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Murata Machinery

Murata Machinery is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Murata Machinery rather than just read about it. In short: Murata Machinery, Ltd. (村田機械株式会社, Murata Kikai Kabushiki-gaisha), abbrev.

Key takeaways

Murata Machinery belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Murata Machinery to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Murata Machinery from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Murata Machinery, Ltd. (村田機械株式会社, Murata Kikai Kabushiki-gaisha), abbrev. MML, is a privately held Japanese international company founded in 1935 with its head office at Fushimi-ku, Kyoto The company's main products are industrial machines such as textile machinery, turning machines, sheet metal machinery and communication equipment like digital multifunctional products. In addition, Murata Machinery provides factory automation and logistics systems centering on the automated storage and automated transportation systems, and also automated material handling systems for clean rooms designed for semiconductor fabs.

History

Nishijin Jacquard Mfg., the predecessor of Murata Machinery, Ltd. was founded in 1935 and mainly developed the business of textile machinery. Nishijin Jacquart expanded into the machine tools industries in 1961, and automated systems in 1962. At that time, the company name was changed to the present Murata Machinery, Ltd. In 1970, Murata Machinery began selling facsimile machines in Japan. In 1970, Murata Machinery's textile machinery division, developed the "Mach Splicer" device which can join yarn using air flow without knot. The Automatic Winders equipped with the Mach Splicer started to be delivered to worldwide factories and still remain the core products of this company. The synthetic fiber machine business was transferred to TMT Machinery, Inc., which was jointly funded in 2002 by the three leading manufacturers of synthetic fiber machinery in Japan that merged their synthetic textile machinery business units; Toray Engineering, Murata Machinery and Teijin Seiki (present Nabtesco). Murata established its U.S.-based subsidiary, Murata Machinery USA in 1974. The company entered the U.S. market in 1982 as Murata Business Systems to sell fax machines through private-label agreements with multiple U.S. companies. In January, 1985, the company began marketing its facsimile products under the Murata name from its corporate headquarters in Dallas, Texas. In 1991, Murata Machinery company-wide introduced the new unified brand name, "MURATEC". In August 2009, the wholly owned subsidiary, Muratec Automation Co. Ltd., was established when Murata Machinery split the business unit for Automated Material Handling Systems for Semiconductor and FPD and acquired Asyst Technology Japan and then integrated these business units. In 2012, Muratec Automation was merged into Murata Machinery Ltd. and the Clean FA Division was established. In 2011, Silex Technology, specializing in network and wireless technology, became a wholly owned subsidiary of Murata Machinery. In October 2014, Murata Machinery acquired 100% ownership of Cimcorp Oy of Finland, the top supplier for intralogistics in the tire industry and for retail and distribution customers.

References

External links Official site (in English) Muratec-USA.com Murata Machinery, USA - YouTube channel

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Murata Machinery

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Murata Machinery claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Murata Machinery before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Murata Machinery ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Murata Machinery

In research: Murata Machinery appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Murata Machinery in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Murata Machinery is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japanese brands, Japanese companies established in 1935, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Murata Machinery outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Murata Machinery in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Murata Machinery means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Murata Machinery in simple terms?

Murata Machinery, Ltd. (村田機械株式会社, Murata Kikai Kabushiki-gaisha), abbrev.

Why does Murata Machinery matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Murata Machinery?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Murata Machinery.