael F. Zaeh	chatter, vibrations, active damping, adaptive controller
8	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Motion Accuracy Enhancement of Five-Axis Machine Tools by Modified CL-Data Ryuta Sato, Shogo Hasegawa, Keiichi Shirase, Masanobu Hasegawa, Akira Saito, and Takayuki Iwasaki	five-axis machine tool, motion accuracy, dynamic synchronous error, CL-data, compensation
2	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Efficient Static and Dynamic Modelling of Machine Structures with Large Linear Motions Natanael Lanz, Daniel Spescha, Sascha Weikert, and Konrad Wegener	machine dynamics, modelling, measurements, control
2	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.8 No.2 (2014)	Design of Two-Wheeled Self-Balancing Robot Based on Sensor Fusion Algorithm Jianhai Han, Xiangpan Li, and Qi Qin	PID, sensor fusion, accelerometer, gyroscope, two-wheeled self-balancing robot
5	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Highly Dynamic Spindle Integrated Magnet Actuators for Chatter Reduction Jan Königsberg, Jan Reiners, Bernd Ponick, Berend Denkena, and Benjamin Bergmann	active damping, spindle, chatter reduction
6	Vol.5 No.4 (2011)	Quantitative Performance Analysis of Exoskeleton Augmenting Devices - Muscle Suit - for Manual Worker Yoshiki Muramatsu, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yutaka Sato, He Jiaou, Takuya Hashimoto, and Hiroshi Kobayashi	muscle suit, wearable robot, exoskeleton, McKibben artificial muscle, quantitative performance evaluation
-	Vol.10 No.3 (2016)	Characteristics of Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) and Associated Challenges – Focusing on Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Thermosetting Resins (CFRTS) for Aircraft Akihiko Kitano	carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP), carbon-fiber-reinforced thermosetting resins (CFRTS), tailor-made, aircraft, molding

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-	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Investigation of Strain Hardening in Aluminum Alloy Sheared Sheet Based on Microhardness Measurement and FEM Analysis Pusit Mitsomwang, Rattana Borrisutthekul, Usanee Kitkamthorn, and Shigeru Nagasawa	strain hardening, shearing, clearance, tool wear, friction
1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Efficient Static and Dynamic Modelling of Machine Structures with Large Linear Motions Natanael Lanz, Daniel Spescha, Sascha Weikert, and Konrad Wegener	machine dynamics, modelling, measurements, control
-	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Adaptive Active Vibration Control for Machine Tools with Highly Position-Dependent Dynamics Robin Kleinwort, Jonathan Platz, and Michael F. Zaeh	chatter, vibrations, active damping, adaptive controller
-	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Development of an Active Damping System for Structural Chatter Suppression in Machining Centers Iker Mancisidor, Xavier Beudaert, Gorka Aguirre, Rafael Barcena, and Jokin Munoa	chatter, milling, active damping
-	Vol.12 No.5 (2018)	Highly Dynamic Spindle Integrated Magnet Actuators for Chatter Reduction Jan Königsberg, Jan Reiners, Bernd Ponick, Berend Denkena, and Benjamin Bergmann	active damping, spindle, chatter reduction

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1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
11	Vol.5 No.4 (2011)	Quantitative Performance Analysis of Exoskeleton Augmenting Devices - Muscle Suit - for Manual Worker Yoshiki Muramatsu, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yutaka Sato, He Jiaou, Takuya Hashimoto, and Hiroshi Kobayashi	muscle suit, wearable robot, exoskeleton, McKibben artificial muscle, quantitative performance evaluation
-	Vol.6 No.5 (2012)	Low-Cost 3D Printing of Controlled Porosity Ceramic Parts Olaf Diegel, Andrew Withell, Deon de Beer, Johan Potgieter, and Frazer Noble	3D printing, ceramic, clay, controlled porosity
5	Vol.12 No.3 (2018)	Artificial Neural Networks for Tool Wear Prediction Based on Sensor Fusion Monitoring of CFRP/CFRP Stack Drilling Alessandra Caggiano and Luigi Nele	drilling, composite material, sensor monitoring, artificial neural network, tool wear prediction
10	Vol.7 No.1 (2013)	A Determination Method of Cutting Coefficients in Ball End Milling Forces Model Hirohisa Narita	ball end mill, cutting force, cutting coefficients
10	Vol.5 No.4 (2011)	Theoretical Comparison of McKibben-Type Artificial Muscle and Novel Straight-Fiber-Type Artificial Muscle Hiroki Tomori and Taro Nakamura	artificial muscle, McKibben-type, straightfiber-type, dynamic characteristic model, static characteristic model
10	Vol.6 No.2 (2012)	Indirect Measurement of Volumetric Accuracy for Three-Axis and Five-Axis Machine Tools: A Review Soichi Ibaraki and Wolfgang Knapp	volumetric accuracy, indirect measurement, machine tools, kinematic model
5	Vol.12 No.4 (2018)	Skill Extraction from Nursing Care Service Using Sliding Sheet Qi An, Junki Nakagawa, Junko Yasuda, Wen Wen, Hiroshi Yamakawa, Atsushi Yamashita, and Hajime Asama	nursing care service, skill extraction, optimization
11	Vol.12 No.3 (2018)	Basic Study on Remelting Process to Enhance Density of Inconel 625 in Direct Energy Deposition Ryo Koike, Taro Misawa, Yasuhiro Kakinuma, and Yohei Oda	direct energy deposition, pore, remelting, Inconel 625, fiber laser
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Development of a Rubber Soft Actuator Driven with Gas/Liquid Phase Change Hiroki Matsuoka, Takefumi Kanda, Shuichi Wakimoto, Koichi Suzumori and Pierre Lambert	actuator, gas/liquid phase change, silicone rubber, gripper
-	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	Advanced Control Strategies for Active Vibration Suppression in Laser Cutting Machines Berend Denkena, Martin Eckl, and Thomas Lepper	hybrid positioning, laser cutting, vibration control, vibration compensation, Kalman filter
-	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.11 No.5 (2017)	Three-Dimensional Reconstruction by Time-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Microscope with Improved Measurement Range Shin Usuki, Katsuaki Tamaki, and Kenjiro T. Miura	three-dimensional reconstruction, three-dimensional measurement, optical coherence tomography, optical microscopy
-	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	Minimizing Burrs and Defects on Microstructures with Laser Assisted Micromachining Technology Shaolin Xu, Shinsaku Osawa, Ryuichi Kobayashi, Keita Shimada, Masayoshi Mizutani, and Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa	laser assisted micromachining, burrs and defects, microstructures, electroless NiP plating
11	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Tool Wear and Surface Roughness in Milling of Die Steel Using Binderless CBN End Mill Kazuya Hamaguchi, Hiroyuki Kodama, and Koichi Okuda	binderless CBN end mill, tool wear, surface roughness, mirror finishing, die steel
9	Vol.12 No.2 (2018)	Study of Femtosecond Laser Ablation Effect on Micro-Processing for 4H-SiC Substrate Chengwu Wang, Syuhei Kurokawa, Julong Yuan, Li Fan, Huizong Lu, Zhe Wu, Weifeng Yao, Kehua Zhang, Yu Zhang, and Toshiro Doi	4H-SiC, femtosecond (fs) laser, surface morphology, pseudo-radical site, precision processing
10	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Development and Evaluation of New Material Measure with Chirp Form for Surface Texture Instruments Ichiro Yoshida, Yuichi Okazaki, Noriyuki Kato, Nobuyuki Tanaka, and Kozo Miyamoto	material measure, measurement standard, surface texture, chirp form, Gaussian filter
11	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	Development of On-Machine Measurement Unit for Correction Processing of Aspheric Lens Mold with High Numerical Aperture Tomohiro Hirose, Yoshihiro Kami, Tatsuhito Shimizu, Makoto Yabuya, and Yoshitaka Morimoto	ultra-precision machine tool, lens mold, onmachine measurement unit, pick-up lens, high numerical aperture, correction processing
-	Vol.8 No.5 (2014)	In the Loop – Sustainable, Circular Product Design and Critical Materials Katherine Whalen and David Peck	gaming, product design, scarce materials, rare earth elements, circular economy

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Jul. 2018

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1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.12 No.4 (2018)	Multiproduct Traditional Japanese Cuisine Restaurant Improves Labor Productivity by Changing Cooking Processes According to Service Product Characteristics Takeshi Shimmura, Syuichi Oura, Kenji Arai, Nobutada Fujii, Tomomi Nonaka, Takeshi Takenaka, and Takashi Tanizaki	service engineering, labor productivity, restaurant, production system, work scheduling
3	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Advances in Noninvasive Glucose Sensing Enabled by Photonics, Acoustics, and Microwaves Takuro Tajima, Masahito Nakamura, Yujiro Tanaka, and Michiko Seyama	photoacoustic, dielectric spectroscopy, noninvasive glucose sensor, biomedical, multiphysics-based sensing
8	Vol.4 No.4 (2010)	Kinematic Analysis and Design of 3-RPSR Parallel Mechanism with Triple Revolute Joints on the Base Yukio Takeda, Xiao Xiao, Kazuya Hirose, Yoshiki Yoshida, and Ken Ichiryu	robotics, design engineering, kinematics, parallel mechanism, workspace, pipe bender
-	Vol.12 No.4 (2018)	Modeling and Analysis of a Closed-Loop Supply Chain in Consideration of Extra Demand Ayako Okuda, Aya Ishigaki, Tetsuo Yamada, and Surendra M. Gupta	supply chain management, reusable products, end-of-life returns, demand fluctuation, use period
3	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Microfabricated Temperature-Sensing Devices Using a Microfluidic Chip for Biological Applications Naoki Inomata, Masaya Toda, and Takahito Ono	thermal sensor, MEMS, Micro-TAS, thermistor, mechanical resonator
3	Vol.12 No.3 (2018)	Artificial Neural Networks for Tool Wear Prediction Based on Sensor Fusion Monitoring of CFRP/CFRP Stack Drilling Alessandra Caggiano and Luigi Nele	drilling, composite material, sensor monitoring, artificial neural network, tool wear prediction
-	Vol.12 No.4 (2018)	Skill Extraction from Nursing Care Service Using Sliding Sheet Qi An, Junki Nakagawa, Junko Yasuda, Wen Wen, Hiroshi Yamakawa, Atsushi Yamashita, and Hajime Asama	nursing care service, skill extraction, optimization

