Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yanagiya Co., Ltd. (Ube City) Kanikama (imitation crab meat) Manufacturing Machines have conquered the global market

Fuji Yusoki Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Sanyo Onoda City) Palletizing Robots (stacking machines) with the worlds fastest processing capacity

Tokki Ltd. (Shunan City) Large pressure vessel heads manufactured with using large steel plates processing techniques

Taiko Kikai Industries Co., Ltd. (Kumage Gun) Gear pumps for ships, which was adopted in the South Pole Explorer “Shirase”

318 Yanagiya Co., Ltd. Kanikama (imitation crab meat) Manufacturing 189-18, Yoshiwa, Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture Machines have conquered Established in 1950 the global market TEL +81-836-62-1661 Yoshio Yanagiya http://www.ube-yanagiya.co.jp President

70% share is possessed of the world-wide market for manufacturing machines of “Kanikama” that is a successful seafood paste(Surimi) product in the world. In recent years, the most advanced manufacturing machine has been developed for such crab taste kamaboko having reproduced fine fibers that has been appreciated as better than real. Shift from the production of power-saving kamaboko(fish cake) manufacturing machines to the production of a series of production lines

While the production of “Grinding Kneader” to grind fish meat, the first machine to mechanize the production of kamaboko triggered the mechanization of past products, a series of equipment of the production lines of kamaboko are started to be manufactured, including a machine to mold pasted material on kamaboko plates.

Reproduction of the texture of crab by artisan

Since the domestic kanikama market matured and the sales amount thereof stalled in 1990s, the company started to improve the kanikama to resemble more to the taste of real crab. Pursuing texture of “claw meat” and more real texture of “limb meat” and taking advantage of the performance of manufacturing kanikama manufacturing machines, the company successfully reproduced them. Machines in various patterns have been manufactured for kanikama from the first generation to that of the current fourth generation.

Conquest of the global market

Kanikama that was developed in Japan has come to be eaten in various areas, such as Korea, the US and Russia, and especially due to the BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) problem, as the demand for processed seafood has soared, consumption of kanikama has also increased rapidly, as a result of which the export of machinery and equipment to the European countries has been growing. Today, more than 200 lines of “Kanikama Manufacturing Machines” are delivered in Japan and foreign countries, and with the exclusive distributorship agreement in 25 EU countries with a Spanish company, about 70% world-wide market share has been possessed.

Kanikama Manufacturing Machine Kanikama Products

319 Fuji Yusoki Palletizing Robots Kogyo (stacking machines) with Co., Ltd.

the worlds fastest 2327-1, Higashi-Takatomari, processing capacity Sanyo Onoda City, Yamaguchi Prefecture “Frontier Spirit & Haruo Fujishige President Fine Technology” Established in 1942 TEL +81-836-83-2237

http://www.fujiyusoki.com Fuji Yusoki has developed for the first time in Japan palletizing robots (stacking machines) that have the world fastest processing capacity and emulate the movement of human joints, and has a 60% market share in Japan.

Robots that emulates the movement of human joints

Production sites have gradually shifted from mass production to small quantity and large variety production and have come to be required to be space-saving. In order to meet such needs, the Japan’s first palletizing robot was developed in 1982. The movement of extended arms to grasp products well faithfully emulates that of human joints, and the flexibility and high accuracy has been realized. Since then, a share of 60% or more in Japanese market has been always possessed.

1,600 cycles of loading per hour

“Fuji Ace EC-201” that was developed as the latest type with high capacity can handle 1,600 cycles of loading per hour, which is the fastest in the world, and as a result of weight-saving and revision of the pathway of movement, significant saving of energy has been achieved, comparing with conventional machine. Furthermore, the different hand grippers are available for transport of various products, such as printed matters, 18 liters cans, poly cases and bags, and since they can fully exercise their grasping capacity, they are utilized to machines for beer cases or cement bags as well as machines to pack tomatoes in fireboard boxes or to automatically produce pastes for dumplings.

