Technical Presentation

CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINTS

CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

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> CVJ Application for Automobiles > Business Outline > CVJ Classification > Development Program

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CVJ APPLICATION FOR AUTOMOBILES

Propeller Shafts for RWD and 4WD Front Axles for FWD and 4WD

Rear Axles for IRS and 4WD

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1997
EUROPE

CVJ MARKET SHARE

JAPAN

38%

0%

ASIA

8.5%

NORTH AMERICA

NTN 13%
11%

95.8%
AFRICA

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA

0%
OCEANIA 20%

0%

OTHERS 87%

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NTN SALES & CVJ SHARE

NTN SALES (97 US $1=\127)
CVJ 18% ($499 MIL) BEARINGS etc 82% ($2241 MIL) INHOUSE 51%

CVJ SUPPLIERS IN JAPAN (97)

OTHERS 6% NTN 38%

CVJ SUPPLIERS IN THE WORLD (97)

OTHER 14% DELPHI 17% GKN 28%

NTN 13% INHOUSE 28%

IMPORT 5%

HALFSHAFT MONTHLY PRODUCTION QUANTITY NTN IWATA JAPAN NTN OKAYAMA JAPAN NTN DRIVESHAFT INC. U.S.A 610,000 HALF SHAFTS 240,000 HALF SHAFTS 200,000 HALF SHAFTS
AVERAGE DATA FROM Oct.,97 TO Mar.,98 Property of NTN corporation

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MAJOR CUSTOMERS
BMW CAMI AUTOMOTIVE DAEWOO DAIHATSU DANA CORPORATION FORD FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES GM HONDA HYUNDAI HYUNDAI PRECISION & IND. CO. ISUZU KAWASAKI KIA MOTOR M.BENZ MAZDA MITSUBISHI MMMA(DSM) NISSAN ROVER RENAULT SUBARU ISUZU AUTOMOTIVE SUZUKI TOYOTA YAMAHA ZF

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CVJ
CUMULATIVE HALFSHAFT PRODUCTION QUANTITY ( 106)

PRODUCTION HISTORY
DOMESTIC
NDI PRODUCTION STARTED A PART OF PRODUCTION QTY TRANSFERRED FROM JPN TO USA

200 MILLION (97/6)

200

1200

150

900

100
MONTHLY HALFSHAFT PRODUCTION QUANTITY

600
100 MILLION(88/7)

50
START 1963
CUMULATIVE HALFSHAFT PRODUCTION QUANTITY

300

64 65

70

75

80

85

90

95
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MONTHLY HALFSHAFT PRODUCTION QUANTITY( 103)

250

1500

NDI CVJ PRODUCTION HISTORY

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CUMULATIVE HALFSHAFT PRODUCTION QUANTITY ( 106)

250

12

MONTHLY HALFSHAFT PRODUCTION QUANTITY

200

150

6
START 1989

100

3
CUMULATIVE HALFSHAFT PRODUCTION QUANTITY

50

0
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98

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MONTHLY HALFSHAFT PRODUCTION QUANTITY( 103)

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GROBAL NETWORK
NTN Transmissions Europe (2000.6~)

HEAD OFFICE
TAIWAY J/V

NDI

SALES OF

FICE

MFG. PLANT NDI PLANT, R&D CENTER

SALES CHANNEL DIRECT TRADE JAPAN

UNIDRIVE J/V

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CVJ FACILITY
UNIT;HALF SHAFTS PER MONTH

AREA

PLANT NAME IWATA

Production Capacity

Production Start

750,000 250,000 420,000 400,000

1973 1982 1989

2000
(Under Planning)

JAPAN OKAYAMA U.S.A. FRANCE

THAILAND NTN DRIVESHAFT INC. NTN TRANSMISSIONS EUROPE
NTN MANUFACUTURING THAILAND

Under Planning

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ISO 9000 & QS-9000

PLANT
KUWANA IWATA Brg. PLANT OKAYAMA TAKARAZUKA NAGANO CVJ ENGINEERING DEPT. KONGO AMF CMF BOWER(2) METTMANN NTN(UK) NBCC NDI IWATA CVJ PLANT OKAYAMA CV J PLANT

