SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED

Improvement of fatigue life of CFRP by addition of cellulose nanofiber

Technical Classification:

[ Raw Materials ] [ Product Design ]

Products:

[ Equipment / Facilities ]

Keyword:

[ Cellulose nanofiber ] [ improvement of fatigue endurance ]

Point of the Proposed Technology

Effect(s)

New Technology

Technology Deployment and Cooperation

Development Stage	Commercialization Completed (already delivered: yes)
Intellectual Property Right	Applying
Joint Researchers (their role)	Kazuya Okubo, Professor, Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University (Role: Development, analysis, evaluation)
Example of Application	Primary structural members for aircrafts, automobiles, etc.
Technical Problems	Technical issues: Mass production technology, application to thermoplastic resin The supply of cellulose nanofiber → as for the manufacture of the cellulose nanofiber-added CFRP, the partners
Collaborator needed to Improve	CFRP manufacturing companies Manufacturing companies of carbon fiber and resin for CFRP
Technical WEB page	http://www.sugino.com/site/biomass-nanofiber/

Inquiries

Personnel / Department	Project Section1, New Development Department, Corporate Planning Division / Chief, Kota Ogura
Address	2410 Hongo, Uozu-shi, Toyama, 937-8511 Japan
Contact	TEL: +81-765-24-5118

Outline of Company and Organization

Location	2410 Hongo, Uozu-shi, Toyama, 937-8511 Japan
Contact	TEL: +81-765-24-5111 FAX: +81-765-24-5051
Capital / No. of Employees	2,324,670,000 yen・1630 employees（Whole group）
Product Line	Ultra-high pressure water cutting device, wet/dry atomizing unit, drilling unit, etc.
Major Customers
Overseas Base(s)	USA, Mexico, France, Germany, China, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, etc.
Certification
Company/Organization WEB page	http://www.sugino.com/index-e.html

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