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Jun. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.6 No.2 (2012)	Indirect Measurement of Volumetric Accuracy for Three-Axis and Five-Axis Machine Tools: A Review Soichi Ibaraki and Wolfgang Knapp	volumetric accuracy, indirect measurement, machine tools, kinematic model
3	Vol.12 No.3 (2018)	Comparing Vibration Sensor Positions in CNC Turning for a Feasible Application in Smart Manufacturing System Jonny Herwan, Seisuke Kano, Ryabov Oleg, Hiroyuki Sawada, and Masahiro Watanabe	CNC turning, smart manufacturing, vibration sensor
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	In Vitro Diagnostic Device with a Bio-Coupled Gate Field Effect Transistor Toshiya Sakata	biosensor, field-effect transistor, in vitro diagnosis (IVD)
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Microfabricated Temperature-Sensing Devices Using a Microfluidic Chip for Biological Applications Naoki Inomata, Masaya Toda, and Takahito Ono	thermal sensor, MEMS, Micro-TAS, thermistor, mechanical resonator
2	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Advances in Noninvasive Glucose Sensing Enabled by Photonics, Acoustics, and Microwaves Takuro Tajima, Masahito Nakamura, Yujiro Tanaka, and Michiko Seyama	photoacoustic, dielectric spectroscopy, noninvasive glucose sensor, biomedical, multiphysics-based sensing
7	Vol.12 No.3 (2018)	Artificial Neural Networks for Tool Wear Prediction Based on Sensor Fusion Monitoring of CFRP/CFRP Stack Drilling Alessandra Caggiano and Luigi Nele	drilling, composite material, sensor monitoring, artificial neural network, tool wear prediction
12	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	MEMS Sensor Devices with a Piezo-Resistive Cantilever Kiyoshi Matsumoto and Isao Shimoyama	cantilever, sensor, piezo-resistive, MEMS
12	Vol.3 No.1 (2009)	Design of Competitive Maintenance Service for Durable and Capital Goods Using Life Cycle Simulation Hitoshi Komoto and Tetsuo Tomiyama	life cycle simulation, life cycle design, service design, competitions
12	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Fabrication of Metallic Nanodot Arrays Using Nano-Chemical Stamping Technique with a Polymer Stamp Potejana Potejanasak, Masahiko Yoshino, and Motoki Terano	nano-chemical stamping, gold nanodot, nanodot morphology and alignment, thermal dewetting, polymer film stamp
12	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Nanotemplate-Guided Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles and its Application to Plasmonic Bio/Chemical Sensing Koji Sugano	self-assembly, nanoparticle, plasmon, bio/chemical sensors, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
8	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	Development of a Haptic Device with Wire-Driven Parallel Structure Carlo Ferraresi, Carlo De Benedictis, and Francesco Pescarmona	haptic device, parallel structure, telemanipulation, wire-driven robot, pneumatic haptic device
6	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Development and Evaluation of New Material Measure with Chirp Form for Surface Texture Instruments Ichiro Yoshida, Yuichi Okazaki, Noriyuki Kato, Nobuyuki Tanaka, and Kozo Miyamoto	material measure, measurement standard, surface texture, chirp form, Gaussian filter

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, May 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
4	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Advances in Noninvasive Glucose Sensing Enabled by Photonics, Acoustics, and Microwaves Takuro Tajima, Masahito Nakamura, Yujiro Tanaka, and Michiko Seyama	photoacoustic, dielectric spectroscopy, noninvasive glucose sensor, biomedical, multiphysics-based sensing
-	Vol.12 No.3 (2018)	Comparing Vibration Sensor Positions in CNC Turning for a Feasible Application in Smart Manufacturing System Jonny Herwan, Seisuke Kano, Ryabov Oleg, Hiroyuki Sawada, and Masahiro Watanabe	CNC turning, smart manufacturing, vibration sensor
-	Vol.7 No.5 (2013)	New Method Using Piezoelectric Jerk Sensor to Detect Roller Bearing Failure Nobuhiko Henmi and Shingo Takeuchi	piezoelectric jerk sensor, rolling bearing, failure diagnosis, low speed rotation
4	Vol.3 No.6 (2009)	Muscle Suit Development and Factory Application Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takamitsu Aida, and Takuya Hashimoto	wearable robot, power assist, McKibben artificial muscle, work-related disorder, muscle suit
-	Vol.12 No.3 (2018)	Polygonization of Point Cloud of Tunnels Using Lofting Operation Nao Hidaka, Takashi Michikawa, Ali Motamedi, Nobuyoshi Yabuki, and Tomohiro Fukuda	point cloud, polygonization, tunnel, center line extraction, lofting

Count period : May 1 - 31, 2018

IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Apr. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
3	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
9	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	Development of a Haptic Device with Wire-Driven Parallel Structure Carlo Ferraresi, Carlo De Benedictis, and Francesco Pescarmona	haptic device, parallel structure, telemanipulation, wire-driven robot, pneumatic haptic device
9	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	High-Efficiency Milling of Steam Turbine Blade Xin Yuan, Takanori Yazawa, Hideo Ito, Tatsuki Otsubo, Yukio Maeda, and Reiko Yamada	high-efficiency, taper end mill, tool wear, surface roughness
9	Vol.3 No.6 (2009)	Muscle Suit Development and Factory Application Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takamitsu Aida, and Takuya Hashimoto	wearable robot, power assist, McKibben artificial muscle, work-related disorder, muscle suit
2	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Advances in Noninvasive Glucose Sensing Enabled by Photonics, Acoustics, and Microwaves Takuro Tajima, Masahito Nakamura, Yujiro Tanaka, and Michiko Seyama	photoacoustic, dielectric spectroscopy, noninvasive glucose sensor, biomedical, multiphysics-based sensing
-	Vol.7 No.6 (2013)	Material Removal During Ultrasonic Machining Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Jingsi Wang, Keita Shimada, Masayoshi Mizutani, and Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa	ultrasonic machining, smoothed particle hydrodynamics, material removal mechanism, crack, hard and brittle materials
8	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Development and Evaluation of New Material Measure with Chirp Form for Surface Texture Instruments Ichiro Yoshida, Yuichi Okazaki, Noriyuki Kato, Nobuyuki Tanaka, and Kozo Miyamoto	material measure, measurement standard, surface texture, chirp form, Gaussian filter

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Mar. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.12 No.2 (2018)	Control Strategy of Screw Motion During Plasticizing Phase for All-Electric Injection Molding Machine Shengrui Yu and Lanyu Zeng	injection molding, screw motion, plasticizing, biaxial simultaneous motion
1	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Advances in Noninvasive Glucose Sensing Enabled by Photonics, Acoustics, and Microwaves Takuro Tajima, Masahito Nakamura, Yujiro Tanaka, and Michiko Seyama	photoacoustic, dielectric spectroscopy, noninvasive glucose sensor, biomedical, multiphysics-based sensing
5	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Flow Analysis of Insert Molding Using Injection Molding CAE Kazuto Yoshida, Kazutoshi Ootsuki, and Koichi Hirose	injection molding, insert molding, flow analysis, mold shrinkage, weld line
10	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Study on Machining Vibration Suppression with Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers: Vibration Control for Long Fin Machining Ippei Kono, Takayuki Miyamoto, Koji Utsumi, Kenji Nishikawa, Hideaki Onozuka, Junichi Hirai, and Naohiko Sugita	tuned mass damper, machining, milling, chatter

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Feb. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
4	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Advances in Noninvasive Glucose Sensing Enabled by Photonics, Acoustics, and Microwaves Takuro Tajima, Masahito Nakamura, Yujiro Tanaka, and Michiko Seyama	photoacoustic, dielectric spectroscopy, noninvasive glucose sensor, biomedical, multiphysics-based sensing
7	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Structure Analysis with 3D Hexahedral Meshes Generated by a Label-Driven Subdivision Bo Liu, Kenjiro T. Miura, and Shin Usuki	structure analysis, hexahedral element, label-driven subdivision
4	Vol.5 No.4 (2011)	Quantitative Performance Analysis of Exoskeleton Augmenting Devices - Muscle Suit - for Manual Worker Yoshiki Muramatsu, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yutaka Sato, He Jiaou, Takuya Hashimoto, and Hiroshi Kobayashi	muscle suit, wearable robot, exoskeleton, McKibben artificial muscle, quantitative performance evaluation
7	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.5 No.5 (2011)	Tool Posture Planning Method for Continuous 5-Axis Control Machining on Machine Tool Coordinate System to Optimize Motion of Translational Axes Jun’ichi Kaneko and Kenichiro Horio	5-axis machining, CAM, tool posture, post processing, planning, GPGPU
7	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Jan. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Microfabricated Temperature-Sensing Devices Using a Microfluidic Chip for Biological Applications Naoki Inomata, Masaya Toda, and Takahito Ono	thermal sensor, MEMS, Micro-TAS, thermistor, mechanical resonator
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Machine Tool Energy Efficiency – A Component Mapping-Based Approach Timo Schudeleit, Simon Züst, Lukas Weiss, and Konrad Wegener	energy efficiency, machine tools, sustainable manufacturing
6	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Study on Machining Vibration Suppression with Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers: Vibration Control for Long Fin Machining Ippei Kono, Takayuki Miyamoto, Koji Utsumi, Kenji Nishikawa, Hideaki Onozuka, Junichi Hirai, and Naohiko Sugita	tuned mass damper, machining, milling, chatter
-	Vol.5 No.6 (2011)	Questionnaire Survey on Ultra-Precision Positioning Takaaki Oiwa, Masahide Katsuki, Mitsuji Karita, Wei Gao, Susumu Makinouchi, Kaiji Sato, and Yasuji Oohashi	ultra-precision positioning, questionnaire
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Graphene Nanomechanical Resonator Mass Sensing of Mixed H₂/Ar Gas Manoharan Muruganathan, Fumihiro Seto, and Hiroshi Mizuta	graphene, NEMS, resonator, inertial mass sensing
-	Vol.7 No.1 (2013)	A Determination Method of Cutting Coefficients in Ball End Milling Forces Model Hirohisa Narita	ball end mill, cutting force, cutting coefficients
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	On-Chip FRET Graphene Aptasensor Yuko Ueno and Kazuaki Furukawa	graphene, aptamer, biosensor, microchannel, fluorescence resonance energy transfer
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	MEMS Sensor Devices with a Piezo-Resistive Cantilever Kiyoshi Matsumoto and Isao Shimoyama	cantilever, sensor, piezo-resistive, MEMS
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Cyber-Physical Product-Service Systems – Challenges for Requirements Engineering Stefan Wiesner, Eugenia Marilungo, and Klaus-Dieter Thoben	cyber-physical systems, product-service systems, cyber-physical product-service systems, requirements engineering
-	Vol.8 No.2 (2014)	Design of Two-Wheeled Self-Balancing Robot Based on Sensor Fusion Algorithm Jianhai Han, Xiangpan Li, and Qi Qin	PID, sensor fusion, accelerometer, gyroscope, two-wheeled self-balancing robot
6	Vol.5 No.4 (2011)	Quantitative Performance Analysis of Exoskeleton Augmenting Devices - Muscle Suit - for Manual Worker Yoshiki Muramatsu, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yutaka Sato, He Jiaou, Takuya Hashimoto, and Hiroshi Kobayashi	muscle suit, wearable robot, exoskeleton, McKibben artificial muscle, quantitative performance evaluation
6	Vol.7 No.3 (2013)	Effect of Carbon Fiber Orientation and Helix Angle on CFRP Cutting Characteristics by End-Milling Masahiro Hagino and Takashi Inoue	CFRP, end milling, helix angle, carbon fiber orientation, cutting force
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Advances in Noninvasive Glucose Sensing Enabled by Photonics, Acoustics, and Microwaves Takuro Tajima, Masahito Nakamura, Yujiro Tanaka, and Michiko Seyama	photoacoustic, dielectric spectroscopy, noninvasive glucose sensor, biomedical, multiphysics-based sensing
6	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	A Surface Normal On-Machine Measuring Method Using Eddy-Current (EC) Sensor Array Meng Lian, Hai Bo Liu, Yong Qing Wang, Yang Li, Xian Jun Sheng, and Ying Wei Ying	normal vector measurement, EC sensor array, inclination error, coupling interference, calibration
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Bioanalytical Method Based on Extended-Gate Field-Effect Transistor Modified by Self-Assembled Monolayer Taira Kajisa and Toshiya Sakata	field-effect transistor, self-assembled monolayer, extended-gate
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	High-Yield Bridged Assembly of ssDNA-Modified SWCNT Using Dielectrophoresis Yusuke Shiomi, Yoshikazu Hirai, Osamu Tabata, and Toshiyuki Tsuchiya	single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT), single strand DNA modification, dielectrophoresis, electroless gold deposition, back-gate type field effect transistor (FET)
-	Vol.8 No.2 (2014)	Prototype Development of a Parallel-Link Robot Actuated by Pneumatic Linear Drives with Variable Inclination Mechanisms Takahiro Kosaki, Yoshihiro Morinaga, and Manabu Sano	fluid power system, pneumatic actuator, parallel-link robot, workspace, kinematics
-	Vol.9 No.2 (2015)	Improvement of the Static and Dynamic Behavior of a Milling Robot Michael Friedrich Zaeh and Oliver Roesch	milling, robot, chatter, compensation
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Integrated Chatter Monitoring Based on Sensorless Cutting Force/Torque Estimation in Parallel Turning Yuki Yamada, Takashi Kadota, Shinya Sakata, Junji Tachibana, Kenichi Nakanishi, Manabu Sawada, and Yasuhiro Kakinuma	chatter, multi-tasking machine tool, parallel turning, observer, sensorless monitoring
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	A Spherical Motor Driven by Electro-Magnets Based on Polyhedrons Akio Gofuku, Kazuki Adachi, Yuta Okido, and Tomoaki Yano	spherical motor, electro-magnetic force, dynamic simulation, basic rotation performance, five-phase alternating current

