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Year
Award
Technology

2019　Japan Foundry Engineering Society Castings of the Year Award

Awarded: Lightweight, high-rigidity aluminum wheels; These cast aluminum wheels for a sport Leaning Multi-Wheel (LMW)^* model feature both light weight and high rigidity achieved through finite element analysis (FEA), which enables more realistic modeling, mid-cast solidification analysis to increase strength and resistance to pressure, and other engineering processes.
*Yamaha Motor’s designation for vehicles with three or more wheels that can lean through turns like a motorcycle.
Recipient(s): Kentaro Suenaga
Power Train Engineering Division, Production Engineering Section, Manufacturing and Production Engineering Center

2017　SETC High Quality Paper Award

Awarded: The Effect of Tempering Conditions on the Delayed Fracture Characteristics of Carburized Steels
Recipient(s): Yoichi Inoue
Materials Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

Toshiya Ohta
Manufacture Technology Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

Hirotaka Kurita
Advanced Technology Research Division, Research & Development Section, Technology Center

2017　Sokeizai Industry Technology Award

Awarded: Development of a new manufacturing method for aluminum motorcycle fuel tanks
Recipient(s): Yoshihiro Kimura, Noboru Mitsui, Masatoshi Miyamoto, Gou Nagura, Kazuya Iida, Kyosuke Nomura
Manufacture Technology Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

2017　JSAE Outstanding Technical Paper Award

Awarded: Development of Fracture-split Connecting Rods made of Titanium Alloy for Use on Supersport Motorcycles
Recipient(s): Tsuyoshi Kubota, Kosuke Doi
Materials Division, Component Section, Engine Unit; Takeshi Murakami
Manufacturing Technology Division, Component Section, Engine Unit; Tetsu Miura
2nd Engine Development Division, Engine Development Section, Engine Unit; Yuuki Kojima
Unit Engineering Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

2016　TPM Excellence Award

Awarded: New Noise-Reduction Process Developed to Enable Local Production of Balancer Gears in Indonesia
Recipient(s): Yasuhiro Shibata
Unit Engineering Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

2015　TPM Excellence Award

Awarded: Methods to improve gear accuracy utilizing experimental modal analysis in the transmission gear shaving processing phase
Recipient(s): Yoshiteru Makise
Unit Engineering Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

2015　SETC High Quality Paper Award

Awarded: Development of Fracture-split Connecting Rods Made of Titanium Alloy for Use on Supersport Motorcycles
Recipient(s): Tsuyoshi Kubota, Kosuke Doi
Materials Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

Takeshi Murakami
Manufacturing Technology Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

Yuuki Kojima, Tetsu Miura
Unit Engineering Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

2014　TPM Excellence Award

Awarded: Small Outboard Motors: Aluminum Parts Cost Cutting Initiatives - High Quality, Highly Efficient Cutting Processes Based on Theoretical Values -
Recipient(s): Noriko Nakai
Manufacturing Technology Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

Yusuke Sakamoto
Manufacturing Division, Yamaha Kumamoto Products Co., Ltd.

2013　TPM Excellence Award

Awarded: Development of a TIGMIG hybrid welding process for aluminum chassis welding application
Recipient(s): Hideaki Aso
Manufacturing Technology Division, Manufacturing Technology Section, Technology Center

2012　TPM Excellence Award

Awarded: Research for a dissimilar-material fastening method for joining titanium and stainless steel and its deployment in manufacturing
Recipient(s): Tomoyuki Nakajima, Yukiya Shinya, Yuki Shiono
Manufacturing Technology Division, Manufacturing Technology Section, Technology Center

2011　TPM Excellence Award

Awarded: Technology for shortening cycle time in low-pressure casting
Recipient(s): Yukinobu Kohori
Manufacturing Technology Division, Manufacturing Technology Section, Technology Center

Takao Nakanishi
2nd SyS Division, Engine Manufacturing Section, Manufacturing Center

2010　Sokeizai Industry Technology Award

Awarded: Development of magnesium die-casting technology for large, thin-walled vehicle chassis parts
Recipient(s): Toshikatsu Koike, Junichi Inami, Atsushi Suzuki, Kenji Tsukamoto, Takaharu Suzuki
Material Division, Research & Development Operations

2008　TPM Excellence Award

Awarded: High-efficiency burrless machining method for shaping gears using MQL
Recipient(s): Kazuaki Mori
3rd SyS Division, SyS Operations, Motorcycle Headquarters

2007　TPM Excellence Award

Awarded: Study of die life in die casting
Recipient(s): Yoshihisa Shibaya
1st SyS Division, SyS Operations, Motorcycle Headquarters

Shinpei Takeda
Production Technology Division, Motorcycle Headquarters

2003　TPM Excellence Award

Awarded: Development of an Energy-conserving Bending Method for Double Titanium Pipes
Recipient(s): Tomoyuki Nakajima
Engine SyS Operations, Motorcycle Headquarters

Yoji Tashiro
Production Technology Development, Motorcycle Headquarters

2001　TPM Excellence Award

Awarded: Bending Method and Production System for Thin-walled Pipe (Hydro-Bending)
Recipient(s): Yoji Tashiro
Production Technology Development, Motorcycle Headquarters

Tamio Yoshino
Exhaust Division, Motorcycle Headquarters

2000　TPM Excellence Award

Awarded: Development of a high-efficiency grinding method for long cylindrical pieces
Recipient(s): Hiroshi Sugiura
Production Technology Development

1999　TPM Excellence Award

Awarded: Development of a die-cast gate breaker device for high-mix, low volume production
Recipient(s): Noriyuki Naito
Casting Technology

1998　TPM Excellence Award

Awarded: Solution for Defective Painting of Injection Moldings Called “Black Patcher”
Recipient(s): Yukio Tamura
Nakaze Factory

1997　JSTP Technological Development Award

Awarded: A Newly Developed Forging Technique for High-Performance Pistons
Recipient(s): Toshikatsu Koike, Hiroshi Yamagata
Fundamental Technology Research, Technology Center

1995　TPM Excellence Award

Awarded: Maintenance of water-soluble hydraulic fluid for die-casting machines
Recipient(s): Kiyoshi Inoue
2nd Factory

1988　Prizes for CrWorkplace: Director General of the Science and Technology Agency Award

Awarded: Design of a compact automatic cleaning machine
Recipient(s): Taketsugu Suzuki
Production Department 21

1986　Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture Award

Awarded: Invention and design of the Yamaha Rapid Plating System
Recipient(s): Hiroshi Tsukakoshi
R&D Division

Toshiyuki Suzuki
Purchasing Management Division

1986　The New Seven Basic Tools of Quality Association Prize for Excellence

Awarded: Study of Prioritization and Evaluation Methods for Planning and Management Work: Improving Target Management Approaches in the Manufacturing Technology Planning Department
Recipient(s): Dai Kawasaki
Production Department 31

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