Course title
機械産業技術論   [Technology of Machinery Industry]
Course category The Professional Degree Program of Industrial Technology and Innovation  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year   Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 1060821
Instructor(s)
夏 恒   [NATSU Wataru]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Office   Email address

Course description
Trends in the machinery industry, international competitiveness of the machinery industry, current status, features and the future of Japan supporting industries which are the base of advanced machinery industry will be overviewed. In addition, the machine tool industry, the die and mold industry and the automobile industry are picked up as the representative examples, and their technological features and innovations will be analyzed. Moreover, the natures of highly skilled skills which support the advanced machinery industry, and the innovation and features of the up-to-date three dimensional printer technology will be analyzed and discussed.
Expected Learning
1. Understanding the features and trends of the machinery industry in globalization
2. Understanding the features and trends of the machine tool, the die and mold, and the automotive industries
3. Understanding the technology innovation in the machine tool, die and mold, and the automotive industries
4. Understanding the natures of highly skilled skills
5. Understanding the technology innovation and business development in the manufacturing through case studies
Course schedule
1. Guidance
2. Industry definition and classification, international competitiveness of the machinery industry
3. Current state of automotive industry, die and mold industry, and machine tool industry
4. Automobile manufacturing process and technology features
5. Classification and technical features of die and mold
6. Innovation cases of die and mold technology
7. Features of precision die for motor core, the die production process
8. Manufacturing policy, Manufacturing White Paper
9. Machine Tools Overview
10. Structure and function of the machine tool
11. The processing technology in the machinery industry
12. Overview of highly skilled skills
13. Skill lore
14. Challenges announcement (1)
15. Challenges announcement (2)
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All lecture materials will be upload through online education system, Moodle.
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3/9/2018 4:12:58 PM