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Dec. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.9 No.5 (2015)	Detection of Human Position and Motion by Thermopile Infrared Sensor Xipeng Zhang, Hiroaki Seki, and Masatoshi Hikizu	thermopile infrared sensor, human position, body orientation, steepest descent method
5	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.7 No.2 (2013)	Laser-Generated Surface Acoustic Wave Technique for Crack Monitoring – A Review Kun Chen, Xing Fu, Dante J. Dorantes-Gonzalez, Yanning Li, Sen Wu, and Xiaotang Hu	surface acoustic wave, laser-generated, crack monitoring, quantitative detection
1	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Precision Machining of Sintered Zirconia Ceramics by High-Speed Milling Yusuke Ito, Naohiko Sugita, Tatsuya Fujii, Toru Kizaki, and Mamoru Mitsuishi	precision cutting, ceramics, zirconia, high-speed milling
5	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.3 No.3 (2009)	Precision Positioning Control by Modeling Frictional Behaviors of Linear Ball Guideway Toshiharu Tanaka, Jiro Otsuka, and Takaaki Oiwa	precision positioning, nonlinear frictional model, bristle model, linear ball guideway, circular contouring error
10	Vol.9 No.3 (2015)	An Exact Method for Robust Capacity Requirements Planning Daisuke Morita and Haruhiko Suwa	capacity requirements planning, robust load plan, dynamic environment, uncertainty, exact method
10	Vol.9 No.2 (2015)	FEM-Based Simulation for Workpiece Deformation in Thin-Wall Milling Jun Wang, Soichi Ibaraki, Atsushi Matsubara, Kosuke Shida, and Takayuki Yamada	deformation, thin wall, milling, rib
9	Vol.7 No.2 (2013)	Design of Wearable Power Assist Wear for Low Back Support Using Pneumatic Actuators Xiangpan Li, Toshiro Noritsugu, Masahiro Takaiwa, and Daisuke Sasaki	power assist wear, low back, pneumatic rubber artificial muscle, IMU, iEMG
-	Vol.8 No.2 (2014)	Effect of Tool Run-Out on Micro-Groove Milling for a Microchannel Die Kenichi Iwatsuka, Yukio Maeda, Takanori Yazawa, and Shinya Suzuki	cutting, milling, microchannel chip die, cutting force, tool run-out
-	Vol.4 No.4 (2010)	Redundant Parallel Mechanism for Haptic Applications Jumpei Arata and Hideo Fujimoto	parallel mechanism, haptic device, redundancy
-	Vol.5 No.6 (2011)	Study of a Precision Pneumatic Positioning Device Using PZT Dither Yung-Tien Liu, Kuo-Ming Chang, and Huang-Ren Lee	precision positioning, PZT dither, pneumatic actuator, Taguchi method, system identification
9	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Cyber-Physical Product-Service Systems – Challenges for Requirements Engineering Stefan Wiesner, Eugenia Marilungo, and Klaus-Dieter Thoben	cyber-physical systems, product-service systems, cyber-physical product-service systems, requirements engineering
4	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Development of Cutting Force Prediction Method Using Motion Information from CNC Controller Tomoya Hida, Tetsuya Asano, Chiharu Higashino, Masaaki Kanamaru, Jun’ichi Kaneko, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	cutting force, prediction, CNC, NC data, motion error

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Nov. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Precision Machining of Sintered Zirconia Ceramics by High-Speed Milling Yusuke Ito, Naohiko Sugita, Tatsuya Fujii, Toru Kizaki, and Mamoru Mitsuishi	precision cutting, ceramics, zirconia, high-speed milling
8	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Age of Compensation – Challenge and Chance for Machine Tool Industry Konrad Wegener, Sascha Weikert, and Josef Mayr	machine tools, accuracy, calibration, compensation, modelling, control
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Development of Tool Collision Avoidance Method Adapted to Uncut Workpiece Shape Kento Watanabe, Jun’ichi Kaneko, and Kenichiro Horio	collision avoidance, tool posture, voxel representation method, five-axis machining, CAM
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Fundamental Study on Addition of Osteoconductivity to Titanium Alloy Surface by EDM Togo Shinonaga, Yuta Iida, Ryota Toshimitsu, and Akira Okada	electrical discharge machining (EDM), osteoconductivity, artificial joint component
1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Estimation Method of Machining Error on Low Rigidity Workpiece for Tool Posture Planning Kohei Ichikawa, Hironobu Saito, Jun’ichi Kaneko, Yuki Okuma, and Kenichiro Horio	CAM, blade cutting, FEM, simulation, low rigidity workpiece
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Development of Cutting Force Prediction Method Using Motion Information from CNC Controller Tomoya Hida, Tetsuya Asano, Chiharu Higashino, Masaaki Kanamaru, Jun’ichi Kaneko, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	cutting force, prediction, CNC, NC data, motion error
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Influence of Early-Stage Hydrolysis on Tensile Fracture Behavior of HAp/PLA Composites Interface-Controlled by Reaction Control Utilizing Photodissociable Protecting Groups Mototsugu Tanaka, Tomoyuki Takahashi, and Isao Kimpara	HAp/PLA composites, scaffold, interface control, hydrolysis, fracture behavior
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Three-Dimensional Observation of Microstructure of Bone Tissue Using High-Precision Machining Naomichi Furushiro, Hideo Yokota, Sakiko Nakamura, Kazuhiro Fujisaki, Yutaka Yamagata, Mitsunori Kokubo, Ryutaro Himeno, Akitake Makinouchi, and Toshiro Higuchi	precision machining, microstructure, bone, anisotropy, three-dimensional information
-	Vol.1 No.2 (2007)	Optimal Structure Design Methodology for Compound Multiaxis Machine Tools - II - Investigation of Basic Structure - Masamitsu Nakaminami, Tsutomu Tokuma, Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Sachinori Sakashita, Toshimichi Moriwaki, and Keiichi Nakamoto	compound machine tool, structural design, box-in-box, rigidity, vibration
3	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
8	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Development of High-Speed Processing Method to Evaluate Elastic Deformations of Workpieces Kenji Komiya, Jun’ichi Kaneko, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Tetsuya Asano, Chiharu Higashino, and Kenichiro Horio	simulation, deformation analysis, cutting force, workpiece, GPGPU
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	On-Machine Estimation of Workpiece Deformation for Thin-Structured Parts Machining Koji Teramoto	workpiece deformation, workholding, on-machine estimation, thin-structured parts

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Oct. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
5	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
7	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	How Lean Manufacturing Affects the Creation of Sustainable Value: An Integrated Model Barbara Resta, Stefano Dotti, Paolo Gaiardelli, and Albachiara Boffelli	lean manufacturing, environmental sustainability, social sustainability, economic sustainability, sustainable operations management
5	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Cyber-Physical Product-Service Systems – Challenges for Requirements Engineering Stefan Wiesner, Eugenia Marilungo, and Klaus-Dieter Thoben	cyber-physical systems, product-service systems, cyber-physical product-service systems, requirements engineering
6	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.8 No.2 (2014)	Motion Analysis of a Manta Robot for Underwater Exploration by Propulsive Experiments and the Design of Central Pattern Generator Masaaki Ikeda, Shigeki Hikasa, Keigo Watanabe, and Isaku Nagai	underwater ecology investigation, autonomous underwater vehicle, fish robot, central pattern generator

