Hayakawa Rubber, in collaboration with Kinki University School of Medicine and Okayama Central Hospital, has developed a Surgical Skin Marker that does not contain carcinogenic substances and is used to mark the skin of patients during radiotherapy and surgery. During these occasions, it is necessary to mark the skin with a marker or the like in order to accurately ascertain...
Using tire rubber as a sample, a joint industry-academia research group has succeeded in measuring the movement of carbon particles, one of the fillers used in tire rubber, and polymers with a time resolution of 890 nanoseconds (one billionth of a second), the fastest in the world. The group includes Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Director of the Analysis Center, Research and Development...
Toyoda Gosei has developed a system that uses AI to automate the calculation of truck loading capacity in order to improve transportation efficiency during product delivery, and has begun operating the system at its Miyoshi Distribution Center in Miyoshi City, Aichi Prefecture. The system is expected to reduce the number of truck trips by approximately 4,400 per year, leading to...
Riken Technos and Waseda University will begin developing an effective method of utilizing chlorine-containing plastics, such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC). In recent years, the development of recycling methods for waste plastics has been actively pursued from the perspective of resource recycling. Chemical recycling methods, which involve decomposition reactions and other processes, basically return plastics to chemical raw materials, allowing them...
Kinjo Rubber has developed in an industry-academia collaboration project with Kinki University a finger-shaped silicone puff for cosmetics marketed as Yubipuff. In February, the product was put on the crowdfunding sales service Makuake and achieved a 355% success rate, far exceeding the initial sales target. The Yubipuff is a finger-shaped makeup puff that can be worn on the index finger,...
Tosoh said it has developed Mersen S, an effective compatibilizer for material recycling of composite plastics such as multilayer films. The product is a special EVA resin with excellent compatibility with a wide range of resins and is used as a recycling aid for composite films. In an initiative with Kao Corporation, a major consumer goods chemical manufacturer, it was...