REGISTERED
QS- 9000 ISO 9002 QS- 9000 ISO 9002 QS- 9000 QS- 9000 ISO 9001 QS- 9000 QS- 9000 QS- 9000 QS- 9000 ISO 9002 ISO 9002 QS- 9000 QS- 9000 QS- 9000

DATE
NOV.1997 MAY.1995 SEP.1997 JAN.1996 MAR.1997 MAR.1997 JAN.1997 APR.1998 APR.1997 AUG.1998 SEP.1998 MAY.1992 DEC.1996 NOV.1997 JAN.1998 JUN.1998
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CVJ CLASSIFICATION
FOR DRIVESHAFT
IN PRODUCTION PROTOTYPE

BJ

BALL FIXED JOINT HIGH EFFICIENCY COMPACT BALL FIXED JOINT UNDERCUT FREE JOINT

FIXED JOINT

EBJ UJ DOJ EDJ AC-TJ

C.V. JOINT
( DRIVE SHAFT)

DOUBLE OFFSET JOINT HIGH EFFICIENCY COMPACT DOUBLE OFFSET JOINT ANGULAR CONTACT TRIPOD JOINT FREE RING TRIPOD JOINT SHUDDERLESS FREE RING TRIPOD JOINT CROSS GROOVE JOINT
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PLUNGING JOINT

FTJ SFJ LJ

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CVJ CLASSIFICATION
FOR PROPELLER SHAFT

FIXED JOINT

BJ

BALL FIXED JOINT

C.V. JOINT
(PROPELLER SHAFT)

DOJ

DOUBLE OFFSET JOINT ANGULAR CONTACT TRIPOD JOINT CROSS GROOVE JOINT HIGH SPEED CROSS GROOVE JOINT

PLUNGING JOINT

AC-TJ LJ HLJ

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BJ : Ball FIXED JOINT

A
MAX ANGLE JOINT SERIES BJ68L BJ71L BJ75L BJ79L BJ82L BJ87L 46.5 BJ92L BJ95L BJ100L BJ104L BJ109L BJ117L BJ125L BJ133L INPRODUCTION DIMENSION(mm) A B C R42.2 65.3 17.0 R44.0 69.0 18.0 R45.8 72.6 19.0 R47.7 76.3 20.1 R49.5 79.9 21.2 R51.3 83.6 22.2 R53.2 87.4 23.3 R54.5 90.0 24.0 R56.9 94.7 25.4 R59.1 99.2 26.5 R61.1 103.2 27.6 R65.1 111.2 29.7 R69.1 119.2 31.8 R73.2 127.4 33.9 PROTOTYPE

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UJ : UNDERCUT FREE JOINT

A
MAX ANGLE JOINT SERIES UJ68 UJ71 UJ75 UJ79 UJ82 UJ87 UJ92 UJ95 UJ100 UJ104 UJ109 UJ117 INPRODUCTION DIMENSION(mm) A B C R44.0 69.0 17.0 R45.8 72.6 18.0 R47.7 76.3 19.0 R49.5 79.9 20.1 R51.3 83.6 21.2 R53.2 87.4 22.2 R54.5 90.0 23.3 R56.9 94.7 24.0 R59.1 99.2 25.4 R61.1 103.2 26.5 R63.1 107.2 27.6 R65.1 111.2 29.7 PROTOTYPE

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DOJ : DOUBLE OFFSET JOINT

MAX ANGLE JOINT DIMENSION(mm) SERIES A B C DOJ68 71.2 61.5 17.0 DOJ71 75.7 65.0 18.0 DOJ75 79.7 69.0 19.0 25 DOJ79 83.0 72.5 20.1 DOJ82 87.4 75.7 21.2 DOJ92* 93.6 82.0 23.3 DOJ95 97.7 85.5 24.0 DOJ100 100.7 89.0 25.4 DOJ104* 106.7 95.0 26.5 DOJ109* 110.2 98.5 27.6 DOJ117 117.2 105.5 29.7 DOJ125 124.2 112.5 31.8 DOJ68L 75.7 65.0 17.0 DOJ71L 79.7 69.0 18.0 DOJ79L 87.4 75.7 20.1 DOJ87L 94.6 83.0 22.2 30.5 DOJ95L 100.7 89.0 24.0 DOJ100L 104.7 93.0 25.4 DOJ104L 110.2 98.5 26.5 DOJ109L 113.7 102.0 27.6 DOJ117L 120.7 109.0 29.7 DOJ125L 127.7 116.0 31.8 DOJ133L 135.0 123.5 33.8 * MAX. ANGLE 23 IN PRODUCTION PROTOTYPE