Count period : October 1 - 31, 2017

IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Sep. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Integrated Chatter Monitoring Based on Sensorless Cutting Force/Torque Estimation in Parallel Turning Yuki Yamada, Takashi Kadota, Shinya Sakata, Junji Tachibana, Kenichi Nakanishi, Manabu Sawada, and Yasuhiro Kakinuma	chatter, multi-tasking machine tool, parallel turning, observer, sensorless monitoring
-	Vol.7 No.2 (2013)	Laser-Generated Surface Acoustic Wave Technique for Crack Monitoring – A Review Kun Chen, Xing Fu, Dante J. Dorantes-Gonzalez, Yanning Li, Sen Wu, and Xiaotang Hu	surface acoustic wave, laser-generated, crack monitoring, quantitative detection
-	Vol.10 No.3 (2016)	Characteristics of Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) and Associated Challenges – Focusing on Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Thermosetting Resins (CFRTS) for Aircraft Akihiko Kitano	carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP), carbon-fiber-reinforced thermosetting resins (CFRTS), tailor-made, aircraft, molding
-	Vol.2 No.4 (2008)	Automation and Process Management in Foundry Yoshiyuki Nagasaka	Casting, business process management, traceability, data management, automation
-	Vol.11 No.5 (2017)	Cutting Tool Edge and Textured Surface Measurements with a Point Autofocus Probe Katsuhiro Miura, Atsuko Nose, Hirofumi Suzuki, and Mutsumi Okada	point autofocus probe, cutting tool edge, precision machining, surface texture, micro-fabrication
-	Vol.5 No.3 (2011)	Process Monitoring and Control of Machining Operations Fritz Klocke, Stephan Kratz, Thomas Auerbach, Sascha Gierlings, Guido Wirtz, and Dražen Veselovac	process monitoring, process control, milling, drilling, broaching
-	Vol.9 No.2 (2015)	Quick On-Machine Measurement of Ground Surface Finish Available for Mass Production Cylindrical Grinding Processes Kazuhito Ohashi, Kazuya Tan, Tomoya Ashida, and Shinya Tsukamoto	surface finish, cylindrical grinding, on-machine measurement, electromotive force, mass-production
-	Vol.10 No.3 (2016)	Temperature Variations in Drilling of CFRP/Aluminum and CFRP/Titanium Stacks Masahiko Sato, Hisataka Tanaka, and Kanae Yamamoto	CFRP--aluminum stack, CFRP--titanium stack, drilling, temperature

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Jul.-Aug. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
1	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	How Lean Manufacturing Affects the Creation of Sustainable Value: An Integrated Model Barbara Resta, Stefano Dotti, Paolo Gaiardelli, and Albachiara Boffelli	lean manufacturing, environmental sustainability, social sustainability, economic sustainability, sustainable operations management
-	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	Line-Based Planar Structure Extraction from a Point Cloud with an Anisotropic Distribution Ryuji Miyazaki, Makoto Yamamoto, and Koichi Harada	MMS, point cloud, planar structure, boundary, region growing
3	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	Study of an Underactuated Mechanical Finger Driven by Tendons Vincenzo Niola, Cesare Rossi, Sergio Savino, and Francesco Timpone	underactuated fingers, grasping devices, human hand, prosthesis
-	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	Development of Energy-Saving Machine Tool Hisashi Ohtani	energy saving measures, gear, skiving, process consolidation
-	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	Application of Green and Lean Production at Ricoh Andy Whyle and Rob Bland	green, lean, continuous improvement, sustainable manufacturing
-	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	A Novel Geometric Formula for Predicting Contractile Force in McKibben Pneumatic Muscles Guido Belforte, Terenziano Raparelli, and Silvia Alessandra Sirolli	textile pneumatic muscle, analytical model for textile actuators, geometric model for braided muscles, nonlinear actuators
-	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	Three-Dimensional Input System Employing Pinching Gestures for Robot Design Kiyoshi Hoshino and Keita Hamamatsu	three-dimensional input system, pinching gestures, depth sensor, robot design
-	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	Chain of Command: A Sustainable Supply Chain Management Serious Game Victor Cuesta and Masaru Nakano	serious games, sustainable supply chain management, green and lean production, risk management
-	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	Analysis and Control of Pouring Ladle with Weir for Sloshing and Volume-Moving Vibration in Pouring Cut-Off Process Atsushi Ito, Ryosuke Tasaki, Makio Suzuki, and Kazuhiko Terashima	casting industry, automatic pouring system, sloshing, volume-moving vibration, vibration suppression control

Count period : Jul.1 - Aug. 31, 2017

IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, May-Jun. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
1	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Recent Advances in Multiaxis Control and Multitasking Machining Keiichi Nakamoto and Yoshimi Takeuchi	multiaxis control, multitasking, multifunctional machine tool, CAM, complicated part
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Development of Tool Collision Avoidance Method Adapted to Uncut Workpiece Shape Kento Watanabe, Jun’ichi Kaneko, and Kenichiro Horio	collision avoidance, tool posture, voxel representation method, five-axis machining, CAM
-	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	A Mechatronic Pneumatic Device to Improve Diastolic Function by Intermittent Action on Lower Limbs Andrea Manuello Bertetto, Silvia Meili, Carlo Ferraresi, Daniela Maffiodo, Antonio Crisafulli, and Alberto Concu	pneumatic flexible actuators, left ventricle end diastolic volume, mechatronic devices for rehabilitation, thoracic electrical bioimpedance, walking disability
-	Vol.6 No.4 (2012)	Using Intermittently Operated Oil Hydraulic Pump Unit with Accumulator to Save Energy Ken Sugimura and Katsumasa Suzuki	energy saving, oil hydraulic pump unit, accumulator, idling stop, intermittent operation
-	Vol.7 No.4 (2013)	Fast Cutter Workpiece Engagement Estimation Method for Prediction of Instantaneous Cutting Force in Continuous Multi-Axis Controlled Machining Jun’ichi Kaneko and Kenichiro Horio	multi-axis controlled machining, instantaneous cutting force, engagement, estimation, GPGPU
-	Vol.8 No.3 (2014)	Fast Estimation Method of Machinable Area of Workpiece Surface for 3+2-Axis Control Machining Using Graphics Device – Visualization Algorithm of Machinable Area and Minimum Shank Length with Texture Projection Technique – Jun’ichi Kaneko, Yuki Yamauchi, and Kenichiro Horio	5-axis control machining, CAM, tool posture, graphics hardware, GPGPU
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Development of a Rubber Soft Actuator Driven with Gas/Liquid Phase Change Hiroki Matsuoka, Takefumi Kanda, Shuichi Wakimoto, Koichi Suzumori and Pierre Lambert	actuator, gas/liquid phase change, silicone rubber, gripper
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Ultraprecision Cutting of Nickel Plated Mold for X-Ray Mirror Hirofumi Suzuki, Mutsumi Okada, Yuki Masuda, Yoshiharu Namba, Katsuhiro Miura, Shinya Morita, and Yutaka Yamagata	ultraprecision cutting, Ni-plated mold, single crystalline diamond, X-ray mirror, tool wear, surface roughness, form deviation
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	In-Process Tool Wear Detection of Uncoated Square End Mill Based on Electrical Contact Resistance Amine Gouarir, Syuhei Kurokawa, Takao Sajima, and Mitsuaki Murata	electric contact resistance, in-process monitoring, solid and throw-away square end mill, flank wear, electromotive force
-	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	Experimental Analysis of Glass Drilling with Ultrashort Pulse Lasers Rin Shinomoto, Yusuke Ito, Toru Kizaki, Kentaro Tatsukoshi, Yasuji Fukasawa, Keisuke Nagato, Naohiko Sugita, and Mamoru Mitsuishi	ultrashort pulse laser, laser processing, glass
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Method of Planning Tool Postures for Deep Groove Machining of Complex Shapes – Development of an Automatic Planning Method that Considers the Motions of the Rotational Axis when the Tool Reverses Direction in Grooved Shapes – Kohei Ichikawa, Jun’ichi Kaneko, Masanobu Hasegawa, Takayuki Iwasaki, and Kenichiro Horio	5-axis machining, deep groove, CAM, tool posture planning
-	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	Study of an Underactuated Mechanical Finger Driven by Tendons Vincenzo Niola, Cesare Rossi, Sergio Savino, and Francesco Timpone	underactuated fingers, grasping devices, human hand, prosthesis
-	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	Elbow Musculoskeletal Model for Industrial Exoskeleton with Modulated Impedance Based on Operator’s Arm Stiffness Daniele Borzelli, Stefano Pastorelli, and Laura Gastaldi	arm stiffness, hill muscle model, elbow model, exoskeleton
-	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	Collision Avoidance Algorithm for Collaborative Robotics Stefano Mauro, Stefano Pastorelli, and Leonardo Sabatino Scimmi	collaborative robotics, artificial potentials, collision avoidance algorithm, vision system

Count period : May 1 - Jun. 30, 2017

IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Mar.-Apr. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Recent Advances in Multiaxis Control and Multitasking Machining Keiichi Nakamoto and Yoshimi Takeuchi	multiaxis control, multitasking, multifunctional machine tool, CAM, complicated part
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Synchronisation of Feed Axes with Differing Bandwidths Using Set Point Delay Daniel Spescha, Sascha Weikert, Oliver Zirn, and Konrad Wegener	multi-axis control, control accuracy, time synchronisation
1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Evaluation Method for Behavior of Rotary Axis Around Motion Direction Changing Tadahiro Nishiguchi, Shogo Hasegawa, Ryuta Sato, and Keiichi Shirase	5-axis controlled machining center, rotary axis, dynamic behavior, motion direction changes, machined surface
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	A Five-Axis Machining Error Simulator for Rotary-Axis Geometric Errors Using Commercial Machining Simulation Software Soichi Ibaraki and Ibuki Yoshida	five-axis machine tools, machining error, simulator, kinematic model, machining test
3	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Cyber-Physical Product-Service Systems – Challenges for Requirements Engineering Stefan Wiesner, Eugenia Marilungo, and Klaus-Dieter Thoben	cyber-physical systems, product-service systems, cyber-physical product-service systems, requirements engineering
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Linked Ball Bar for Flexible Motion Error Measurement for Machine Tools Daisuke Kono, Fumiya Sakamoto, and Iwao Yamaji	ball bar, motion error, measurement, rotary encoder, kinematic error
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Study on Machining Vibration Suppression with Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers: Vibration Control for Long Fin Machining Ippei Kono, Takayuki Miyamoto, Koji Utsumi, Kenji Nishikawa, Hideaki Onozuka, Junichi Hirai, and Naohiko Sugita	tuned mass damper, machining, milling, chatter

