This example demonstrates improved cycle times and increased throughput with existing equipment. They replaced metal components with ones made of Futaba's CFRP PLATE to reduce weight and increase operational speed. In cases like this, it is tremendously helpful to use the existing design for metal components without modification. The only change was to substitute aluminum or steel with Futaba's CFRP PLATE. Compared to redesigning the mechanism of the component in question, this significantly cuts the man-hours and lead time required for design, investigation, and testing. With respect to other costs, adding the costs involved in these activities to the material and processing costs required for the component results in Futaba's CFRP PLATE providing an extremely simple and convenient solution.