B
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AC-TJ : ANGULAR CONTACT TRIPOD JOINT

MAX ANGLE 23 25

23

JOI NT SERI ES TJ68 TJ71 TJ75 TJ79 TJ82 TJ87 TJ92 TJ95 TJ100 TJ104 TJ109

A SECTION X-X

DI MENSI ON(mm ) A B C 71.0 61.5 17.0 74.0 65.0 18.0 78.0 68.0 19.0 82.0 71.4 20.1 85.8 74.6 21.2 90.2 78.7 22.2 93.1 81.6 23.3 96.3 84.8 24.0 100.5 89.0 25.4 106.7 95.0 26.5 110.2 98.5 27.6

IN PRODUCTION PROTOTYPE

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LJ : CROSS GROOVE JOINT

JOI NT SERI ES LJ75 LJ87 LJ95 LJ109 LJ117

DI MENSI ON(mm) A B C 88.0 86.0 19.0 96.0 94.0 22.2 102.0 100.0 24.0 110.0 108.0 27.6 122.0 120.0 29.7
:IN PRODUCTION :PROTOTYPE
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NTN CVJ AVAILABILITY

JOINT SIZE 68 71 75 79 82 87 92 95 100 104 109 117 125 133 : IN PRODUCTION : PROTO TYPE Plunging Joint (Prop.) FIXED JOINT PLUNGING JOINT BJ EBJ UJ DOJ EDJ TJ FTJ SFJ LJ HLJ
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SIZE AND TYPE VARIATION

97/10 98/3

1090.9% 104 0.4% 100 3.2% 92 (3.2%) 9511.1% 87 11.3% 82 (20.3%) 1250.2% 685.2% 7110.7%

HLJ UJ LJ SFJ FTJ (1.3%) (3.9%) (2.0%) (0.02%) (0.2%)

TJ (16.1%) DOJ (26.5%)

75 (23.3%) 79 (3.2%)

BJ (49.9%)

SIZE

TYPE
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TEST CAPABILITY
TOTAL55 STATIONS
NVH TEST STATION 8 STANDS BOOT DURABILITY TEST MACHINE 12 STANDS

DURABILITY TEST STATION 18 STANDS

STRENGTH TEST STATION 17 STANDS

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PROTO CAPABILITY
TOTAL40 EQUIPMINT
MEASUREMENT APPARATUS 5 PRESS MACHINE 5

CUTTING MACHINE 20

NUMERICAL CONTROL LATHE LATHE BROACHING MACHINE MACHINING CENTER SPLINE ROLLING MACHINE THREAD ROLLING MACHINE DRILLING MACHINE

GRINDING MACHINE 10

EXTERNAL CYCLIC GRINDING MACHINE INTERNAL CYCLIC GRINDING MACHINE BALL GROOVE GRINDING MACHINE
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CVJ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

MARKET

DEVELOPMENT TASK Down Sizing

Weight Reduction Compact Size

Cost Reduction

Manufacturing Process Improvement

Better NVH

Improved TJ Improved DOJ

Boot Noise Elimination

Increase Reliability Durability Improvement No Lead Grease Environment Propeller Shaft Steering Joint Other Application Hub Joint
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HIGH EFFICIENCY COMPACT BALL FIXED JOINT EBJ

TORQUE Nm ANGLE deg. WEIGHT REDUCTION(g) TEMPERATURE RISE 100 80 60 40 20 0 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 REVOLUTION (r.p.m.)
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SIZE 104 100 95 92 87 82

BJ A

EBJA

CURRENT BJ
EBJ

98.3 94.7 90.0 87.4 83.6 79.9

90.0 87.4 83.6 79.9 76.3 72.6

520 470 420 410 400 390

2,500

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HIGH EFFICIENCY COMPACT DOUBLE OFFSET JOINT EDJ

SIZE 100 95 92 87 82

DOJ A 89.0 85.5 82.0 79.0 75.7

EDJA 85.5 82.0 79.0 75.7 72.5

REDUCTION(g)

TEMPERATURE RISE

WEIGHT

100 80 60

TORQUE Nm ANGLE deg.