Count period : Mar. 1 - Apr 30, 2017

IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Jan.-Feb. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	A Study on Lot-Size Dependence of Energy Consumption per Unit of Production Throughput Considering Buffer Capacity Hironori Hibino, Masahiro Yamamoto, Makoto Yamaguchi, and Takayuki Kobayashi	manufacturing system simulation, energy consumption, buffer capacity, lot-size
-	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	Technical Review of Laser Materials Processing in Japan Takeji Arai	laser trends, laser applications technology, laser processing, current laser development, short-pulsed laser
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Dynamic Optimization Production System Based on Simulation Integrated Manufacturing and its Application to Mass Production Masahiro Nakamura, Sei Makihara, Jun-ichi Sugiura, and Yosuke Kamioka	cyber physical system, manufacturing IoT, production simulation, dynamic optimization, parallel computing
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Cyber-Physical Product-Service Systems – Challenges for Requirements Engineering Stefan Wiesner, Eugenia Marilungo, and Klaus-Dieter Thoben	cyber-physical systems, product-service systems, cyber-physical product-service systems, requirements engineering
-	Vol.8 No.6 (2014)	Elliptical Vibration Cutting of Hardened Steel with Large Nose Radius Single Crystal Diamond Tool Yilong Wang and Eiji Shamoto	elliptical vibration cutting, hardened steel, single crystal diamond tool, minimum uncut chip thickness, ploughing
4	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.3 No.6 (2009)	Muscle Suit Development and Factory Application Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takamitsu Aida, and Takuya Hashimoto	wearable robot, power assist, McKibben artificial muscle, work-related disorder, muscle suit
-	Vol.3 No.4 (2009)	Monitoring and Control of Cutting Forces in Machining Processes: A Review Atsushi Matsubara and Soichi Ibaraki	milling, cutting force, machining process monitoring, machining process control
-	Vol.5 No.1 (2011)	Electrochemical Spark Micromachining: Present Scenario Anjali V. Kulkarni, Vijay Kumar Jain, and Krishna Avtar Misra	ECSMM, electrochemical spark micromachining, PDMS, surface treatment, surface morphology
-	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	Improved Cytocompatibility of Nanosecond-Pulsed Laser-Treated Commercially Pure Ti Surfaces Masayoshi Mizutani, Ryo Honda, Yuta Kurashina, Jun Komotori, and Hitoshi Ohmori	implant, Titanium, laser treatment, surface modification, osteoblast-like cell
-	Vol.8 No.3 (2014)	Review of Computer-Aided Process Planning Systems for Machining Operation – Future Development of a Computer-Aided Process Planning System – Mohammad Mi’radj Isnaini and Keiichi Shirase	machining operation, metal removal process, CAPP, CAD, CAM
-	Vol.9 No.2 (2015)	FEM-Based Simulation for Workpiece Deformation in Thin-Wall Milling Jun Wang, Soichi Ibaraki, Atsushi Matsubara, Kosuke Shida, and Takayuki Yamada	deformation, thin wall, milling, rib
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Fabrication and Control of Fine Periodic Surface Structures by Short Pulsed Laser Shuhei Kodama, Akihiro Shibata, Shinya Suzuki, Keita Shimada, Masayoshi Mizutani, and Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa	short-pulsed laser, collisional relaxation time, effective fluence range, temperature, laser wavelength
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Evaluation of Additive Manufacturing Processes in Fabrication of Personalized Robot Shushu Wang, Rakshith Badarinath, El-Amine Lehtihet, and Vittaldas Prabhu	personalization, 3D printing, fused deposition modelling, material jetting, robot, dimensional and locational accuracy, tensile strength

Count period : Jan. 1 - Feb. 28, 2017

IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, December 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.2 No.6 (2008)	Development of an Electrode Motion Control Device for Curved Hole Electrical Discharge Machining Tohru Ishida, Yasuhito Miyake, Koji Teramoto, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	curved hole, electrical discharge machining, water channel, servomotor, electrode motion control
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Upgradable Design for Sustainable Manufacturer Performance and Profitability and Reduction of Environmental Load Shuho Yamada, Tetsuo Yamada, Stefan Bracke, and Masato Inoue	design for upgradability, preference set-based design, CO₂ emission, sustainability, profitability
-	Vol.2 No.6 (2008)	Creation of U-Shaped and Skewed Holes by Means of Electrical Discharge Machining Using an Improved Electrode Curved Motion Generator Tohru Ishida and Yoshimi Takeuchi	curved hole, electrical discharge machining, water channel, slider crank chain, helical compression spring
-	Vol.8 No.5 (2014)	Fundamental Study on Hole Fabrication Inside a Hole by Means of Electrical Discharge Machining Tohru Ishida, Yuichi Okahara, Masahiko Kita, Akira Mizobuchi, Keiichi Nakamoto, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	electrical discharge machining, hole, pipeline, pneumatic components, hydraulic equipment
-	Vol.3 No.1 (2009)	Tele-Inverse Manufacturing -- An International E-Waste Recycling Proposal Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Nozomu Mishima, and Shinsuke Kondoh	tele-inverse manufacturing, e-waste, recycling, remote operation
-	Vol.3 No.5 (2009)	Elementary Study on the Creation of Cross Section's Changing Holes by Means of Electrical Discharge Machining Tohru Ishida, Yuichi Mochizuki, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	cross section’s changing hole, electrical discharge machining, reciprocating block slider crank mechanism
-	Vol.4 No.6 (2010)	Design and Implementation of Automatic Discharge Gap Controller for a Curved Hole Creating Microrobot with an Electrical Discharge Machining Function Tohru Ishida and Yoshimi Takeuchi	curved hole, electrical discharge machining, discharge gap, shape memory alloy, bidirectional actuator
-	Vol.5 No.1 (2011)	Integral Sliding Mode Control for Fast Tool Servo Diamond Turning of Micro-Structured Surfaces De Ping Yu, Geok Soon Hong, and Yoke San Wong	integral sliding model control, fast tool servo, diamond turning, micro-structured surfaces
-	Vol.5 No.6 (2011)	Communication Robot Based on Image Processing and Voice Recognition Noriyuki Kawarazaki and Tadashi Yoshidome	communication robot, handshaking, personal distance, natural interaction
1	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.8 No.4 (2014)	A Generalized Architecture for Academic and Industrial Automation and Control via Internet Ahmed O. Abdul Salam	industrial control, laboratory automation, Internet
3	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	R-Test Analysis Software for Error Calibration of Five-Axis Machine Tools – Application to a Five-Axis Machine Tool with Two Rotary Axes on the Tool Side – Soichi Ibaraki, Yu Nagai, Hisashi Otsubo, Yasutaka Sakai, Shigeki Morimoto, and Yosuke Miyazaki	Metrology, R-test, five-axis machine tools, calibration, location error, error motion, geometric error.
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Functional Texture Design and Texturing Processes Nobuyuki Moronuki	texture, functionality, processes, top-down, bottom-up
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Ontology Modeling for Intelligent Computer-Aided Design of Apparel Products Yu Zhao, Feng Dai, Madan M. Gupta, and Wenjun Zhang	pattern, apparel, conceptual, ontology, data modeling, structure
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Development of Cutting Force Prediction Method Using Motion Information from CNC Controller Tomoya Hida, Tetsuya Asano, Chiharu Higashino, Masaaki Kanamaru, Jun’ichi Kaneko, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	cutting force, prediction, CNC, NC data, motion error
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Designing Multi-Agent Simulation with Big Time Series Data for a Global Supply Chain System Kenji Tanaka, Shen-Ming Gu, and Jing Zhang	global supply chain, multi-agent simulation, forecast, lead time, inventory
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	In-Process Tool Wear Detection of Uncoated Square End Mill Based on Electrical Contact Resistance Amine Gouarir, Syuhei Kurokawa, Takao Sajima, and Mitsuaki Murata	electric contact resistance, in-process monitoring, solid and throw-away square end mill, flank wear, electromotive force

Count period : December 1-31, 2016

IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, November 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.9 No.5 (2015)	Determination of Aspect Ratio Limitations, Accuracy and Repeatability of a Laser Line Scanning CMM Probe Bart Boeckmans, Min Zhang, Frank Welkenhuyzen, and Jean-Pierre Kruth	dimensional metrology, CMM, laser line scanning, accuracy, repeatability
-	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	Increased Productivity for Redundant Laser Scanners Using an Optimal Trajectory Separation Method Titus Haas, Maximilian Warhanek, Michael Dietlicher, and Konrad Wegener	redundancy, trajectory separation, set point generation, productivity, laser scanner
1	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	Error Calibration for Five-Axis Machine Tools by On-the-Machine Measurement Using a Touch-Trigger Probe Soichi Ibaraki and Yusuke Ota	five-axis machine tools, touch-trigger probe, geometric errors, error map, error calibration
-	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	R-Test Analysis Software for Error Calibration of Five-Axis Machine Tools – Application to a Five-Axis Machine Tool with Two Rotary Axes on the Tool Side – Soichi Ibaraki, Yu Nagai, Hisashi Otsubo, Yasutaka Sakai, Shigeki Morimoto, and Yosuke Miyazaki	Metrology, R-test, five-axis machine tools, calibration, location error, error motion, geometric error.
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Age of Compensation – Challenge and Chance for Machine Tool Industry Konrad Wegener, Sascha Weikert, and Josef Mayr	machine tools, accuracy, calibration, compensation, modelling, control
-	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	Experimental Analysis of Glass Drilling with Ultrashort Pulse Lasers Rin Shinomoto, Yusuke Ito, Toru Kizaki, Kentaro Tatsukoshi, Yasuji Fukasawa, Keisuke Nagato, Naohiko Sugita, and Mamoru Mitsuishi	ultrashort pulse laser, laser processing, glass
-	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	Minimizing Burrs and Defects on Microstructures with Laser Assisted Micromachining Technology Shaolin Xu, Shinsaku Osawa, Ryuichi Kobayashi, Keita Shimada, Masayoshi Mizutani, and Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa	laser assisted micromachining, burrs and defects, microstructures, electroless NiP plating
-	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	Effect of Different Solvents on Cu Micropatterns Formed via Femtosecond Laser Reduction Patterning Mizue Mizoshiri, Shun Arakane, Junpei Sakurai, and Seiichi Hata	femtosecond laser, CuO nanoparticles, reduction, solvent, micro-temperature sensor

Count period : November 1-30, 2016

IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, October 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	Error Calibration for Five-Axis Machine Tools by On-the-Machine Measurement Using a Touch-Trigger Probe Soichi Ibaraki and Yusuke Ota	five-axis machine tools, touch-trigger probe, geometric errors, error map, error calibration
-	Vol.8 No.5 (2014)	Fuel Operated Heaters Applied to Electric Vehicles Tetsushi Mimuro and Hiroyuki Takanashi	electric vehicle, air conditioning, PTC heater, heat pump heater, fuel operated heater
-	Vol.2 No.5 (2008)	Micropitting Generation Mechanism for Gears Nobuyoshi Yoshida and Tokihiko Taki	micropitting, generation mechanism, gear, stress analysis
-	Vol.3 No.6 (2009)	Muscle Suit Development and Factory Application Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takamitsu Aida, and Takuya Hashimoto	wearable robot, power assist, McKibben artificial muscle, work-related disorder, muscle suit
-	Vol.7 No.4 (2013)	The Use of Machine Tool Internal Encoders as Sensors in a Process Monitoring System Tomas Beno, Jari Repo, and Lars Pejryd	milling, tool wear detection, encoder signals, monitoring system architecture
-	Vol.9 No.1 (2015)	Development and Control of a Low-Cost, Three-Thruster, Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle Khoa Duy Le, Hung Duc Nguyen, and Dev Ranmuthugala	remotely operated vehicle (ROV), hybrid controller, model-based control, PID control, open source hardware
-	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	R-Test Analysis Software for Error Calibration of Five-Axis Machine Tools – Application to a Five-Axis Machine Tool with Two Rotary Axes on the Tool Side – Soichi Ibaraki, Yu Nagai, Hisashi Otsubo, Yasutaka Sakai, Shigeki Morimoto, and Yosuke Miyazaki	Metrology, R-test, five-axis machine tools, calibration, location error, error motion, geometric error.
-	Vol.9 No.6 (2015)	Kinematics Analysis of a Novel 5-DOF Hybrid Manipulator Wanjin Guo, Ruifeng Li, Chuqing Cao, and Yunfeng Gao	hybrid manipulator, kinematics, inverse kinematics, reachable workspace
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Fractals and Additive Manufacturing A. M. M. Sharif Ullah, D. M. D’Addona, Khalifa H. Harib, and Than Lin	fractal geometry, additive manufacturing, point-cloud, convex-concave-hull, non-contact measurement
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Development of a Hose-Free FMA Driven by a Built-In Gas/Liquid Chemical Reactor Akira Wada, Hidehiro Kametani, Koichi Suzumori, and Shuichi Wakimoto	actuator, pneumatic actuator, hose-free pneumatic actuator

