Editors Script
This issue reports KAYABA's initiatives for digitization and the use of AI for manufacturing (or Monozukuri) that converts
two-dimensional data, which has been rapidly evolved, developed, and improved, into three-dimensional products contributing
to society. As the size of product development data has likely grown larger in recent years, it has become diﬃcult to determine
the physical aspect of such data (i.e., parameter correlation). It is now possible to determine such parameter correlation more
quickly and more exactly by the use of AI. As a craftsman of the Showa era, I am proud of my juniors who have a good command of AI using both their hands and mind simultaneously.
(YAMAGATA)
I sometimes remember the words of one of my senior colleagues: "Engineers should be simple and stupidly honest". Thisphrase might have a bad meaning like having no wisdom or no ability to behave as circumstances demand. However, with thesewords, I think he wanted to encourage engineers to "keep a simple and even stupidly honest attitude to tackle everything withrelentless drive to accomplish their mission until the technology is transformed into product". As surging prices and supply
shortages of fuels and materials have become even more ﬁerce due to various factors including the outbreak of the COVID-19
pandemic, conﬂicts, and variations in the exchange rate, measures against these challenges need to be taken. However, I also
believe that engineers should keep their attitude to promote technical development initiatives in an even stupidly honest way
with an eye toward the future.
(UMEDA)As an editor, I read some issues of KAYABA Technical Review back again. Although I thought I knew the product families ofthe company, I noticed anew how wide the ﬁelds covered by the product lineup are. Particularly I found individual businesses primarily leveraging their own expertise for product development. With my experience in concentrating on the specialty of my own
business unit, I have not been interested so much in other businesses. Nevertheless, when focusing on the essence of some technologies, I noticed that they could be eventually applied to other products as well. I want to be engaged in publishing this issue
with an expectation that the information contained herein will give readers helpful hints or ideas about their job. (OKUMURA)

Editorial members◎ITO Takashi
KABASAWA
RyoichiBasic Technology R&D Center, Engineering Div.

UMEDA Yoshinori

Engineering Headquarters, HC Operations
Mie Engineering Dept., HC Operations

Basic Technology R&D Center, Engineering Div.

YONEKAWA
Norihide

HAYASE
Tomonori

Production Technology R&D Center, Engineering Div.

YAMAGATA
Hideki

Quality Assurance Dept., Aircraft Components Div.

SUO Shiro

Intellectual Property Dept., Engineering Div.

KAWASHIMA
ShigeruEngineering Dept., Kumagaya Plant, Special Purpose Vehicles
Div.

AMANO Genki

Corporate Planning Dept., Corporate Planning Headquarters

OKUMURA
Kazuyuki

Design Sect., No.3, KYB Motorcycle Suspensions (KMS)OTA Yasuhiro

Engineering Headquarters, AC Operations

KAWANO
YoshihikoDevelopment Dept., Engineering Div., Takako Industries, Inc.

MIYATANI
Osamu

Engineering Headquarters, AC Operations

KOBAYASHI
Hirotaka

Design Dept., KYB-YS Co., Ltd.

SASAKI Kazuhiro

Engineering Headquarters, AC Operations

NOGUCHI Yoichi

Production Engineering Dept., PS Business Operations, ACOperations

SAITO Keiji

Engineering Headquarters, HC Operations〇KOBATA Hiroshi〇OBAYASHI
Yoshihiro

Engineering Planning Dept., Engineering Div.
Engineering Planning Dept., Engineering Div.

◎Editorial Chief〇Editorial Secretariat
HC Operations: Hydraulic Components Operations
AC Operations: Automotive Components Operations
KAYABA TECHNICAL REVIEW No.66[All rights reserved] [NFS]
Published on April 1, 2023
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