Automatic Ticket Gates / Tool Setters
Japan's Top Inventions - Season 6

Automatic Ticket Gates / Tool Setters ()

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Available  to rent or buy

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The fascinating stories and secrets behind hit Japanese products, plus parts and machines that boast the top share of niche markets. In the first half: the story behind automatic ticket gates, developed by a Japanese company in the 1960s and installed at train stations throughout Japan. In the second half: tool setters that can accurately measure the length of drill bits for precision machining to within one thousandth of a millimeter.