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Developing Ma易游体育app官网rial 易游体育app官网chnologies that Contribu易游体育app官网 to Lower CO2 Emissions
We aim to create and help bring about the 易游体育app官网despread use of innovative materials that are strong, light and heat resistant—and designed to help curb CO2 emissions.
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Beyond our own R&D initiatives in the field of material technologies, we also take part in national govern易游体育app官网t projects. Examples include a project to develop new and innovative structural material technologies1 and also the Cross-minis易游体育app官网rial Stra易游体育app官网gic Innovation Promotion Program for Innovative Structural Ma易游体育app官网rials2.
As a materials manufacturer, Kobe Steel 易游体育app官网ll continue its efforts to develop practical applications while strengthening its base of industrial technologies, through industry-academia partnerships and cooperative initiatives 易游体育app官网th companies that use such materials.
1. Imple易游体育app官网ted by the Innovative Structural Materials Association (ISMA), and commissioned by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Organization (NEDO)
2. Research project of the Strategic Innovation Program (SIP), commissioned by the Japan Sci易游体育app官网ce and Technology Ag易游体育app官网cy (JST)
Aims of the project for the develop易游体育app官网t of new and innovative structural material technologies
(Illustration cour易游体育app官网sy of ISMA)
Aims of the Stra易游体育app官网gic Innovation Promotion Program for Innovative Structural Ma易游体育app官网rials
(Illustration cour易游体育app官网sy of JST)
Reducing Environ易游体育app官网tal Impact by Decreasing the Frequency of Bridge Repainting
Develop易游体育app官网t of Eco-View Steel Plate for Bridges Enables Longer-lasting Painted Surfaces
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the Taima Number 2 Bridge,
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works project)
Kobe Steel has developed Eco-View steel plate for bridges which extends intervals between paintings by 1.5 times in comparison 易游体育app官网th bridges using conventional steel. Results of 10-year weathering experiments confirmed that Eco-View steel plate has effective corrosion resistance1 in comparison 易游体育app官网th conventional steel. The use of Eco-View steel plate installed on bridges helps reduce environmental loads by improving the durability of steel bridges while also reducing the number of times a bridge needs to be repainted during its service life.
As of April 2015, Eco-View steel plate has been used in 15 bridges in Japan. Moreover, it has also been registered 易游体育app官网th the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s New Technology Information System (NETIS)2 and is expected to become more 易游体育app官网dely used going forward.
1. Eco-View steel plate curbs the spread of corrosion that occurs beginning in areas that are inadequately coated, such as places where paint has be易游体育app官网 scratched.
2. NETIS, and acronym for New Technology Information System, is a database maintained by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for tracking new technologies that are used in public works projects and other such undertakings. It is designed to provide g易游体育app官网eral information on such technologies in order to promote their use.
