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User Interview vol.05
FUJIFILM MANUFACTURING x HIOS
Innovations brought to plant where 100,000 screws are fastened per day High-quality manufacturing supported by digital screwdriver 'JUKUREN'More than 100,000 screws are fastened per day. For Ebina Plant, FUJIFILM MANUFACTURING, which produces high-speed and high-performance printers for commercial printing, screw fastening is crucially important for every one of its manufacturing processes. Since a single missing or loose screw can lead to product defects, a strict control system for fastening is essential. While implementing production innovative activities based on FUJIFILM’s IPW (Innovative Production Way), the Ebina Plant decided to introduce HIOS’s digital screwdrivers, JUKUREN BLG-BC2, with a built-in screw counter pulse system to facilitate further quality improvement and high efficiency. -
User Interview vol.4
OMRON×HIOS
Venturing into next-generation manufacturing with ultra-low-volume, high-mix productionLake Biwa, Japan's largest and oldest freshwater lake, is said to have a history of approximately four million years. Facing the southeast of the lake, Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture continues to develop as a focal point between Kinki and Chubu metropolitan areas. It is one of the few cities in Japan where the population continues to grow despite the country's declining birthrate and aging population. Kusatsu Factory, the main base of OMRON's factory automation business, is at the forefront of manufacturing in this region. Inheriting the philosophy of the company's founder, Kazuma Tateishi, the Kusatsu Factory works on uninterrupted productivity improvement. -
User Interview vol.3
カーボンニュートラル実現に向けて 三菱電機×ハイオス
三菱電機三田製作所のキャッチフレーズは「人とクルマの未来を創造する」。安心・安全が絶対条件の自動車分野が主な取引先だ。品質向上、デジタル変革(DX)、環境負荷低減などの観点からハイオスの「トツプラねじ」「インタトルク」やブラシレス電動ドライバー「熟練工」BLG-BC2を採用する同製作所を取材した。 -
User Interview vol.2
Panasonic Connect×HIOS
Reliable screw fastening technology which adopts Digital Transformation (DX)Optimize “variable-type, variable-volume manufacturing” with cutting-edge technologies
Optimize “variable-type, variable-volume manufacturing” with cutting-edge technologies Tosu City (Saga Prefecture) is close to Fukuoka City and important transportation nodes of national roads and railways. The city's population is the third largest in the prefecture after Saga City and Karatsu City. Sagan Tosu, a J-League football team, has its home ground adjacent to the station. -
User Interview vol.1
山形カシオ×ハイオス 『MadeinJapan貫く』
匠の技とデジタル化が渾然
さくらんぼや西洋ナシ、アケビなどの果物収穫量で全国一を誇り、すべての市町村に温泉があるという山形県。ここにMade in Japanを貫く工場がある。G-SHOCKの生産で知られるカシオグループ国内唯一の製造拠点、山形カシオ(1979年設立、従業員607人、腕時計・電卓・医療機器などを生産)だ。タイ、中国の製造拠点も管轄するマザー工場として存在感を放ち、デジタル生産を推し進める。