Technical Implementation for IoT-Enabled Grinding Machines
First written in FY2016. 2 of 7 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025.
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- FY2025Making the development of a new grinding machine incorporating sensing technology more concreteAnnual report
「As a result, the company is working to substantially shorten machining times while improving quality through machining-position control and visualizing grinding loads by equipping machines with its internally developed dynamometer, and to convert into explicit knowledge areas that previously depended on skilled operators' experience, such as selecting tooling and setting optimal machining conditions.」
Regarding AI and IoT initiatives, the company describes equipping an internal-and-external-diameter simultaneous internal grinding machine with its internally developed dynamometer to improve quality, visualize grinding loads and convert skilled operators' experience into explicit knowledge. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「The company is researching grinding machines equipped with artificial intelligence designed to enable even unskilled operators to make the same decisions as skilled operators when setting machining conditions. From May 2020 to March 2024, under NEDO's Professional Project and Commercialization Promotion Program, the company jointly developed this technology with its grinding-machine manufacturer group members 株式会社ナガセインテグレックス, 牧野フライス精機株式会社, and 株式会社シギヤ精機製作所, as well as RIKEN and Hokkaido University. The company continues to develop AI technology to overcome the tacit knowledge and uncertainty inherent in grinding. It is also focusing on developing and selling dynamometers that visualize the grinding process, an essential sensing technology for collecting AI data. The centerless grinding-machine μ-ForceEye is being further improved, while sales of the μ-ForceOne for internal grinding machines have begun.」
The company states that the NEDO joint development project was conducted through March 2024, that AI technology development is continuing, and that commercialization has advanced concretely with the launch of sales of μ-ForceOne. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「The μ-ForceEye dynamometer, developed to visualize the grinding process by sensing grinding forces, is being applied to automatic grinding-machine setup and monitoring of optimal grinding conditions, assisting anyone in operating the machine with ease. The company is also researching grinding machines equipped with artificial intelligence designed to enable even unskilled operators to make the same decisions as skilled operators when setting machining conditions. As part of the Professional Project and Commercialization Promotion Program of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), the company is developing AI technology to overcome the tacit knowledge and uncertainty inherent in grinding, jointly with the company's grinding-machine manufacturer group members 株式会社ナガセインテグレックス, Makino Milling Machine Co.,Ltd., and 株式会社シギヤ精機製作所, as well as RIKEN and Hokkaido University. The μ-ForceEye dynamometer received the Excellence Award in the 5th Japan Society of Precision Engineering Monozukuri Awards, selected by the Japan Society of Precision Engineering, in September 2021.」
The implementation and evaluation of the technology have become more concrete, progressing from conventional sensing and AI research to application of μ-ForceEye, joint research under an NEDO program and the award received in September 2021. - FY2020ReframedAnnual report
「In particular, as society enters an era of declining birth rates and population ageing, the ageing of machine operators and the transfer of skills have become challenges. We will therefore pursue research into grinding machines equipped with AI technology that enables even unskilled operators to make the same decisions as skilled operators.」
The focus of IoT initiatives has become more specific and expanded from gathering and evaluating information on conventional sensing and monitoring functions to researching AI-equipped grinding machines that support unskilled operators. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「To address this, we will gather and evaluate information in preparation for implementing sensing and monitoring functions required for grinding machines.」
For IoT compatibility, the company continues to gather and evaluate information in preparation for implementing sensing and monitoring functions. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「To address this, we will gather and evaluate information in preparation for implementing sensing and monitoring functions required for grinding machines.」
For IoT compatibility, the company continues to gather and evaluate information in preparation for implementing sensing and monitoring functions. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「As the business environment changes rapidly, demand is growing for IoT-enabled grinding machines. To address this demand, we will monitor developments in IoT platforms and trends while gathering information, accumulating know-how and working to establish the necessary technical implementation.」
For IoT-enabled grinding machines, the company has identified information gathering, know-how accumulation and establishment of the necessary technical implementation as specific measures.