Innovation in manufacturing for new process of sustainable resource recycle
Many products have been designed for the best initial performance and price in a society of mass production and consumption, assuming disposal at the end of product life. However, there is strong demand for us to shift to "recycle-oriented manufacturing" for highly efficient utilization of resources in response to an imminent supply shortage of global resources.
This Prioritized Theme aims to recover industrial competitiveness in changing societies, and to promote sustainable utilization of natural resources, especially mineral (metal and nonmetal) resources and fossil resources that will soon be in short supply globally. We hope to develop new manufacturing processes by carrying out R&D on the selection of materials and on the design, production, and separation of products for optimizing the whole material cycle from the design, production, use, separation, and to retrieval of material for a great leap in resource utilization efficiency.
R&D Management Committee Members
| ITO Yoshiyasu | Councilor, Board of Trustees, Japan AeroSpace Technology Foundation |
| TAKASHIMA Yufuko | Deputy General Manager, Environment and Energy Division, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. |
| DOHI Hideyuki | Director General, ENEOS Research Institute, Ltd. |
| HASEGAWA Fumihiko | President, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation/ Special Advisor/ Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University |
R&D Projects
Full-scale R&D Project
Establishment of integrated circular manufacturing system by product lifecycle management and innovative dismantling technology development (Tokoro PJ)Feasibility Study
| <Adopted in FY2017> R&D Project Title | Summary | R&D Period |
|---|---|---|
| Establishment of integrated circular manufacturing system by product lifecycle management and innovative dismantling technology development TOKORO Chiharu（Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University） |
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2017.11 -2019.11 |
| Development of P-Innovation Technology NAGASAKA Tetsuya（Vice-Dean and Professor, School of Engineering, Tohoku University） |
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2017.11 -2019.03 |
| Development of multi-value circulation based on remanufacturing MATSUMOTO Mitsutaka（Senior Researcher, Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)） |
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2017.11 -2019.03 |
| Recycling process development of halogen containing material through novel halogen circulation system YOSHIOKA Toshiaki（Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University） |
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2017.11 -2019.03 |
| <Adopted in FY2018> R&D Project Title | Summary | R&D Period |
| Innovation of Resource Circulation Based on Alkaline Hydrometallurgy UDA Tetsuya（Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University） |
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2018.11 -2020.03 |
| Development of novel recycling processes for precious and rare metals Toru H. OKABE（Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo） |
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2018.11 -2020.03 |
| Development of Separation and Analysis of Rare Metals Using Phase-Transition-Based Direct Extraction From Aqueous Solutions TSUKAHARA Takehiko（Associate Professor, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology） |
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2018.11 -2020.03 |
| Development of innovative rare metal separation process using organic solvent MIKI Takahiro（Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University） |
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2018.11 -2020.03 |
| Complete recycle system of lithium ion battery WATANABE Masaru（Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University） |
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2018.11 -2020.03 |