JSSE holds Autumn Lecture Meeting
Nov. 08, 2018
The Japan Society of Spring Engineers (JSSE) held its semiannual Lecture Meeting, including a poster
session, and a ceremony of JSSE Awards at Kyoto Tower Hotel on November 8, 2018.
Lecture Meeting
Eight general lectures and one special topic
lecture were presented to 131 attendees in a hall ofthe Kyoto Tower Hotel. An opening speech wasdelivered by Mr. Haruhiko Shiba, Vice-Chairpersonof JSSE and Managing Officer, Member of theBoard of Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.

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6. A Young's modulus measurement methot basedon approximate polynomial of large deflection ofbeams (cantilever and three point bending), byDr.Tadashi Horibe of Ibaraki University.
7. Increasing quenching severity, improving
mechanical properties and decreasing quenching
distortion by austempering with water-added
molten salt, by Mr. Youichi Watanabe of Nihon
Parkerizing Co., Ltd.
8. Effect of shot peening on hydrogen entry into
tempered martensitic steel, by Mr. Makoto
Kawamori of Kobe Steel, Ltd.

Mr. Haruhiko Shiba

Titles of General Lectures and Presenters
1. Psuedo-hydrogen signal in Gas-Chromatographthat is based on generation inside
Gas-Chromatograph but is not intruded intosteel ~Phosphate-coated steel~, by Dr.Yasuhide
Ishiguro of JFE Steel Corporation.
2. Nonlinear Analysis of Dynamics of JapaneseBows (Restoring Spring Characteristics andDynamic Behavior), by Dr. Atsumi Ohtsuki ofMeijo University.
3. Effects of shot peening strength on eddy current
response, by Mr. Yuichi Motoyama of National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology.
4. Deforming experiments of non-contact spiral
spring, by Mr. Takuro Aiki of Hayamizu Hatsujo
Co., Ltd..
5. Vibration Suppression of a Structural Object
Using a Small Vibratory Device (Derivation ofan Exact Algebraic Solution of an Optimal
Double-Mass Dynamic Vibration Absorber), by
Dr.Toshihiko Asami, Professor of University ofSpecial Topic Lecture
Title: Internal-combustion engine efforts for next
generation in Mazda.
Lecturer: Mr. Katsunobu Miyagoshi, Program
Manager of Mazda Motor Corporation.

Mr. Katsunobu Miyagoshi

1Poster Session
Seven technical posters were displayed in anotherhall. A brief explanation was given by arepresentative for each of the posters on thespeaker’s platform for the lecture meeting, followedby Question and Answer session at the posters. The
top two posters were selected based on theparticipants’ voting.

Mr. Yuta Kogishi

containing a surface defect with arbitrary shape,by Ms. Nanako Sato and Dr. Koji Takahashi ofYokohama National University.
2) Hydrogen uptake in high-strength steel
corroded in actual use environment and inlaboratory
corrosion
condition,
andinterpretation of diffusive hydrogen in
Thermal-Desorption-Spectroscopy-based
Gas
Chromatograph, by Dr. Yasuhide Ishiguro, Mr.
Kazuki Fujimura, Mr. Shinji Ootsuka and Mr.
Akio Kobayashi of JFE Steel Corporation.
3) The effect of carbide precipitation onmechanical properties of tempered martensitic
Si-added high carbon steels, by Mr. Shinya
Teramoto, Mr. Manabu Kubota and Mr. Jun
Takahashi of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
Corporation.

Mr. Kazuki Kajita

Koseki-prize, (among honorable achievements)
The First Place Poster:
Fatigue strength improvement of an aluminumalloy with a crack-like surface defect using laser
peening, by Mr. Yuta Kogishi of Yokohama
National University, et al.

Mr. Toshio Kazama (NHK Spring Co., Ltd.)Mr. Takashi Goto (Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.)Dr. Kazuhiro Kawasaki (Neturen Co., Ltd.)Mr. Tsutomu Kato (PIOLAX, Inc.)
Dr. Wataru Nakao (Yokohama NationalUniversity)
Mr. Tatsuro Ochi (Nippon Steel & Sumikin SG
Wire Co., Ltd.)The Second Place Poster:Study on Automatic Fractographical Feature
Distinction by means of Materials Informatics
Technology, by Mr. Kazuki Kajita ofRitsumeikan University, et al
Ceremony of JSSE Awards
The awarding ceremony was held prior to theafternoon session of the lecture meeting.
Ronbun-prize, Gijutu-prize and Koseki-prize weregiven to the winners.

Winners of the Prizes

Ronbun-prize, (among papers submitted to JSSE):
Fatigue Property of High Strength Steel with
Artificial Defects under Cyclic Torsion with aShear Stress Ratio of 0.1, by Mr. Mamoru
Hayakawa, Mr. Shinya Teramoto, Mr. Shuji
Kozawa, Mr. Yutaka Neishi and Mr. Taizo
Makino of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
Corp.

Gijutu-prize, (among other papers or articles)
1) Prediction of fracture strength for ceramics

Closing Speech by Dr. Nakasone, JSSE Chairperson

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Reception
A reception was held after the closing speechdelivered by Dr. Yuji Nakasone, JSSE President andProfessor of Tokyo University of Science, in anotherhall.
Mr. Toshio Kazama, Vice-Chairperson of JSSE and
Executive Corporate Officer of NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
made an opening speech. This was followed by theguest speech by Mr. Masahiko Nakatani, Executive
Director of Japan Spring Manufacturers Association(JSMA.)
Mr. Susumu Yamamoto

Mr. Toshio Kazama
Guest Speech by Mr. Mamoru Hayakawa

After plenty of mingling and exchanging ofinformation, the reception was over with
“iccho-jime,” a vibration consists of a single clap inunison led by Mr. Kouji Tsutsumi, Director of JSSE
and of Suncall Corporation.

Mr. Masahiko Nakatani

Mr. Susumu Yamamoto, Honorary Member ofJSSE, made a toast to the development of thespring industry and the participants’ good health.
This was followed by the guest speeches deliveredby the winners of the prizes.
Mr. Kouji Tsutsumi

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