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JARA Group holds its firstwinch operation training

JARA Group holds its
first joint working levelseminar
Seventy-seven attendees join
open and honest talk
JARA Group held its “National Working Level
Joint Seminar” at the Cosmosquare Hotel andCongress in Osaka on July 23rd- and 24th. It was
the first time for the group to host such an event.
The two-day seminar was attended by 77 persons.
Until now, JARA Group took part in suchseminars on a regional block- basis (i.e., Hokkaido
and Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu and Kansai, andC h u g o k u - S h i k o k u - K y u s h u ) . H o w e v e r,opportunities to join in open and honest exchanges
have been declining because of generation changes
in member companies’ management. The need fora nationwide platform for such talks, therefore,
was looming.
At the beginning of the seminar, JARA Group
Vice Chairman Junichiro Kawashima delivered themessage: “This is the first national working-levelseminar for JARA Group. Please try to takesomething you will learn from here back to yourcompany and share the information.”In the meeting focusing on the necessity of scan
tools, samples to show how to use such tools in theworkplace were introduced. The necessity torespond correctively to highly electrified
automobiles was also highlighted. A video
showing an active test for verification of a meter
panel was unveiled. Quality Management
Department Manager Hiroki Watanabe said, “Theuse of scan tools allows us to improve the qualityof recycled auto parts and lower the claim rate.”
JARA Group recognizes that the sales ofmember companies using scan tools are increasingremarkably. Therefore, group members will beencouraged to use more scan tools to expand theirbusinesses. Quality standards for recycled parts
inside the group will also be targeted (Daily
Automotive News, June 29).

JARA Group held its first “Special Training for
Low Voltage Handling and Winch Operation” in
mid-June at the Mie Parts Co.’s site. Mr. Naoki
Ogawa of the Proto-Rios Inc. Body Repair
Technical Center served as the instructor. Thirtysix people from 13 companies participated in thetraining.
On the first day, trainees received a lesson in
low voltage handling. They participated indetaching service plugs from a hybrid car. On thesecond day, they operated the winch to load avehicle onto the car carrier truck by checking thecautionary points.
This year, JARA Group is carrying out a seriesof training courses related to the Industrial Safety
and Health Law. To qualify for winch operations,

Automotive Engineering
Exposition 2017 Nagoya opens
On July 29th, the Society of Automotive
Engineers of Japan, Inc. hosted a forum entitled“Recommendation for Transportation Systemsand Vehicle Powertrain Designed for the Social
Conditions for 2050,” during the AutomotiveEngineering Exposition 2017 Nagoya. Panelists
pointed out the big changes to come, assummarized below.
Challenge to reduce CO2 emissions
Masanori Sugiyama, the director of Higashi Fuji
Research Institute, Toyota Motor Corporation,stated, “Unfortunately, the United States expressed
an exit from the COP21 Paris agreement (whichsuggests a possible rise in the global temperature
within two degrees centigrade), but this global trend
remains unchanged.” He maintained that the attitude
toward acceleration of reduction of CO2 emissions
should also remain unchanged, and he pointed out
technical issues related to the reduction of CO 2
emissions from “well-to-wheels” analyses. These
include generation by renewable energy, hydrogenproduction and storage, diffusion of plug-in hybrid
vehicles (PHVs), electric vehicles (EVs), and fuelcell vehicles (FCVs); additional issues are ani m p r o v e m e n t i n t h e e ff i c i e n c y o f i n t e r n a l
combustion engine vehicles and hybrid vehicles,
and the collection and reuse of CO 2 . Sugiyama
appealed, “Toyota can’t do that alone. The
government, academic sectors, and all industries
should join forces.”“Ecosystem” of the car to change
Journalist Yumi Kawabata pointed to theecosystem of the next generation mobility in whichconventional (e.g., carmakers, suppliers, energyfirms) and new (e.g., cloud, AI, software vendors,

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operators should complete the special training
course under the abovementioned law and related
regulations.
JARA Group will advise members to attend
applicable courses relation to vehicle acceptanceunder the Automobile Recycling Law, thereby
helping members with compliance matters. Thegroup plans to host such a training course in eachregional block (Daily Automotive News, July 7).

