Shibaura Kikai and Macnica advance industrial machinery to realize manufacturing DX ~ Achieving inheritance of skilled skills with AI ~

SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Shigetomo Sakamoto, hereinafter referred to as "Shibaura Machinery") is an industrial machinery manufacturer that handles molding machines, machine tools, industrial robots, etc., as well as semiconductors, networks, cyber security, Macnica (Headquarters: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President: Kazumasa Hara, hereinafter referred to as "Macnica"), a total Services & Solutions provider in AI/IoT, uses AI to inherit skilled skills with the aim of advancing industrial machinery. We will make it happen.

It is a well-known fact that the number of skilled workers is decreasing and the aging of the workforce is becoming a serious problem in the manufacturing industry. In the industrial machinery industry, in order to pass on the "craftsmanship" of skilled technicians, technological development to advance the machines themselves is accelerating. In particular, Japanese machine tool makers are using cutting-edge technologies such as advanced sensing functions and AI to convert intangible assets such as expert skills into value, thereby increasing the product competitiveness of machine tools. is an urgent issue.
Under such circumstances, management of the machining status of machine tools and management of tool wear have traditionally relied on the knowledge of veteran craftsmen, which has been one of the challenges in advancing machine tools.

Therefore, Shibaura Machine and Macnica have been studying ways to automate these tasks by using AI to determine the machining state (chipping, chatter, etc.) and link it to optimal control in the MPF series of double column machining centers, which boast extremely high speed and efficiency. In this study, the AI social implementation service "Re:Alize ^*2," provided by Macnica 's AI expert organization, AI Research & Innovation Hub (ARIH ^*1), was used to support the implementation of AI.

<Utilization of AI by Shibaura Machine>

(1) Learning: Intelligence using processed information

AI estimates the machining state from real-time machining information (image)

Machining operators judge the machining status based on experience and their own senses.
We will contribute to the improvement of production efficiency and the uniformity of quality by making the skill and experience of the operator intelligent.

(2) Digitization of craftsmanship: digitalization
(3) Abnormal data forgery AI: Utilization of hostile generation network
④ Growing AI: Utilization of autoencoders
⑤Visible AI: Inside Artificial Intelligence

In the future, Shibaura Machinery and Macnica will further promote the provision of high added value to machine tools and aim to transform their business model.

門形マシニングセンタMPFシリーズに関する詳細はこちら
https://www.shibaura-machine.co.jp/jp/product/machinetool/lineup/m/mpf.html

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https://www.macnica.co.jp/business/ai_iot/cases/140735/

*1) About ARIH
Our goal is to connect cutting-edge technology and intelligence to create a happy future society for people all over the world.
This is Macnica 's AI expert organization, which operates as an organization of AI experts.
Click here for details: https://www.macnica.ai/research.html

*2) About Re:Alize
Re:Alize is an AI social implementation service that designs experiences that users want to keep using.
Learn more: https://www.macnica.ai/realize.html

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