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  "status": "unclaimed",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-01",
  "revision": 1,
  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/ckd.co.jp/provenance.json",
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        "semiconductor manufacturing",
        "pharmaceutical packaging",
        "food processing"
      ]
    },
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        "region": "Aichi",
        "country": "JP"
      },
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      "name": "CKD Corporation",
      "domain": "ckd.co.jp",
      "founded": 1943,
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      ],
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      },
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    },
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        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Electric Actuators",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "CKD manufactures electric actuators and direct drive motors, together with a mechanical indexer and control software, as part of its component products line for automation equipment.",
        "channels": [
          "direct",
          "distributors"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "motion_control",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
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        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Pneumatic Cylinders",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "CKD manufactures pneumatic cylinders and human assistive devices as part of its component products line for pneumatic automation equipment.",
        "channels": [
          "direct",
          "distributors"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "grippers",
        "url": "https://www.ckd.co.jp/kiki/en/product/category/2",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Hands / Chucks",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "CKD manufactures pneumatic hands and chucks (grippers) as part of its component products line for workpiece handling in automation equipment.",
        "channels": [
          "direct",
          "distributors"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "end_effector",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "valves-fluid-control",
        "url": "https://www.ckd.co.jp/kiki/en/product/category/4",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Directional Control Valves & Fluid Control Components",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "CKD manufactures directional control valves, air preparation components, speed control and check valves, gas generators, and fluid control components for pneumatic and fluid control systems.",
        "channels": [
          "direct",
          "distributors"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "sensors-controllers",
        "url": "https://www.ckd.co.jp/kiki/en/product/category/8",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Sensors & Controllers",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "CKD manufactures sensors and controllers as part of its component products line for monitoring and control of pneumatic and automation equipment.",
        "channels": [
          "direct",
          "distributors"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "sensor",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
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        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Vacuum & Semiconductor Components",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "CKD manufactures vacuum system components, components for chemical liquids, and components for high vacuum and special gas applications, used in semiconductor and vacuum process equipment.",
        "channels": [
          "direct",
          "distributors"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "inspection-machines",
        "url": "https://www.ckd.co.jp/auto/en/machine/vp-series/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Inspection Machines",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "The VP Series inspects solder paste volume, height, bridging and foreign material on PCBs sized 50x50mm to 510x510mm after paste printing. The IS-UVCL01 inspects transparent bodies.",
        "channels": [
          "direct",
          "distributors"
        ],
        "spec_url": "https://www.ckd.co.jp/auto/en/machine/vp-series/",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "vision_system",
            "applications": [
              "inspection"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
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        "id": "battery-winding-machines",
        "url": "https://www.ckd.co.jp/auto/en/machine/pew-series/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Lithium-ion Battery Winding Machines",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "The PEW Series winds electrode and separator materials into cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells for EV/hybrid batteries, winding a 4,000 mm electrode in 8 seconds at +/-0.5 mm accuracy.",
        "channels": [
          "direct",
          "distributors"
        ],
        "spec_url": "https://www.ckd.co.jp/auto/en/machine/pew-series/"
      }
    ],
    "engagement": {
      "url": "https://www.ckd.co.jp/en/support/",
      "phone": "0568-77-1111",
      "methods": [
        "quote_request",
        "consultation"
      ]
    },
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        ],
        "service_area": [
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          "CN",
          "TH",
          "KR",
          "MY",
          "ID",
          "US",
          "NL",
          "TW",
          "VN",
          "MX",
          "IN",
          "IT",
          "SG"
        ],
        "spec_version": "0.1"
      }
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-01"
  }
}