servicers, telecommunications) streams are mixed.
By focusing on the International Energy Agency’s
forecasts for declining oil production beginningaround 2019, Kawabata assumes that Japan isentering an era of low energy and low growth. The
journalist insisted that Japan should go for the “newstructure of a country” that combines technologies
of efficiency with lifestyles aimed at saving money.
Japan: Without a concept
The panel discussions partly progressed under
the themes of “Global Warming and Energy
Security,” “Smart City,” and “Sudden Steering
toward EVs.”
Waseda University Professor Yasuhiro Daisho
said, “Although model smart cities are popping up
in Japan and China, they might not expand. As for asudden steering toward EVs in Europe, there might
be impatience in the wake of Volkswagen’s
emissions scandal and Germany’s lagging in battery
development.” Yoshio Maeda, Honda R&D Co..
Ltd. stressed, “Europe moves with a big concept. InJapan, the administrations are vertically segmented
and every company competes with each other.
Things must be done comprehensively.”
Hisaki Torisaka, Hino Motors, Ltd. observed,“Although independent technology is enough, thewhole system is weak. To resolve this issue, we
could conduct verification tests in each large,
middle-sized, and small city” (Daily AutomotiveNews, July 3).

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METI approves JIS inthree months at theearliest

Revised rule to cover automobiles
The Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry (METI) recently prepared a bill for therevision of the Industrial Standardization Act(JIS Act). Under the revised act, the issuance ofcertification, which requires about a year under
the current act, will be shortened to three months
at the earliest. Coverage will expand to include
the sharing economy, manufacturing methods,
and a management of code of conduct. METIwill submit the bill in the next ordinary sessionof the Diet next year.
The International Organization forStandardization already includes services andmanagement in its scope: a widened scope under
the revised JIS Act is a response to this move.
In addition to the sharing economy, the act also
makes provisions for an automated (autonomous)
driving system, nursing care and upbringing,bridal businesses, mail servicea, weather
information and disaster prevention, tourism, andsmall refrigerated cargo delivery services.
The revised act will allow nongovernmentorganizations such as the Japanese Standards
Association to deliberate in matters related tothe JIS Act. Speedier deliberations in the service

Toyota to halve hydrogen supply
chain costs, conduct verificaiton
using fuel cell forklifts
Shigeki Tomoyama, Executive Officer of
Toyota Motor Corporation, unveiled plans to halvehydrogen supply costs (generation, compression,and delivery) in the future.
Various regulations and expenses associatedwith facilities for hydrogen generation, as well

A tape-cutting ceremony for the hydrogenfacility in a wind power plant in Yokohama

area, which will have numerous applications,can be expected. METI will also tighten
relationships with international organizations, byencouraging the introduction of internationallycompatible regulations and providing technicalassistance. It will be involved actively instandardization in overseas countries. (DailyAutomotive News, July 22 issue)

Transport ministry toinclude "fuel economy"in safety standards

Measuring fuel econpmy and exhaustemissions from a vehicle

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Tr a n s p o r t a n d To u r i s m ( M L I T ) b e g a n
discussions on the addition of fuel economy toits safety standards under the Road Transport
Vehicle Act. The move is the transportministry’s effort to speedily address falsificationof fuel economy tests by carmakers. Under therevised Road Transport Vehicle Act, enacted
in May, the transport minister will be able tocancel the type designation of a vehicle if it isfound that the designation or its equipment wasobtained by falsified means. Carmakers will
be required to meet the new safety regulations
pertaining to fuel economy. The ministry isplanning to complete the discussion and revise
its ministerial order by the end of this year at thelatest. This development should not affect themandatory vehicle inspection (Shaken) system.

Under the new rule, the fine for a falsified
report will be raised 300,000–200,000,000 yen.
Safety standards for the vehicle body, engine,and brakes, for example, have already been
established under the law, and carmakers andusers must meet the requirements. Adding fueleconomy to the scope would clarify the needfor compliance. The MLIT has failed to apply
disposition in fuel economy falsifying cases
under taken by Mitsubishi Motors Corporationand Suzuki Motor Corporation, because there
was no clear rule in this area under the Road
Transport Vehicle Act.
In the future, any falsification or mistakes
regarding fuel economy should be considered as
nonconformity to the safety standards, and will
result in the cancellation of type designation ora recall. (Daily Automotive News, July 14 issue)

as a limited demand for hydrogen, have driven
operation costs to their currently high level.
At present, hydrogen is provided by Iwatani
Corporation and other companies at a price of 100
yen per cubic meter, which is on par with prices
for gasoline incurred by the Toyota Crown Hybridusers. Hydrogen sales are in the red; by halving
the cost, the business is expected to run on a forprofit basis.

