Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory

Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory (SCRL) is one of the
research organizations of Saga Prefectural Government, and is
aimed at contributing to the development of traditional and advanced
ceramics industry in Saga prefecture. SCRL located in Arita town
where white porcelain was produced for the first time in Japan 400
years ago.
About Saga Prefecture
Land area :
Population :
Main Industry :
2,439.67km²
835,794
Agriculture, Marine Products, Food Processing,
Ceramics … etc.
Jun./1/2014
Pottery & Porcelain in Saga Prefecture : about 430 companies
Arita Ware & Imari Ware
Arita and Imari are small towns located in the northwestern part of
Saga Prefecture and are surrounded by scenic beauty throughout all
four seasons of the year. They has been the center for the
manufacture of Japanese porcelain (Arita & Imari Ware) since it first
began producing porcelain in Japan 400 years ago.
Old-Imari Ware
Kakiemon Ware
Nabeshima Ware
Arita and Imari ware had been exported to Europe in the 17th century,
and influenced on the first production of white porcelain in Europe,
such as Meissen, Germany.
The technologies are passed down for a long time, and have been
linked to the development of not only the traditional porcelain but
also insulator and advanced ceramics industries.
Pottery & Porcelain Festivals in Saga
Arita Ware Festival / Arita China-bowl Festival /
Imari Wind Chime Festival / Yoshida Ware Festival /
Karatsu Coffee-cup Exhibition … etc.
Advanced Ceramics in Saga Prefecture
Advanced Ceramics Companies in Saga
Kyoritsu Elex Co., Ltd.
Ceramic substrates, Solid electrolytes ... etc.
Iwao Jiki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Porous ceramics, Acid-resistant ceramics ... etc.
Koransha Co., Ltd.
h-Boron nitride ceramics ... etc.
Nippon Tungsten Co., Ltd. (12,000 million yen/year)
Ultrahard materials, Engineering ceramics ... etc.
SUMCO Corporation (280,000 million yen/year)
Silicon wafers ... etc.
Shoei Chemical Inc. (37,000 million yen/year)
IC paste ... etc.
NEOMAX Kyushu Inc.
Ferrite magnets ... etc.
Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory
Prefectural Institute for Supporting Ceramics Industries
■ Organization
Stuff : 19 persons
Assistant Stuff : 9 persons
■ Contents of Our Works
1. Research and Development
2. Technical Coaching
3. Test and Analysis
4. Equipment Utilization
5. Support of Commercialization ... etc.
Main Facilities
Lobby
Courtyard
Hall
Exhibition Room
Main Facilities
Raw Materials Processing Room
Kiln Room
Slip Casting Room
Ceramics Processing Room
Main Facilities
Computer-design Room
3D Printer Room
Digital Machining Room
Training Room for Digital Design
Main Facilities
Surface Analysis Room
X-ray Analysis Room
Electron Microscope Room
Pottery Analysis Room
Activities in 2014
■R&D
・Research Theme :
・Joint Study :
14
3
■ Patent
・Patents :
・Licenses with Company :
29
45
■ Service
・Test and Analysis :
・Equipment Utilization :
■ Support, Coaching … etc.
・Technical Support and Coaching :
・Supported Workshop :
・Support for Committee
・Lecture (College, High-school … etc. )
9,736
5,737
1,954
6
■ Information
Internet Website, Academic Papers,
News Reports, Research Reports … etc.
R&D
Traditional Ceramics
Functional Porcelain
・Toughened Porcelain
・ Toughened Light-weight Porcelain
・ Water-Repellent Finish Porcelain
(Hydrophobic Coating）
・ Antibacterial Glaze
・ Translucent Porcelain ... etc.
New Glaze and Pigment
・ Lead-free Overglaze
・ New Pigment ... etc.
New Raw Materials
・ for High-frequency Induction Heating
・ for Low-temperature Firing ... etc.
Design Support
・ CAD-CAM : Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Technology
・ New Product Development
(Tableware, Interior and Exterior Goods ... etc.)
R&D
Traditional Ceramics
Functional Porcelain
・Toughened Porcelain
・ Toughened Light-weight Porcelain
・ Water-Repellent Finish Porcelain
(Hydrophobic Coating）
・ Antibacterial Glaze
・ Translucent Porcelain ... etc.
High Strength
Light-weight
Low Thermal Conductivity
In-flight Meal Dishes / JAL
School Lunch Dishes
“Coffee Journey Mug” Series / Starbucks Coffee Japan
R&D
Traditional Ceramics
Functional Porcelain
・Toughened Porcelain
・ Toughened Light-weight Porcelain
・ Water-Repellent Finish Porcelain
(Hydrophobic Coating）
・ Antibacterial Glaze
・ Translucent Porcelain ... etc.
Hydrophobic Coated Products
Antibacterial Glaze Porcelain （for Baby, Sick person ... etc.）
○
×
Coated
Non-coated
○
×
R&D
Traditional Ceramics
Functional Porcelain
・Toughened Porcelain
・ Toughened Light-weight Porcelain
・ Water-Repellent Finish Porcelain
(Hydrophobic Coating）
・ Antibacterial Glaze
・ Translucent Porcelain ... etc.
Translucent Porcelain Lamp Shade
Nameplate, Lamps for Exterior
R&D
Traditional Ceramics
New Glaze and Pigment
・ Lead-free Overglaze
・ New Pigment ... etc.