280 240 200 190 180

CURRENT
EDJ

40 20 0 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 REVOLUTION (r.p.m.)

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LONG LIFE HIGH STRENGTH

TARGET
LONG LIFE DURABILITY 50%UP

PARTS
GREASE NTG2218 NTG30B

HIGH STRENGTH

STRENGTH 15%UP

SHAFT

SBM40

CAGE 1 SIZE DOWN

SCM415B

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COLD FORMING BJ OUTER RACE

SLOT BALL TRACK & I/D

CURRENT BALL TRACK & I/D SLOT GRINDING CUTTING

DEVELOPMENT COLD FORMING COLD FORMING

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PRESSED DOJ OUTER RACE

CURRENT CUP STEM MASS(#71 SIZE) COLD FORGING WITH STEM DEVELOPMENT STAMPING COLD FORGING 670g (-18%)

815g

STAMPED CUP

PRESS FITTING COLD FORGING STEM

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COLD IRONING LJ
Cold ironing and grinding for ball grooves

Cold ironing for ball grooves OUTER RACE

CURRENNT BALL GROVES OUTER RACE STEM INNER RACE BALL GROVES MILLING &GRINDING WELDING BROACH

INNER RACE
DEVELOPMENT COLD COLD IRONING IRONING &GRINDING &GRINDING SOLID COLD IRONING
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COMPACT TPE BOOT

CONVENTIONAL DESIGN
119.6

COMPACT DESIGN
96.3

94.0

BOOT 92 g 300 cm3 IMPROVED MATERIAL APPROPRIATE SHAPE IMPROVED MOLDING

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WEIGHT INSIDE VOLUME

57 g 220 cm3

91.0

SFJ : SHUDDERLESS FREE RING

INDUCED CYCLIC AXIAL LOAD 3RD ORDER COMPONENT OF

100

TJ AC-TJ

THE SHUDDER PROBLEM AT THE VEHICLE START IS EXTREMELY IMPROVED.

80

60

FTJ
40

20

SFJ
4 6 8 12 14
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OPERATING ANGLE

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DOJ -RPE

DOJ-ST

DOJ-RPCF

DOJ-RPE
TORQUE 100Nm 0deg

PLUNGING RESISTANCE

REVOLUTION 0rpm
DOJ-ST DOJRPCF DOJRPE

ANGLE

4 6 PLUNGING LENGTH

10 mm
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VEHICLES NVH IMPROVEMENT SHUDDER

APPLIED AC-TJ 3RD ORDER COMPONENT OF INDUCED CYCLIC AXIAL LOAD JOINT ANGLE 4 8 50% DOWN

20% DOWN

20% DOWN

0% DOWN

NO PROBLEM
(SIZE 100)

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VEHICLES NVH IMPROVEMENT

IDLING VIBRATION & BEAT NOISE
BEAT NOISE ON HIGH SPEED RUNNING IDLING VIBRATION OF A/T VHHICLE

APPLIED DOJ-ST

LOW FRICTION 6TH ORDER COMPONENT OF INDUCED CYCLIC AXIAL RANGE LOAD

DOJ- RPC,RPCF DOJ- RPE

1 mm

75% DOWN
=4 USE OF LOW FRICTION GREASE

3 mm

AC-TJ,FTJ,SFJ

FULL RANGE

NO PROBLEM

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CHARACTERISTIC PLUNGING JOINTS FOR HALFSHAFT ITEM

SHUDDER IDLING VIBRATION DOJ- DOJ- DOJ- EDJST RPCF RPE RPCF 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 5 3 4 5 3 3 5 5 4 4 5 3 3 5 5 3 4 5 5 4 5 TJ 2 5 5 4 4 5 4 ACTJ 3 5 5 4 4 5 4 FTJ 4 5 5 4 3 5 4 SFJ 4.5 5 5 4 3 5 4 LJ 5 3 5 5 2 3 4

