3D Manufacturing Innovation Revolutionary Change in Japanese Manufacturing with Digital Data /

• Main Author: Toriya, Hiroshi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2008.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Production management.; Computer-aided engineering.; Industrial design.; Engineering design.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.; Engineering Design.; Industrial Design.; Operations Management.

3D design is now a key technology for effective collaboration between manufacturing companies. Since the introduction of lightweight 3D data technology, "post-3D CAD/CAM/CAE data" is now compatible for use across manufacturing, sales and marketing processes. The successful use of 3D data t...

Table of Contents:

• Adoption of IT by Manufacturing Industry to Enhance Competitive Strength
• Trend Toward Use of Lightweight 3D Data
• SONY’s Ideas on Expanding Lightweight 3D Data to Company-wide Use
• Benefits of Lightweight 3D Data
• Design Review in Body Design: Case Study of TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
• NIKON: Use of 3D Data as a Communication Pipeline
• YAMAGATA CASIO: Digital Engineering Practiced at Injection Mold Plant and Transfer of Technological Information
• ALPINE PRECISION: Report-less and Drawing-less in Mold Making
• TOKAI RIKA: Visualization of Manufacturing Information Mold Making Using 3D Work Specifications
• CASIO: Creating Customer Manuals Using 3D Data
• KVAL: 3D Information Sharing and Its Effects at a Middle-scale Firm
• MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG: Promoting Company-wide Process Chain Using 3D Drawings
• Using 3D Data Successfully.