Count period : October 1-31, 2016

IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, September 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Strategies for Developing Milling Tools from the Viewpoint of Sustainable Manufacturing A. M. M. Sharif Ullah, Takeshi Akamatsu, Masahiro Furuno, M. A. K. Chowdhury, and Akihiko Kubo	sustainable manufacturing, milling, cutting tool, monte carlo simulation, TRIZ
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Development of a Hose-Free FMA Driven by a Built-In Gas/Liquid Chemical Reactor Akira Wada, Hidehiro Kametani, Koichi Suzumori, and Shuichi Wakimoto	actuator, pneumatic actuator, hose-free pneumatic actuator
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Robust Design of System of Systems Using Uncertainty Assessment Based on Lattice Point Approach: Case Study of Distributed Generation System Design in a Japanese Dormitory Town Yutaka Nomaguchi, Kazune Kawakami, Kikuo Fujita, Yusuke Kishita, Keishiro Hara, and Michinori Uwasu	distributed generation, systems engineering, design engineering, robustness, system of systems
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Upgradable Design for Sustainable Manufacturer Performance and Profitability and Reduction of Environmental Load Shuho Yamada, Tetsuo Yamada, Stefan Bracke, and Masato Inoue	design for upgradability, preference set-based design, CO₂ emission, sustainability, profitability
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Machine Tool Energy Efficiency – A Component Mapping-Based Approach Timo Schudeleit, Simon Züst, Lukas Weiss, and Konrad Wegener	energy efficiency, machine tools, sustainable manufacturing
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Automated Design of Image Recognition Process for Picking System Taiki Ogata, Kazuaki Tsujimoto, Taigo Yukisawa, Yanjiang Huang, Tamio Arai, Tsuyoshi Ueyama, Toshiyuki Takada, and Jun Ota	image recognition system, automated design, image recognition framework, basic processes, picking
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Simultaneous Evaluation of Environmental Impact and Incurred Cost on Selection of End-Of-Life Products Recovery Options Susumu Okumura, Yuuki Matsumoto, Yuji Hatanaka, and Kazunori Ogohara	product recovery, end-of-life (EOL) option, reuse, recycling, disposal
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Vision-Based Execution Monitoring of State Transition in Disassembly Automation Supachai Vongbunyong, Maurice Pagnucco, and Sami Kara	cognitive robotics, execution monitoring, disassembly automation, vision system, RGB-D
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	In-Process Tool Wear Detection of Uncoated Square End Mill Based on Electrical Contact Resistance Amine Gouarir, Syuhei Kurokawa, Takao Sajima, and Mitsuaki Murata	electric contact resistance, in-process monitoring, solid and throw-away square end mill, flank wear, electromotive force
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Influence of Workpiece Materials on the Characteristics of the Layers by Electrical Discharge Coating Nobuyuki Sumi, Chihiro Kato, Keita Shimada, Masayoshi Mizutani, and Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa	electrical discharge coating, Si layer, precipitation, gray cast iron, friction coefficient
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Development of a Surface Roughness Measurement System in a Narrow Borehole Eiki Okuyama, Yuichi Suzuki, Masahiro Morikawa, Yuma Suzuki, and Ichiro Yoshida	surface roughness measurement, borehole, Lensed fiber

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, August 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.8 No.3 (2014)	Aesthetic Curves and Surfaces in Computer Aided Geometric Design Kenjiro T. Miura and R. U. Gobithaasan	fair curves and surfaces, log-aesthetic curve and surface, general equations of aesthetic curves, logarithmic curvature graph
-	Vol.9 No.1 (2015)	Detection of Motion Error Under Synchronous Two-Axis Control of a Dual Arm Robot Based on Monitoring of Ball Rolling Motion on a Plate Wei Wu, Shun Kinoshita, Toshiki Hirogaki, and Eiichi Aoyama	NC, positioning accuracy, dual-arm robot, working plate, automation, machine tools
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Posture Control Considering Joint Stiffness of a Robotic Arm Driven by Rubberless Artificial Muscle Naoki Saito and Toshiyuki Satoh	artificial muscle, joint stiffness, robotic arm, posture control, passive stiffness
-	Vol.2 No.1 (2008)	Optimal Structure Design Methodology for Compound Multiaxis Machine Tools-III - Performance Evaluation - Masamitsu Nakaminami , Tsutomu Tokuma , Kazuhiko Matsumoto , Sachinori Sakashita , Toshimichi Moriwaki , and Keiichi Nakamoto	compound machine tool, structural design, box-in-box structure, machining time, electrical power consumption
-	Vol.4 No.4 (2010)	Kinematic Analysis and Design of 3-RPSR Parallel Mechanism with Triple Revolute Joints on the Base Yukio Takeda, Xiao Xiao, Kazuya Hirose, Yoshiki Yoshida, and Ken Ichiryu	robotics, design engineering, kinematics, parallel mechanism, workspace, pipe bender
-	Vol.5 No.4 (2011)	Quantitative Performance Analysis of Exoskeleton Augmenting Devices - Muscle Suit - for Manual Worker Yoshiki Muramatsu, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yutaka Sato, He Jiaou, Takuya Hashimoto, and Hiroshi Kobayashi	muscle suit, wearable robot, exoskeleton, McKibben artificial muscle, quantitative performance evaluation
-	Vol.6 No.1 (2012)	Calibration of Kinematic Parameters of Robot Arm Using Laser Tracking System: Compensation for Non-Geometric Errors by Neural Networks and Selection of Optimal Measuring Points by Genetic Algorithm Seiji Aoyagi, Masato Suzuki, Tomokazu Takahashi, Jun Fujioka, and Yoshitsugu Kamiya	robot calibration, laser tracking system, neural networks, optimal measuring points, Genetic Algorithm (GA)
-	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	Evaluation of the IWF-Wunder Reproduction Method for Generating Positive Replica Marcel Henerichs, Michael Egeter, Thomas Liebrich, Robert Voß, and Konrad Wegener	positive replica, degree of resemblance, thermosets, measurement technology
-	Vol.8 No.2 (2014)	Study on Control Performance with Consideration of Articulated Manipulators with Pneumatic Cylinders Eiji Murayama, Yoshiyuki Yogosawa, Yukio Kawakami, Akiyoshi Horikawa, Koji Shioda, and Masashi Ogawa	articulated manipulator, pneumatic cylinder, forward and inverse kinematics, position control, force control
-	Vol.8 No.2 (2014)	Design of Two-Wheeled Self-Balancing Robot Based on Sensor Fusion Algorithm Jianhai Han, Xiangpan Li, and Qi Qin	PID, sensor fusion, accelerometer, gyroscope, two-wheeled self-balancing robot
-	Vol.8 No.2 (2014)	Cubic Spline Trajectory Planning and Vibration Suppression of Semiconductor Wafer Transfer Robot Arm Wisnu Aribowo and Kazuhiko Terashima	trajectory planning, cubic spline, input shaping
-	Vol.9 No.5 (2015)	Determination of Aspect Ratio Limitations, Accuracy and Repeatability of a Laser Line Scanning CMM Probe Bart Boeckmans, Min Zhang, Frank Welkenhuyzen, and Jean-Pierre Kruth	dimensional metrology, CMM, laser line scanning, accuracy, repeatability
-	Vol.10 No.3 (2016)	Drilling of CFRP with an Electrodeposited Diamond Core Drill – Effects of Air Assistance and Tool Shape – Yuto Kojima, Ryutaro Tanaka, Yasuo Yamane, Katsuhiko Sekiya, and Keiji Yamada	CFRP, drilling, core drill
-	Vol.10 No.3 (2016)	Temperature Variations in Drilling of CFRP/Aluminum and CFRP/Titanium Stacks Masahiko Sato, Hisataka Tanaka, and Kanae Yamamoto	CFRP--aluminum stack, CFRP--titanium stack, drilling, temperature
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	3-DOF Outer Rotor Electromagnetic Spherical Actuator Yusuke Nishiura, Katsuhiro Hirata, and Yo Sakaidani	spherical actuator, 3-DOF, outer rotor, optimization, genetic algorithm

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, July 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.3 No.6 (2009)	Muscle Suit Development and Factory Application Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takamitsu Aida, and Takuya Hashimoto	wearable robot, power assist, McKibben artificial muscle, work-related disorder, muscle suit
-	Vol.7 No.2 (2013)	Design of Wearable Power Assist Wear for Low Back Support Using Pneumatic Actuators Xiangpan Li, Toshiro Noritsugu, Masahiro Takaiwa, and Daisuke Sasaki	power assist wear, low back, pneumatic rubber artificial muscle, IMU, iEMG
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Development of a Rubber Soft Actuator Driven with Gas/Liquid Phase Change Hiroki Matsuoka, Takefumi Kanda, Shuichi Wakimoto, Koichi Suzumori and Pierre Lambert	actuator, gas/liquid phase change, silicone rubber, gripper
-	Vol.1 No.2 (2007)	High Performance Motion Control of Rotary Table for 5-Axis Machining Centers Ryuta Sato and Masaomi Tsutsumi	5-axis machining center, rotary table, motion control, worm gear, synchronous accuracy
-	Vol.2 No.3 (2008)	Fabrication of Cooling Channels in the Injection Molding by Laser Metal Sintering Takeshi Yoneyama and Hiroyuki Kagawa	laser metal sintering, cooling channel, injection mold, rapid prototype
-	Vol.6 No.6 (2012)	Workpiece Fixture Planning Method for Continuous Multi-Axis Machining with Consideration of Motion on Translational Axis Jun’ichi Kaneko and Kenichiro Horio	CAPP, multi-axis control machining, fixture condition, parallel processing, GPGPU
-	Vol.8 No.3 (2014)	Review of Computer-Aided Process Planning Systems for Machining Operation – Future Development of a Computer-Aided Process Planning System – Mohammad Mi’radj Isnaini and Keiichi Shirase	machining operation, metal removal process, CAPP, CAD, CAM
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Development of Cutting Force Prediction Method Using Motion Information from CNC Controller Tomoya Hida, Tetsuya Asano, Chiharu Higashino, Masaaki Kanamaru, Jun’ichi Kaneko, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	cutting force, prediction, CNC, NC data, motion error
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Characteristics of a Pneumatic Bellows Actuator for Colonoscopy Shuichi Wakimoto and Hidehiro Kametani	pneumatic actuator, colonoscope insertion assist device, film actuator
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Omnidirectional Soft Robot Platform with Flexible Actuators for Medical Assistive Device Mohamed Najib Ribuan, Shuichi Wakimoto, Koichi Suzumori, and Takefumi Kanda	flexible actuator, soft robot, pneumatic pillow, medical assistive device, X-ray examination, and fluoroscopy
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Development of a Hose-Free FMA Driven by a Built-In Gas/Liquid Chemical Reactor Akira Wada, Hidehiro Kametani, Koichi Suzumori, and Shuichi Wakimoto	actuator, pneumatic actuator, hose-free pneumatic actuator
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Development of Novel Particle Excitation Flow Control Valve for Stable Flow Characteristics Daisuke Hirooka, Tomomi Yamaguchi, Naomichi Furushiro, Koichi Suzumori, and Takefumi Kanda	pneumatic actuator, flow control valve, PZT, transducer
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Fabrication and Control of Fine Periodic Surface Structures by Short Pulsed Laser Shuhei Kodama, Akihiro Shibata, Shinya Suzuki, Keita Shimada, Masayoshi Mizutani, and Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa	short-pulsed laser, collisional relaxation time, effective fluence range, temperature, laser wavelength

