Volume 9 of "Advances in Information Storage Systems" contains selected papers regarding not only information storage but also information equipment in general and related technologies. The papers were presented at the International Conference on Micromechatronics for Information and Precision Equipment (MIPE '97). This conference was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 20 to 23 July 1997, as one of the memorial events of the Centennial Grand Congress of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. Information and precision equipment is fast-changing high technology, and is necessary for the development...

The papers collated in this volume were presented at the International Conference on Micromechanics for Information and Precision Equipment (MIPE '97) held in Tokyo from 20 to 23 July 1997. The papers are mainly related to information storage, particularly magnetic recording storage. Some are related to printer, paper-feeding mechanism and micromachine technologies, which will directly or indirectly contribute future information devices.