Engineering and services

SHIBAURA MACHINE Group offers systems and services that can satisfy customers worldwide based on our management philosophy.

R&D Center that explores the possibilities of new technologies and businesses

The R&D Center is a new site that creates cutting-edge products of Shibaura Machine. By capturing the future vision of the society and SHIBAURA MACHINE from the long-term viewpoint, we create new businesses and industries through the research not restricted to the existing business domain and development of new technologies and at the same time realize sustainable development and social contribution towards the future, which can be in 10 years’ time, 20 years’ time, or further ahead.

Future vision plotted by SHIBAURA DX

Through our digital transformation, “SHIBAURA DX”, SHIBAURA MACHINE realizes creation of high-value-added products and the organization that flexibly responds to changes. The R&D Center aims at realization of virtual spaces by merging the reality and digital information towards creation of high-value added products.

In this space, craftsmanship of SHIBAURA MACHINE is realized in a virtual space by accumulating every piece of data and analysing and simulating the data by using the cutting-edge technologies including XR, AI, and 5G. In this virtual space, every type of simulation is possible, not only research and development but also production design, manufacturing, and management, allowing creation of products and values that have not been available so far. The R&D Center contributes developing new businesses that combine products and services and continuously searches for new values to offer alongside of all the production stages of the customers.

Voices of students of various schools

We have prepared various schools for the customers who purchased SHIBAURA MACHINE products according to the experience, level, and purpose.

■Injection molding machine【IS school】

- This training has changed my way of thinking regarding the molding process. I used to think that I only need to produce visually acceptable products, but now, I think that reasoning is necessary for the molding conditions.

- Since I have no experience in mold change, the training was very useful, eye-opening, and enjoyable.

- The training on the functions of the hidden parts such as the inside of a cylinder taught me the consequence of the change of the conditions, giving me a specific basis of the reason for changing values. I will use what I learned from this training with my job as much as possible.

■Die casting machine【DC school】

- I am pleased to have gained the basic knowledge of die casting as I have no practical site-experience in die casting.
　I am pleased to witness the actual impact of a change of casting conditions on the work.

- The explanation of the work with such a detail as "the reason for doing this work" gave me clear understanding, adding to the knowledge of die casting.

■Machine tool【NC school】

- Thorough explanations on each process gave me a deeper understanding. I will use the knowledge I gained from the training with my job.

- This is the first time I learned machine process programming and operation on a real machine. The thorough training provided the understanding of the subject even for me who has no prior knowledge on this subject. I am pleased to have received the training from the NC School.

■Industrial robot【Robot school】

- The small-group lesson allowed me to have practical exercises based on the real work in the afternoon session of the second day, providing satisfactory contents.

- Although I have never used a robot of Shibaura Machine before, the two-day training program starting from the basics of the applications gave me a confidence of the handling of start-up after installation.

- As the contents of the lesson were so structured that they are similar to the operations of the actual system, it was very useful. The exhibition of the robots other than those that were used was also helpful for reference.

EX Academy (Extrusion machines) opened

Shibaura Machine, which is a pioneer of extrusion machines, has responded to all sorts of customer requirements. For the coming 70th anniversary since the development of a twin-screw extruder in 1955, we took this opportunity to establish the EX Academy (TEM School and SPU School) to provide the training for the optimum use of the extrusion machines.

We opened a TEM School for twin-screw extruders first and in June 2024, we also opened a SPU School for sheet manufacturing devices according to the requests from customers.