JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY OF PLASTICITY vol.47 no.550 November 2006 ---CONTENTS--- Special Issue in Commemoration of the 550th Publication : Vitality of Small and Medium Enterprises Contributing Japanese Manufacturing Foreword On the Publication of the 550th Special Issue Editorial Committee 1(1005) Essays Break-Through of R&D by Small and Medium Enterprises Manabu KIUCHI 2(1006) Origin of Creation and Manufacture Viewed from KARAKURI Dolls Yoshikazu SUEMATSU 5(1009) Mozart is Bronze? How are Small and Medium Enterprises? -The Small and Medium Enterprise Policy and the Current of the Times- Singoro FUKUOKA 7(1011) Review Fight ! Fight ! Japanese Manufacturing Industry -Products that Can be Made and Cannot be Made in China- Hisayoshi HASHIMOTO 11(1015) Explanations 1 Intellectual Property for Small and Medium Enterprises Keiji KONDO 15(1019) The Role of Management of Technology for Manufacturing by small and Medium Enterprises Masao MURAKAWA 20(1024) Knowledge Acquisition and Job Training for Casting Skills Keiichi WATANUKI 23(1027) Technical Support of Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute Setsuo SUZUKI 29(1033) The Outline of Metal Forming Industry in Niigata Prefecture and Its Active Involvement of IRI Niigata Prefecture Eiichi YAMAZAKI 34(1038) Japan and China Connected by Roll Forming Sadao KIMURA 40(1044) Round-Table Talk Driving Force of Small and Medium Enterprises Contributing Japanese Manufacturing Editorial Committee 45(1049) Explanations 2 Cold Roll Forming Technology: Objectives to Next Generation Tsuyoshi ISHIKAWA 55(1059) Applying Hydroforming Technology to Automobile Parts Fumiaki KIKUCHI, Kazuyoshi OOYAMA and Kiyoshi TASHIRO 60(1064) Technology of Plasticity, Header and Former, Helps Japanese Manufacturing Mayuki NISHIO 65(1069) Cold Forging of Irregular-Shaped Parts and How to Design Their Preforms Keiichi MATSUNAGA 70(1074) Future of Plastic Manufacturing Process in the Field of General Goods for Daily Use Hisashi JOYASHIKI 72(1076) Actual Demands of Small Factories for Industry-University Cooperation and Society Shigeo TANAKA and Kazuaki NISHIYABU 77(1081) Minute Hole Processing by Ultrasonic Rotary Spindle Yoshihiro TAKE 83(1087) Challenge to Differentiated Processing Technology Tokumi HATANAKA, Yoshio KAWAUCHI and Shouetsu KUBOTA 86(1090) Aim to be Compact and Flexible Company on the World Wide Stage Masao SAIKAWA and Takashi AIZAWA 91(1095) Diffusion Bonding and Development of Fine Devices -From Fundamental Experience to Fabrication of Bonding Machine and Devices- Yutaka SUZUKI，Osahito EHIRA and Shigeki SATO 96(1100) Processing of Titanium for Eye Glasses Frames Takeshi KIHARA 100(1104) Ultra Small Lot Production Takeshi KIHARA 103(1107) Cylindrical Deep Drawing Processes of Stainless Steel Sheets Takuji MURAO 105(1109) Introduction of Hardfacing Technology Hideaki NAGAYOSHI 108(1112) Data Report of Informal Meetings for Discussion with Supporting Members Fumio FUJITA 115(1119) Copyright (C)1997-2005 JSTP. All Rights Reserved.