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, June 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Functional Texture Design and Texturing Processes Nobuyuki Moronuki	texture, functionality, processes, top-down, bottom-up
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Fractals and Additive Manufacturing A. M. M. Sharif Ullah, D. M. D’Addona, Khalifa H. Harib, and Than Lin	fractal geometry, additive manufacturing, point-cloud, convex-concave-hull, non-contact measurement
-	Vol.2 No.1 (2008)	Effect of Servo Valve Dynamic on Precise Position Control of a Pneumatic Servo Table Toshinori Fujita , Kenji Kawashima , Takashi Miyajima , Taro Ogiso , and Toshiharu Kagawa	precision position control, pneumatics, trajectory control, feedforward control, servo valve
-	Vol.7 No.5 (2013)	Cross Coupling Controller for Accurate Motion Synchronization of Dual Servo Systems Kosuke Ishizaki, Burak Sencer, and Eiji Shamoto	servo system, motion control, synchronization, cross coupling controller
-	Vol.8 No.5 (2014)	An Actual Purchasing Experiment for Investigating the Effects of Eco-Information on Consumers’ Environmental Consciousness and Attitudes Towards Agricultural Products Keiko Aoki, Kenju Akai, Kiyokazu Ujiie, Takeshi Shinmura, and Nariaki Nishino	eco-information, choice experiment, random parameter logit, biodiversity, eco-products
-	Vol.8 No.6 (2014)	Adaptive Integral-Type Neural Sliding Mode Control for Pneumatic Muscle Actuator Dang Xuan Ba, Kyoung Kwan Ahn, and Nguyen Trong Tai	pneumatic artificial muscle, sliding mode control, neural network control
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Generation of Uniformly Aligned Dimples on a Curved Surface Using a Curved-Surface, Patch-Division Milling Technique Kai Xu and Hiroyuki Sasahara	ball-end mill, surface texture, geometric pattern, machining center
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	On-Machine Surface Texture Measuring System Using Laser Speckle Pattern Analysis Motochika Shimizu, Hiroshi Sawano, Hayato Yoshioka, and Hidenori Shinno	optical measurement, on-machine measurement, surface texture, laser speckle
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Multi-Axis Control Ultraprecision Machining Based on Tool Setting Errors Compensation Shinnosuke Baba, Keiichi Nakamoto, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	ultraprecision machining, multi-axis control, diamond cutting tool, setting errors, tool position
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Registration of Point-Clouds from Terrestrial and Portable Laser Scanners Takuma Watanabe, Takeru Niwa, and Hiroshi Masuda	registration, 3D scanning, point-cloud

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, May 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.9 No.6 (2015)	Identifying the Benefits of Fiber Reinforced Plastics for Their Use in Machine Tool Structures Conrad W. P. Fischbach, Michael F. Zaeh, and Martin Mair	FRP components, material substitution, technological performance, economic assessment, machine tool, flexible multi body analysis
-	Vol.10 No.3 (2016)	Characteristics of Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) and Associated Challenges – Focusing on Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Thermosetting Resins (CFRTS) for Aircraft Akihiko Kitano	carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP), carbon-fiber-reinforced thermosetting resins (CFRTS), tailor-made, aircraft, molding
-	Vol.10 No.3 (2016)	Drilling of CFRP with an Electrodeposited Diamond Core Drill – Effects of Air Assistance and Tool Shape – Yuto Kojima, Ryutaro Tanaka, Yasuo Yamane, Katsuhiko Sekiya, and Keiji Yamada	CFRP, drilling, core drill
-	Vol.10 No.3 (2016)	Precision Drilling of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics with Ball Nose End Mills Shigehiko Sakamoto	Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRP), ball nose end mill, cutting edge, drilling

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, April 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.6 No.3 (2012)	Proposal of Consistency Management Method Between Product and its Life Cycle for Supporting Life Cycle Design Eisuke Kunii, Takeshi Matsuura, Shinichi Fukushige, and Yasushi Umeda	life cycle design, CAD, consistency management
-	Vol.8 No.5 (2014)	Envisioning Sustainable Manufacturing Industries of Japan Yuji Mizuno, Yusuke Kishita, Shinichi Fukushige, and Yasushi Umeda	sustainability scenario, backcasting, sustainable manufacturing, input-output tables, scenario approach
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Direction Estimation and Visualization of Yarns from CT Volumes of SiC Fabric Yukie Nagai , Yutaka Ohtake, Hiromasa Suzuki, Hiroyuki Hishida, Koichi Inagaki, and Takeshi Nakamura	CMC, X-ray CT, 3D, differentials, direction detection
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Fractals and Additive Manufacturing A. M. M. Sharif Ullah, D. M. D’Addona, Khalifa H. Harib, and Than Lin	fractal geometry, additive manufacturing, point-cloud, convex-concave-hull, non-contact measurement

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, March 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
1	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Functional Texture Design and Texturing Processes Nobuyuki Moronuki	texture, functionality, processes, top-down, bottom-up
-	Vol.1 No.2 (2007)	Optimal Structure Design Methodology for Compound Multiaxis Machine Tools - I - Analysis of Requirements and Specifications - Masamitsu Nakaminami, Tsutomu Tokuma, Toshimichi Moriwaki, and Keiichi Nakamoto	compound machine tool, structural design, machining productivity, machining center, NC lathe
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Integrating CAD, TRIZ, and Customer Needs A. M. M. Sharif Ullah , Michihiro Sato, Michiko Watanabe, and Md. Mamunur Rashid	CAD, TRIZ, fundamental human needs, customer needs, product development
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Fractals and Additive Manufacturing A. M. M. Sharif Ullah, D. M. D’Addona, Khalifa H. Harib, and Than Lin	fractal geometry, additive manufacturing, point-cloud, convex-concave-hull, non-contact measurement
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Development of Cutting Force Prediction Method Using Motion Information from CNC Controller Tomoya Hida, Tetsuya Asano, Chiharu Higashino, Masaaki Kanamaru, Jun’ichi Kaneko, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	cutting force, prediction, CNC, NC data, motion error

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, February 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
1	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Functional Texture Design and Texturing Processes Nobuyuki Moronuki	texture, functionality, processes, top-down, bottom-up
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Fundamental Study on Novel On-Machine Measurement Method of a Cutting Tool Edge Profile with a Fluorescent Confocal Microscopy Kenji Maruno, Masaki Michihata, Yasuhiro Mizutani, and Yasuhiro Takaya	on-machine measurement, cutting fluid, fluorescence, tool measurement, confocal microscopy
-	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Punchless Drawing of Magnesium Alloy Sheet Under Cold Condition and its Computation Minoru Yamashita and Koji Kuwabara	sheet forming, magnesium alloy, punchless forming, numerical simulation

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, January 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Functional Texture Design and Texturing Processes Nobuyuki Moronuki	texture, functionality, processes, top-down, bottom-up
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Surface Texturing in Micro Parametric Machining Takashi Matsumura, Yasuharu Hayase, Jerome Blanchet, Naoki Iioka, and Ryo Kato	cutting, texturing, surface profile, cutting force, micro machining
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Low-Energy Injection Molding Process by a Mold with Permeability Fabricated by Additive Manufacturing Hiroshi Koresawa, Kohei Tanaka, and Hiroyuki Narahara	additive manufacturing, injection mold, laser sintering, permeable sintered parts, low-energy process
-	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	R-Test Analysis Software for Error Calibration of Five-Axis Machine Tools – Application to a Five-Axis Machine Tool with Two Rotary Axes on the Tool Side – Soichi Ibaraki, Yu Nagai, Hisashi Otsubo, Yasutaka Sakai, Shigeki Morimoto, and Yosuke Miyazaki	Metrology, R-test, five-axis machine tools, calibration, location error, error motion, geometric error.
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Diamond Machining of Holograms Using Fine Rectangular Shaped Cutting Tools Axel Meier, Oltmann Riemer, and Ekkard Brinksmeier	diamond turning, microstructure, hologram, diamond tools
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Stem Cell-Based Self-Assembled Tissues Cultured on a Nano-Periodic-Structured Surface Patterned Using Femtosecond Laser Processing Hiromichi Fujie, Kei Oya, Yuki Tani, Kenji Suzuki, and Norimasa Nakamura	biological tissue repair, mesenchymal stem cell (MSC), cell and tissue culture, stem-cell-based self-assembled tissue (scSAT), nano-periodic-structured surface, femtosecond laser processing
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Textured Surface of Self-Assembled Particles as a Scaffold for Selective Cell Adhesion and Growth Arata Kaneko and Iwori Takeda	textured surface, particle, scaffold, cell, adhesion