Application in various industries

Since the application ranges of the robots are wide, they are used in factories of various industries, such as chemistry, fertilizer, feedstuff and printing, or electric power companies. While environmental problems become serious recently, the robots attract attention for the use of automatic loading of PET bottles or empty cans that are compressed in recycling facilities.

Palletizing Robot (Pallets loading machine)

320 Tokki Ltd.

Large pressure vessel 11-1, Minato-machi, Shunan City, heads manufactured with Yamaguchi Prefecture using large steel plates Established in 1934 processing techniques TEL +81-834-63-1234

http://www.tokkiltd.co.jp/ Mikio Okada President

With good technology in design and manufacturing of petrochemical plants, Japan’s leading manufacturer especially of heads (hemispherical components at both ends of a pressure vessel) with extra thickness and large diameter

Design, manufacturing, and maintenance of petrochemical plants

Started as a iron works in 1934, Tokki started in earnest the production of pressure vessels in around 1965, and after the production of cranes or heads, it is now engaging in the design and manufacturing of petrochemical plants as well as the installment and resident maintenance thereof. With technologies and facilities to manufacture very large equipment, for example, a tubular process equipment can be manufactured up to 60 meters in length, 400 tons of weight, and a head up to 30 meters in diameter and 100 tons of weight.

World’ leading large steel plates processing capability

In February 2006, the world’s largest tubular reactor (390 tons of weight) was shipped. Tokki has world’s leading large steel plastic working capability and manufactures products of all materials, such as carbon steel, stainless steel and special steel material. Since only few national and foreign manufactures can manufacture heads with extra thickness and large diameter, Tokki effectively oligopolizes the market. Orders and manufacturing are mainly from national complex companies, but there have been many exports to Southeast Asia, Africa, and Middle East.

1st approval under the New Collaboration Projects

In addition, a traverse guide that enables to lengthen the life of blades through friction has been developed. Tokki is seeking to commercialize a equipment of chips conversion for resin that significantly lengthens the blade’s life, with using this technique in collaboration with techniques of other companies in different industries (1st approval under the New Collaboration Projects of the Chugoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry).

Upper roll Rotating Fixing Lower Traverse Strand blade blade roll guide

LNG Ship Tank Dome Head Equipment of chips conversion for resin incorporating a traverse guide

321 Taiko Kikai Gear pumps for ships, Industries which was adopted in the Co., Ltd.

South Pole Explorer 209-1, Oaza Shimotabuse, “Shirase” Tabuse-cho, Kumage Gun, Yamaguchi Prefecture

Established in 1956 Kenji Matsumoto TEL +81-820-52-3111 President

http://www.taiko-kk.com/

Development of innovative “Segmental Gear Pump” that has less wearing and noise and has longer lifetime. World’s top market share of the largest main lubrication oil pump for mega container ships. Manufacturing 6,100 various kinds of pumps.

Core technology “Segmental Gear” which is also adopted in the South Pole Explorer

While a conventional gear pump has square tooth, “Segmental Gear” has tooth in a form of continuous circles that characterizes less wearing and noise and enhanced lifetime and efficiency. Appreciation to this advanced technology and superiority, all Japanese shipyards use Taiko products or similar kinds. A gear pump company share in Japanese ship industries is 60%, and the South Pole Explorer “Shirase” also adopts it.

Conventional gear pump Segmental gear pump

World’s top market share of the largest main lubrication oil pump

Taiko Kikai possesses the world’s top share of the largest main engine lubrication oil pump for the Mega Container ships. A main engine lubrication oil pump is a pump to supply lubrication oil to ship’s motive engine, and Taiko has come to manufacture the world’s largest pump as a ship size becoming bigger.

6,100 various kinds of pumps

Since products are manufactured in accordance with the specification from each ship or factory, there are 6,100 kinds of products. Pump applications are not limited for marine industries, but also for flat panel display manufacturing industries that pay attention to its dry vacuum pump. In this field, the world standard products with the lowest speed as a screw type product have been also developed and appreciated.

Main engine lubrication oil pump for a container ship

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