• 1.Design technology
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      • About contamination
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      • About Factory power supply
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  • 4. Table of various dimensions
    • Hex Socket Head cap Bolt
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      • Screw head dimensions
      • Trash-avoiding caps
    • Screw and tap materials
      • Screw Pitch Lead
      • Tap hole under dimension
      • In Helisat downhole
    • Dish fir dimensions
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      • Flat washer dimensions (New JIS, Old JIS)
      • Applications of flat washers
      • Application of Spring washer
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      • Hex Nut Dimensions
      • Types of nuts
    • Key-Keyway
      • Keyway dimension table
    • Parallel Pin-Knock pin
    • Piping screw
    • Tool dimensions
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    • Stainless steel
    • Resin
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      • About Flat Bar
      • About Black Skin
      • SS400-FB
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      • SUS303-FB
      • SUS316-FB
    • Round and square bars
      • Polished steel bar
      • Centerless round bar
    • Square pipe
      • SS400(STKR)
    • Equilateral angle iron (Angle)
      • SS400
    • Steel plate and wire mesh
      • Expanded metal
      • How to call Jishaku
    • Plumbing
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  • 6.Heat treatment/surface treatment
    • 6-1. Surface treatment
    • 6-2.Heat treatment
    • 6-3.Painting
  • 7.Drafting knowledge
    • 7-1.What is mechanical Drawing?
    • 7-2. How to write a drawing
    • 7-3.How to do a drawing inspection
    • 7-4.鋼材の記載方法

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  • 1.Design technology
    • 1-1.The story of machine design
    • 1-2.About Automation
    • 1-3.Factory System
      • Clean Room
      • Nut Runner
      • Stack transport
      • Galvano Scanner
      • About contamination
      • Forklift related
      • Crane related
      • About Factory power supply
    • Mechanical Design|Basics
    • Trestle design
    • Jig design
    • Positioning foundation
    • Tolerance design
    • Input design
    • Welding knowledge
    • Analytical Strength|CAE
    • Safety design
    • Explosion-proof design
    • Thermal measures
    • Air circuit
    • Production Technology/Manufacturing technology
    • Processing|Foundation
    • CAD|General
  • 2.Design calculations
    • Surface roughness ・ Surface roughness table
    • Cycle calculation
    • Habitual sex moments
    • Strength calculation
    • Basic calculation (Other)
  • 3.Mechanical elements
    • Motor
    • Air cylinder
    • Security
    • Electric Cylinder / Single Axis Robot
    • Index table
    • Linear Guide Shaft
    • Ball screw
    • Robot
    • Conveyor
    • Bearings ・ Bearings
    • Oiles Bush
    • Cable bear
    • Spring design
    • Shock absorbers
    • Chain
    • Sensor
    • Light curtain
    • Toggle clamp
    • Other Mechanical elements
  • 4. Table of various dimensions
    • Hex Socket Head cap Bolt
      • Screw-Zagli dimensions
      • Screw head dimensions
      • Trash-avoiding caps
    • Screw and tap materials
      • Screw Pitch Lead
      • Tap hole under dimension
      • In Helisat downhole
    • Dish fir dimensions
    • Spring/ Flat washer
      • Flat washer dimensions (New JIS, Old JIS)
      • Applications of flat washers
      • Application of Spring washer
    • Nuts
      • Hex Nut Dimensions
      • Types of nuts
    • Key-Keyway
      • Keyway dimension table
    • Parallel Pin-Knock pin
    • Piping screw
    • Tool dimensions
  • 5. Material Characteristics/Dimensions
    • Physical characteristics
    • Aluminum
    • Stainless steel
    • Resin
    • Rubber/Sponge
    • Flat bar
      • About Flat Bar
      • About Black Skin
      • SS400-FB
      • SUS304-FB
      • SUS303-FB
      • SUS316-FB
    • Round and square bars
      • Polished steel bar
      • Centerless round bar
    • Square pipe
      • SS400(STKR)
    • Equilateral angle iron (Angle)
      • SS400
    • Steel plate and wire mesh
      • Expanded metal
      • How to call Jishaku
    • Plumbing
    • Types of steel
  • 6.Heat treatment/surface treatment
    • 6-1. Surface treatment
    • 6-2.Heat treatment
    • 6-3.Painting
  • 7.Drafting knowledge
    • 7-1.What is mechanical Drawing?
    • 7-2. How to write a drawing
    • 7-3.How to do a drawing inspection
    • 7-4.鋼材の記載方法
Supplement 1 for parallelism of mounting surfaces and design in THK's LM Guide

Design of LM guide mounting surface of THK (parallelism and supplementary information)

2026/1/2    LM Guide/Linear Guide /Linear Shaft

Today's note is on "Designing THK's LM Guide Mounting Surfaces (Parallelism and Supplementary Information)". The following is an excerpt from the THK catalog on the accuracy of the mounting surface to be designed when using the LM Guide, as well as a note on the mounting surface ...

How to select a screw jack and points to note 1

How to select a screw jack and what to look out for

2020/5/2    screw jack

Today's note is on "Screw Jack Selection Methods and Precautions". In large equipment design, screw jacks are often used. Screw jacks will not function if the selection method is wrong, especially ...

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How to link part property information to a drawing in SolidWorks

2020/9/22    Solidworks

  Today's note is about "How to link part property information to drawings in SolidWorks". In 3D CAD, the link between parts and drawings is very important. It is very important to reduce the number of items to be typed as much as possible.

What happens to the torque of the motor when the speed is reduced by an inverter?

2025/8/23    Motor

  This is a supplementary article on inverter control and a note on "What happens to the torque of a motor when the speed is reduced by an inverter?  The purpose of the inverter is to adjust the motor speed Inverter ...

serial dimensioning

Difference, inclusion, and use of progressive, series, and parallel dimensions

2025/10/13    How to insert dimensions / Types of dimensions

  This section is a memo on the difference between, how to include, and how to use progressive, series, and parallel dimensions in mechanical drawing. The way to include dimensions depends on the company and the part being handled, but here are the differences and general ...

A story about how I thought I could design a machine there by myself because 3D CAD drastically reduces design errors.

2024/3/28    2DCAD/3DCAD

Today's story is "I thought I could design a machine there by myself because 3DCAD drastically reduces design errors. The title is long again today. The other day, I started designing with 2DCAD for the first time in a while ...

Things to note about the type generated by the CAD data download service and the notation in the catalog

2020/5/12    General Standards/Recognition

Today's note is about "things to watch out for in the type and catalog notations generated by CAD data download services". I would like to write about a mistake I made the other day in a row.

Summary of everyone's opinion that machine automation is difficult and has many challenges

2025/11/13    Mechanization/automation

  Today, I would like to note the results of a survey I recently conducted on Twitter, "Do you think this kind of service would make it easier for machines to become automated?" I would like to report the results of the survey and provide some additional information. Raw ...

You can't design something if nothing is set in stone.

The work of mechanical design has a sequence of answers somewhere in its conditions. But it is quite difficult to find it.

2023/12/2    The story of machine design

  Today, I have a super sympathetic note about "There is an order to answer in the mechanical design work in its conditions somewhere. But it's pretty hard to find it. I was reading an article that resonated with me ...

How to calculate torque from kW (rated output) of motor

2025/8/23    Motor

  Here is a note on "How to calculate torque from kW (rated output) of a motor", knowledge that is sometimes necessary when selecting a motor. When designing a machine, power is sometimes expressed in kW ...

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