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, December 2015

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.3 No.2 (2009)	A Machine Tool Spindle Achieving Real-Time Balancing Using Magnetic Fluid Keiichi Nakamoto, Shinya Mitsuhashi, Kazuhiko Adachi, and Keiichi Shirase	machine tool spindle, real-time balancing, magnetic fluid, smart spindle, vibration control, unbalance mass
-	Vol.2 No.4 (2008)	Precision Analysis of Automatic Pouring Machines for the Casting Industry Yoshiyuki Noda and Tadashi Nishida	casting process, automatic pouring machine, filling control, modeling, precision analysis
-	Vol.3 No.6 (2009)	Upper-Limb Power-Assist Control for Agriculture Load Lifting Eiichi Yagi, Daisuke Harada, and Masaaki Kobayashi	power assist system, wearable robot system, exoskeleton, pneumatic actuator, emg, elbow motion, shoulder motion, farming, lift-up motion
-	Vol.6 No.2 (2012)	Experimental Evaluation of the Thermal Machine Tool Behavior for Model Updating Jörg E. Franke, Tobias Maier, Franziska Schäfer, and Michael F. Zaeh	thermal analysis, finite element analysis, thermal error analysis, temperature measurement, cutting process
-	Vol.6 No.6 (2012)	Toolpath Generation Method Based on Control Characteristics of Machine Tool for High-Speed and High-Accuracy Machining Kosuke Saito, Hideki Aoyama, and Noriaki Sano	CAM, machine tool controller, high speed machining, high accuracy machining
-	Vol.7 No.3 (2013)	Effect of Carbon Fiber Orientation and Helix Angle on CFRP Cutting Characteristics by End-Milling Masahiro Hagino and Takashi Inoue	CFRP, end milling, helix angle, carbon fiber orientation, cutting force
-	Vol.7 No.4 (2013)	Drilling of CFRP/Ti6Al4V Stack Board Junsuke Fujiwara, Ryuichi Nagaura, and Tetsuya Tashiro	CFRP, Ti alloy, drilling, mist
3	Vol.9 No.1 (2015)	Cutting Force Prediction in Drilling of Unidirectional Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics Shoichi Tamura and Takashi Matsumura	CFRP, cutting force, drilling, fiber orientation, simulation
-	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	Effects of Fiber Orientation Direction on Tool-Wear Processes in Down-Milling of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Laminates Satoru Maegawa, Yuta Morikawa, Shinya Hayakawa, Fumihiro Itoigawa, and Takashi Nakamura	carbon fiber reinforced plastics, tool wear, tool life, fiber orientation direction, processed surface quality
-	Vol.9 No.5 (2015)	Calibration Using Cylindrical Artifacts for 3D Laser Measurement System Kazuhiro Enami	3D measurement, calibration, artifact calibration
-	Vol.9 No.5 (2015)	Detection of Human Position and Motion by Thermopile Infrared Sensor Xipeng Zhang, Hiroaki Seki, and Masatoshi Hikizu	thermopile infrared sensor, human position, body orientation, steepest descent method
-	Vol.9 No.6 (2015)	Fabrication of Microneedle Mimicking Mosquito Proboscis Using Nanoscale 3D Laser Lithography System Masato Suzuki, Takahiro Sawa, Tomokazu Takahashi, and Seiji Aoyagi	microneedle, rapid prototyping, biomimetics, mosquito, low invasive treatment

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, November 2015

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.5 No.4 (2011)	Power-Assist Chair Using Pneumatic Actuator Kazushi Sanada and Yuki Akiyama	pneumatics, welfare, chair, power assist
-	Vol.9 No.6 (2015)	Characteristics of Ti-Ni-Zr Thin Film Metallic Glasses / Thin Film Shape Memory Alloys for Micro Actuators with Three-Dimensional Structures Junpei Sakurai and Seiichi Hata	microelectromechanical systems, metallic glasses, shape memory alloys, micro fabrication process
-	Vol.9 No.1 (2015)	Cutting Force Prediction in Drilling of Unidirectional Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics Shoichi Tamura and Takashi Matsumura	CFRP, cutting force, drilling, fiber orientation, simulation
-	Vol.9 No.6 (2015)	Kinematics Analysis of a Novel 5-DOF Hybrid Manipulator Wanjin Guo, Ruifeng Li, Chuqing Cao, and Yunfeng Gao	hybrid manipulator, kinematics, inverse kinematics, reachable workspace
-	Vol.9 No.6 (2015)	An Integral Method to Determine Workpiece Flow Stress and Friction Characteristics in Metal Cutting Norfariza Wahab, Yumi Inatsugu, Satoshi Kubota, Soo-Young Kim, and Hiroyuki Sasahara	numerical simulation, flow stress, orthogonal cutting, friction characteristics

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, October 2015

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.9 No.1 (2015)	Cutting Force Prediction in Drilling of Unidirectional Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics Shoichi Tamura and Takashi Matsumura	CFRP, cutting force, drilling, fiber orientation, simulation
-	Vol.7 No.6 (2013)	Temperature Measurement in CFRP Milling Using a Wireless Tool-Integrated Process Monitoring Sensor Kevin Kerrigan and Garret E. O’Donnell	tool sensor, temperature, wireless integrated sensor, process monitoring, CFRP milling
-	Vol.9 No.3 (2015)	Implementation of in Process Surface Metrology for R2R Flexible PV Barrier Films Mohamed Elrawemi, Liam Blunt, Hussam Muhamedsalih, Feng Gao, and Leigh Fleming	metrology, defects, photovoltaic, thin-film and aluminum oxide
-	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	R-Test Analysis Software for Error Calibration of Five-Axis Machine Tools – Application to a Five-Axis Machine Tool with Two Rotary Axes on the Tool Side – Soichi Ibaraki, Yu Nagai, Hisashi Otsubo, Yasutaka Sakai, Shigeki Morimoto, and Yosuke Miyazaki	Metrology, R-test, five-axis machine tools, calibration, location error, error motion, geometric error.

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, September 2015

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.7 No.6 (2013)	Fabrication of Titanium-Based Hard Coatings by Atmospheric Microplasma-Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition Using Titanium Tetraisopropoxide Tsunehisa Suzuki, Mutsuto Kato, and Yoshiki Shimizu	titanium-based hard coatings, atmospheric microplasma, MOCVD, titanium (IV) tetraisopropoxide
-	Vol.3 No.2 (2009)	Polishing Process Automation by Industrial Robots with Polished Surface Quality Judged Based on Imaging Processing Tomoya Ito and Koichi Morishige	polishing, automation, industrial robot, image processing
-	Vol.9 No.1 (2015)	Improving the Properties of Injection Molded Products with Induction Heating and Cooling Molds Yasuhiko Murata, Masayoshi Koike, and Song Pan	polymer, injection molding, induction heating and cooling mold, gas vent, weld line
-	Vol.9 No.1 (2015)	Development and Control of a Low-Cost, Three-Thruster, Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle Khoa Duy Le, Hung Duc Nguyen, and Dev Ranmuthugala	remotely operated vehicle (ROV), hybrid controller, model-based control, PID control, open source hardware
-	Vol.9 No.5 (2015)	Determination of Aspect Ratio Limitations, Accuracy and Repeatability of a Laser Line Scanning CMM Probe Bart Boeckmans, Min Zhang, Frank Welkenhuyzen, and Jean-Pierre Kruth	dimensional metrology, CMM, laser line scanning, accuracy, repeatability
-	Vol.9 No.5 (2015)	Calibrator for 2D Grid Plate Using Imaging Coordinate Measuring Machine with Laser Interferometers Mariko Kajima, Tsukasa Watanabe, Makoto Abe, and Toshiyuki Takatsuji	grid plate, imaging coordinate measuring machine, laser interferometer
-	Vol.9 No.5 (2015)	Calibration Using Cylindrical Artifacts for 3D Laser Measurement System Kazuhiro Enami	3D measurement, calibration, artifact calibration
-	Vol.9 No.5 (2015)	High-Speed Measurement of Complex Shaped Parts at Elevated Temperature by Laser Triangulation Alexander Schöch, Alessandro Salvadori, Ivo Germann, Silvano Balemi, Carlo Bach, Andrea Ghiotti, Simone Carmignato, Andrea Lelio Maurizio, and Enrico Savio	complex shape, online measurement, hot forged products, light-sectioning, 3D-measurement

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, August 2015

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.7 No.6 (2013)	Material Removal During Ultrasonic Machining Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Jingsi Wang, Keita Shimada, Masayoshi Mizutani, and Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa	ultrasonic machining, smoothed particle hydrodynamics, material removal mechanism, crack, hard and brittle materials
-	Vol.8 No.5 (2014)	Envisioning Sustainable Manufacturing Industries of Japan Yuji Mizuno, Yusuke Kishita, Shinichi Fukushige, and Yasushi Umeda	sustainability scenario, backcasting, sustainable manufacturing, input-output tables, scenario approach
-	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	Effects of Fiber Orientation Direction on Tool-Wear Processes in Down-Milling of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Laminates Satoru Maegawa, Yuta Morikawa, Shinya Hayakawa, Fumihiro Itoigawa, and Takashi Nakamura	carbon fiber reinforced plastics, tool wear, tool life, fiber orientation direction, processed surface quality
-	Vol.1 No.2 (2007)	Virtual Optimization of Machine Tools and Production Processes Jochen Bretschneider and Thomas Menzel	machine tool, mechatronic, simulation, development
-	Vol.2 No.1 (2008)	A Compact Aerostatic Spindle Integrated with an Axial Positioning Actuator for Micro and Ultra-Precision Machine Tools Tadahiko Shinshi, Kaiji Sato, and Akira Shimokohbe	aerostatic spindle, precision positioning, precision milling machine, rotational accuracy, disturbance observer
-	Vol.9 No.1 (2015)	A Process Decision Making Strategy Based on Sustainability Evaluation Keiji Ogawa, Toshiki Hirogaki, Shreyes N. Melkote, and Sachiko Ogawa	process design, sustainable manufacturing, life cycle assessment, quenching
-	Vol.9 No.3 (2015)	Robust Attitude Control and Virtual Reality Model for Quadrotor To Xuan Dinh, Doan Ngoc Chi Nam, and Kyoung Kwan Ahn	unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), quadrotor helicopter, backstepping control, adaptive control

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, July 2015

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	Characterization Methods of Nano-Patterned Surfaces Generated by Induction Heating Assisted Injection Molding Stefano Menotti, Giuliano Bissacco, Hans Nørgaard Hansen, Peter Torben Tang, and Christian Ravn	nano-injection molding, nano-tooling, induction heating, surface heating, atomic force microscope
-	Vol.8 No.5 (2014)	Fundamental Study on Hole Fabrication Inside a Hole by Means of Electrical Discharge Machining Tohru Ishida, Yuichi Okahara, Masahiko Kita, Akira Mizobuchi, Keiichi Nakamoto, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	electrical discharge machining, hole, pipeline, pneumatic components, hydraulic equipment
-	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	R-Test Analysis Software for Error Calibration of Five-Axis Machine Tools – Application to a Five-Axis Machine Tool with Two Rotary Axes on the Tool Side – Soichi Ibaraki, Yu Nagai, Hisashi Otsubo, Yasutaka Sakai, Shigeki Morimoto, and Yosuke Miyazaki	Metrology, R-test, five-axis machine tools, calibration, location error, error motion, geometric error.
-	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	Effects of Fiber Orientation Direction on Tool-Wear Processes in Down-Milling of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Laminates Satoru Maegawa, Yuta Morikawa, Shinya Hayakawa, Fumihiro Itoigawa, and Takashi Nakamura	carbon fiber reinforced plastics, tool wear, tool life, fiber orientation direction, processed surface quality
-	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	3-D Obstacle Detection Using Laser Range Finder with Polygonal Mirror for Powered Wheelchair Kohei Kato, Hiroaki Seki, and Masatoshi Hikizu	steering support, obstacle detection, laser range finder, reflection

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