NVH

BEAT NOISE VIBRATION AT HIGH ANGLE

SWING DIAMETER BASIC CHARACT- TEMPERATURE RISE ERISTICS PLUNGING CAPACITY

5 4 3 2 1 EVALUATION : SUPERIOR : GOOD : FAIR : MARGINAL : POOR

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NO LEAD GREASE
--- ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES --MOLYLEX No.2 NTG2218 VU-3A702 NTG30B SSG-6003 REAMAX Fs No.1
BJ,DOJ BJ DOJ,TJ,SFJ DOJ,TJ,SFJ DOJ,TJ,SFJ PROPELLER SHAFT DEVELOPING

NTG2218-M
DEVELOPING

NTG30B-M NN2312
DEVELOPING
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HLJ - PROPELLER SHAFT

32.0 29.8 32.4

PAT. PENDING

108

102

102 HLJ109 FLOAT TYPE HLJ109 NON FLOAT TYPE

HLJ109 FLOAT TYPE 50% UP HLJ109 NON FLOAT TYPE 50% UP 35% DOWN 35% DOWN 20% DOWN 26mm 25 mm 35% DOWN 35% DOWN 11% DOWN 40 mm
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CURRENT LJ109 FLOAT TYPE

CURRENT LJ109 FLOAT TYPE REV. X ANGLE

PLUNGING RESISTANCE ARTICULATION EFFORT MASS PLUNGING CAPACITY

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CHARACTERISTICS - CVJ FOR PROPELLER SHAFT (#87)

LJ HLJ DOJ AC-TJ BJ

WEIGHT (Kg)

Plunging Capacity (mm)

1.20 16 22,000 5

1.00 17 (30,000) 5

1.77 36 36,000 ( = 6) 8

1.41 (#75) 30 13,000 ( = 2) 3

0.81 40,000 ( =4) 36,000 ( =6)

REV.ANGLE
MAX. OPERATING ANGLE INDUCED CYCLIC AXIAL LOAD

10

3RD 6TH

+ + ++ + ++

+ + ++ ++ ++

+++ + ++ +++

+++ + +++ +++

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ARTICULATION EFFORT PLUNGING RESISTANCE AXIAL LOADING CAPACITY

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SJ : STEERING JOINT
OUTER RACE 48 BALL INNER RACE & SHAFT

DESIGN CONCEPT
HIGH ANGLE CAPABILITY SIMPLE FEATURE SMOOTH OPERATION COMPACT CHARACTERISTICS

CIRCLIP SUPPORT RING JOINT CENTER

CIRCLIP SUPPORT RING CAGE

MAX OPERATING ANGLE ROTATIONAL BACK LASH ARTICULATION TORQUE ROTATIONAL TORQUE DURABILITY

45deg 10MAX 0.98 Nm MAX

AT TORQUE1Nm

0.196 Nm MAX

=29.4Nm =60018cpm 3105 OK =45deg

CROSS SECTION

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NTN ENGINEERING SUPPORT SYSTEM

CUSTOMER
NTN EUROPE

NTN
OSAKA HQ.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE HQ. ENGINEERING ADMINISTRATION DEPT.

EUROPE

GERMANY UK FRANCE (NTE R&D)

JAPAN ASIA

CVJ ENGINEERING DEPT.

DESIGN SECTION TESTING SECTION TRIAL PRODUCTION SECTION

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS PRODUCTION ENG.

CVJ PLANT
JPN : IWATA OKAYAMA USA : NDI EU : (NTE)

USA
NBCA

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NTN CAD DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM

2D Micro CADAM-X HARDWARE:IBM RS/6000 25T V3.17A OS:IBM AIX V3.2.5.1 2D,3D CATIA V4.1.8
I.G.E.S V5 DIFU V3.0 DXF (GX3/GX5) dmn dos

3.5inch Floppy disk DAT 8mm DAT 4mm 3.5inch Floppy disk DAT 8mm DAT 4mm

CATEXP V4

IBM RS/6000 43P IBM AIX V4.1.5

CATEXP V4

CADAM TRANSLATER

2D,3D I-DEAS
V4

IBM RS/6000 38T IBM AIX V4.1.5

Universal file
I-DEAS MODELFILE

3.5inch Floppy disk DAT 8mm DAT 4mm

3D I.G.E.S V5 PDGS Rev.26

IBM RS/6000 38T IBM AIX V4.1.5
I.G.E.S V5 PDGS MODELFILE

3.5inch Floppy disk DAT 8mm DAT 4mm

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