Last updated : 04/01/2020
Ichibayashi Iron Works Co., Ltd.
- President
- Noriyuki ICHIBAYASHI (Mr.)
- Year established
- 1960
- Capital
- 15,000,000 yen
- Sales
- 360,000,000 yen
- Employees
- 24
- Postal (zip) code
- 737-1341
- Company address
- 5755 Kurahashi-cho, , Hiroshima-ken Kure-shi
- Phone
- 0823-53-1122
- Fax
- 0823-53-1123
- E-Mail
- ichi@hiroken.ne.jp
- URL
- http://www.hiroken.ne.jp/~ichi/
Company PR
Using its many years of experience in hot precision closed die forging, Ichibayashi manufactures dies and offers product-making techniques that utilize the superiority of hot-forged products. Consider Ichibayashi not only for design but also as a means to cut costs during mass production.
Major Products
- Hot precision closed die forgings, particularly small, specially-shaped products
- Hot forging dies
- Forging processing and delivery of completed products
Major Customers
- Misumi Co., Ltd.
- Iseki & Co., Ltd.
- Unitite Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- Mitsubishi Motors subcontract factories
- Mazda Motor subcontract factories
- Plus 70 other companies
Major Facilities/Equipment
- Air stamp hammer 5
1/2 t, 3/4 t, 1 t
- Upsetter 1
125 t
- Induction heater 2
200 kW
- Electric discharge machine 5
Wire cutting general-purpose NC
- Machining Centers 1
Technology Employed
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- Ichibayashi designs utilizing features of forged products and helps to improve integrated forming and strength.
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- Ichibayashi performs precision forging based on long years of experience.
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- Ichibayashi applies die construction method technology, such as electric discharge machine.
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- With milling accomplished via cold-rolled coining, flatness precision and surface roughness requirements are met.
Primary Area of Technical Expertise
Ichibayashi makes products by utilizing the features of forgings based on precision dies using CAD/CAM. The traditional image of small quantity, high die cost, and slow delivery does not apply. Ichibayashi can meet even small-lot orders with short delivery deadlines.
Future Business Challenges
- Expansion of, and PR pertaining to, multi-item small-lot forging production that achieves low cost and short delivery deadline
- Ability to deliver not only forged completed products but also heat-treated and machined products.
- Expansion of products that utilize superiority of forgings (strength, dense structure, wide variety of material types, etc.)
- Integration of friction-welded and other composite products through special forging
- Reduction of machining costs by machining only portions required
Future Technical Challenges
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- Reduction of machining through multi-item small-lot forging.
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- Implementation of hot closed die forging of nonferrous metals.
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- Use of electric discharge machine to meet mass-production orders.
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- Development of composite machinery together with other machines that utilize the superiority of forging.