80 percent when compared with the supply
chain using forklifts powered by gasoline or gridelectricity. Tomoyama said at a press conference,“We will be involved in this project in terms ofcost eyeing a potential business.”
Toyota Industries Corporation will introduce
12 FC forklifts at four sites.
Other partners of this project include themunicipal governments of Yokohama andKawasaki, Iwatani Corporation, Toshiba
Corporation, Toyota Turbine and Systems, Inc,.
and Japan Environment Systems Co., Ltd.
This project, employed as the fiscal 2015
Regional Cooperation and Low-carbon Hydrogen
Technology Demonstration Project commissionedby the Ministry of the Environment, will last untilFY2018 (Daily Automotive News, July 13).

Project begins to supply wind powergenerated hydrogen to fuel cell forklifts
Toyota Motor Corporation, the Kanagawa
Prefectural Government, and Toyota Industries
Corporation, announced on July 12 that fullscale operations to supply wind power-generatedhydrogen to fuel cell-powered forklifts (FCforklifts) would begin on July 13. The goal of theproject is to implement and evaluate a low-carbonhydrogen supply chain that will utilize hydrogenproduced from renewable energy in facilities
along Tokyo Bay (in Yokohama and Kawasaki) topower forklifts.
A system has been created for using electricity
generated at the Yokohama City Wind Power
Plant (Hama Wing) to electrolyze water and create
low-carbon hydrogen, which will subsequently
be compressed and stored. Hydrogen produced at
the site will be transported in a hydrogen fuelingtruck to a fruit and vegetable market, factory, andwarehouses. The hydrogen will be used in fuelcells to power forklifts at these locations.
The creation of this hydrogen supply chain
is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by at least

CO2 Reduction Effect(based on JARA System)

The use of Reuse Parts saved

2,505 tons of CO2 emissions
in June 2017
The reference figure represents the difference of carbon
dioxide (CO2) emissions at the vehicle repair using
genuine (new) parts and recycled parts.**: Based on "Green Point System", which was jointly
developed by the Japan Automotive Parts Recyclers
Association and Waseda University Environmental
Research Institute using a life cycle assessment (LCA)
technique.

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Dismantling process flow chart
How the Car Dismantling machine works
1. Receiving andevaluating cars
Incomingvehicles testedon dynamometerto check enginecondition

3. Parts collection

4. Collecting
undercarriage
parts and engines

Efficiently collectreusable parts

The car is turned to safely
collect engine, exhaustsystem and suspension parts

Remove fluids such as fuel, various types ofoil and chlorofluorocarbon gas

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Cu

Al

CopperAluminium

63.546

Tyres

Batteries

Doors

Seats

Bonnets

ExhaustEngine Suspension

After treating, the scrap cars
are cut up and crushed orpressed into materials thatmeet industry needs

After pre-processing,
the car is sorted into raw
components such asferrous, non-ferrous andplastics
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2. Collecting fuel, fluids andchlorofluorocarbon gas

6.Volume
reduction
processes

5. Car dismantlingprocessHarnesses

MotorsRadiator

26.982Blocks of material can then be
distributed to smelting plants
for recycling

5. Processes
after removing
parts
Once thoroughly
cleaned, the parts
become good quality
recycled parts

The Evolution of car dismantling industry by Kobelco
Four times* the vehicle dismantlingcapability compared with hand dismantling.

EngineCatalytic
AgentsBody SteelSeats

Improved recovery
rate of rare earth metals
Windows261329

7846FeAl

CuPt

Pd

Iron

AluminiumCopperPlatinum

Palladium55.933*In one day (Kobelco test figures)

15 vehicles >Wheels/Tyres

26.98263.546

195.08106.42

Separation of these valuable
materials is quicker and easierand can be performed with one
Kobelco machine.

Sus pension

One operative
working by hand.
Radiator

60 vehicles >One operativein a Kobelco
Car Dismantlingmachine.

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The machine’s special attachment
is designed to strip materials from
End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV)safely and thoroughly
Transmission

For Japan

For Korea

For Australia

For Taiwan

DoorsHarnesses

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For China

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