Lead-free Overglaze
Lead-free Fritted Glaze
New Yellow Pigment (Silver Nano-particles)
New Glaze for SPQR Arita
Kazuhiro Fujiwara × Sin-Gama
New Iron-red Pigment
R&D
Traditional Ceramics
New Raw Materials
・ for High-frequency Induction Heating
・ for Low-temperature Firing ... etc.
Heat Resistance Porcelain
PROERTIES
・Thermal Shock Resistance
・Whiteness
・High Mechanical Strength
・Supported Cooking Equipment
R&D
Traditional Ceramics
Design Support
・ CAD-CAM : Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Technology
・ New Product Development
(Tableware, Interior and Exterior Goods ... etc.)
3D printer sample
Digital machining
Plaster mold machining by CAD-CAM Tech.
Digital data and finished product of Sinkansen
“Sakura” 1/87 miniature made of Arita ware.
Curry Dish in “Takumi-no-kura” Series
R&D
Traditional Ceramics
Design Support
・ CAD-CAM : Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Technology
・ New Product Development
(Tableware, Interior and Exterior Goods ... etc.)
Reproducing Old-Arita ware, “Teshio-small dishes”
scanned by 3D digitizer.
Original Dish
Mold Design
3D Scanned Data
Reproduction
“Otesho dish” Project,
Table Ware Festival 2014 in Tokyo
R&D
Traditional Ceramics
Design Support
・ CAD-CAM : Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Technology
・ New Product Development
(Tableware, Interior and Exterior Goods ... etc.)
“1616 Arita Japan”
by Teruhiro Yanagihara × Scholten & Baijings × Momota-Touen
The Winner in Tableware on ELLE DECO International Design Awards 2013
Tiered Food Boxes for New Year Dishes
by Risoh Pottery Company
“Single-flower Vase” by Tsujiyo Pottery Company
R&D
Traditional Ceramics
Design Support
・ CAD-CAM : Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Technology
・ New Product Development
(Tableware, Interior and Exterior Goods ... etc.)
Exhibitor Products for Sirha the World Hospitality
& Food Service Event / Lyon, France
Snoopy Japanese Master : Yoshiteru Ooya ×
Shin-Gama for Snoopy Japanesque-Exhibition
R&D
Traditional Ceramics
Design Support
・ CAD-CAM : Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Technology
・ New Product Development
(Tableware, Interior and Exterior Goods ... etc.)
Gardening Materials
by Arita Exterior Study Group / Team SAGA
Silver-Gilt Flora / ARTISAN GARDEN AWARDS
: RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014, London
Golden Award / Gardening World Cup Flower Show 2013 in Japan
Slip-casting Tech. for Plumbing Products
R&D
Advanced Ceramics
・ Porous Ceramics (Filter, Catalyst Support ... etc.)
・ Zeolite (Ion-exchange Materials ... etc.)
・ Nano-Particles (Pigments ... etc.)
・ Hydroxyapatite (Ion-exchange Materials ... etc.)
・ Photocatalyst
・ Gas Sensors
・ Solid Electrolytes (Fuel Cells)
・ Solar Battery Cells (TiO2 ... etc.)
・ Processing (Slip casting, Extrusion Molding, Screen Printing ... etc.)
・ Heat-sink Sheet
Fuel Cells
Solar Battery Cells
Extrusion Molding
R&D
Advanced Ceramics
・ Photocatalysts
Photocatalytic Coating Agent
joint research on AIST and NRIPS
about study of chemical weapons degradation.
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coated
×
non-coated
Self-cleaning
NOx Purification
Protector for Solar
Cell PID
Antibacterial ・ Antifog
・ Drip-proofness
Nano-sized Titanium Dioxide Dispersion Liquid
and Peroxotitanium Complex Solution
Air and Water Purification
R&D
Advanced Ceramics
・ Solid Oxide Fuel Cell for Biogas
We are studying with Kyushu University about
power generation fuel cell fueled from biogas
generated from waste, and have been
successful in continuous power generation
test of 600 hours.
Mechanism of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell for Biogas Cell
O2
exhaust
e-
electrode
Solid electrolyte
electrode
1/2O2 + 2e- → 1/2O2-
O2-
O2-
O2-
H2 + 1/2O2- → H2O +
2e-
biogas
CH4、CO2、H2O
exhaust
e-
Continuous Power Generation Test Plant
R&D
Advanced Ceramics
・ Heat-sink Sheet
Problems : Heat Generation of High-speed Integration
in Electronic and Electrical Equipment
Heat generation
We have developed a method for orienting high thermal
conductive direction of high thermal conductive
ceramic particles.
High Thermal Conductive Heatsink Sheet
Arita Episode 2 by Saga Prefecture
Arita Ware 400th Anniversary Project
1616 was the year Arita porcelain, Japan’s first porcelain, was fired and 2016 marks the 400th
anniversary of this important event. We are promoting 17 projects about new market development,
research about new porcelain, information sending to the world etc.
“ARITA 400project” The Maison et Objet on Sep. 2014
“Professional Use Project” SIRHA 2015 , Lyons, France
“2016/ Project” by T. Yanagihara × Scholten & Baijings
Collaboration between ekwc and SCRL from Oct. 2014
Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory (SCRL) is a technical nexus for the
regional ceramics industry, providing support for the advancement of
the industry and the application of high technology of manufacturing.
There is no minute we aren't thinking of the regional ceramics industry.