Director Deputy Director

Research Facilities Renovation Support Division

M e s s a g e f r o m t h e D i r e c t o r Momentum from the shift to general funding in 2013 in recognition of the achievements of the 2011–2013 Support Project for Facility Improvement (which was conducted with special funding from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology), led to revisions being made to existing organizational structures. Out of those revisions came the Center for Scientific Instrument Renovation and Manufacturing Support (CRM), established in April 2014 as a reorganization of the Renovation Center of Instruments for Science Education and Technology.

Under the banner of the three objectives below, the CRM focuses on promotion of the joint use of on-campus facilities, and support for manufacturing.

Organizationally, the CRM is made up of a Research Facilities Renovation Support Division and a Manufacturing Support Division.

(1) Administration of on-campus facilities and instruments, and promotion of their joint use (2) Reuse of facilities in order to maximize their effective utilization (3) Support for research and education via manufacturing

Due to the austere financial situation of recent years, it has Due to the austere financial situation of recent years, it has become increasingly difficult for national university corporations to maintain and improve their facilities. As such, there has been a major call to thoroughly assess the current state of facilities and to

independently and autonomously carry out projects with mid- and long-term outlooks for the maintenance and improvement of on-campus facilities and instruments. A master plan for the maintenance and improvement of facilities has been created for our university as well, and our facilities are being maintained and improved in accordance with that plan. The Research Facilities Renovation Support Division has thus far carried out promotional

activities for reuse projects and for the joint use of instruments. In addition to these activities, in order to work toward the implementation of the master plan, the division aims at focusing on gaining a comprehensive picture of on-campus facilities and instruments to further expand the effective use and joint use of the university’s assets. Education and research support for craftsmanship has been in constant demand ever since

the 1966 inauguration of the Manufacturing Center, the forerunner of today’s Manufacturing Support Division. By continuously extending education and research support to the entire university through facilities such as its machine shop and glassworks, making improvements to the student shop for instrument manufacturing, and enabling the joint use of expensive tools, high-performance machine tools, and other equipment, the Manufacturing Support Division is enhancing an organizational structure that supports the needs of users. The university environment is forever changing. It is our sincere desire to take your opinions

into account to offer even higher-level and more efficient support for education and research. With your continued efforts and support, we can achieve this goal.

History 1966 The Manufacturing Center inaugurated as an on-campus joint education and research

facility

2007 Progressive reorganization of the Manufacturing Center leads to the establishment of the

Renovation Center of Instruments for Science Education and Technology

2014 Reorganized into the Center for Scientific Instrument Renovation and Manufacturing

Support

Organizational Chart Joint-use Promotion Support Section

Scientific Instrument Technical Support Section

Chemical Analysis Section

Manufacturing Support Division

Machine Shop

Glass Shop

Mechanical Engineering Student Shop

Director Toshihiro Tanaka

Recycled Noticed Board

This board is available for use in the transfer and recycling of research and educational instruments that are no longer needed by the various research divisions and departments.

Chemical Analysis(Toyonaka Campus) As one of the research support activities offered, qualitative and quantitative analysis of the chemical elements contained in a sample (primarily the metallic elements) can be performed at user request.

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Instrument supervision departments

Center for Scientific Instrument Renovation and Manufacturing Support

（Renovations and upgrades）

1 Reuse

instrument survey

2 Proposal

applications

3 Reuse budget

allocation

4 Registration of

reuse instruments

Individual hearings, reviews, screenings

User

Calculation of usage fees

Reuse management system operation Adjustment

Application for use

Instrument for use

Completion of application

process

Approval

Payment

Reuse Instrument

Report

Applications for use should be made via the “Application for Use of Reuse Instrument” on the center’s website. Consultation regarding instrument use (e.g. regarding instrument types, technical guidance) is available.After an inquiry is completed, the center will notify of availability.The instruments will be available for use on the set date and time.Usage fees are to be paid based on the “Reuse Instrument Use Report” issued after instrument use.

Center for Scientific Instrument Renovation and Manufacturing Support

Sessions that focus on hands-on training for sample preparation, measurement, data analysis, and other topics, are offered by reuse instrument supervisors and outside lecturers. These sessions are beneficial in improving skills for preprocessing or measurement, data analysis techniques, and other aspects of instrument use.

■ Reuse Budget Allocation

Applicaion for use

Instrument use

Payment of usage fee

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Based on the “Master Plan for Maintenance and Improvement of Osaka University Facilities,” the division enhances and promotes initiatives geared toward support for the expenses necessary to renovate and upgrade the reuse facilities and instruments that are made available for joint use by the entire university, promotional planning for on- and off-campus joint use, and the improvement and enrichment of the research environment. Activities related to the maintenance and improvement of facilities centering on the Support Promotion Division have been intensified in the Research Facilities Renovation Support Division, with the goal of promoting more effective and efficient initiatives. What’s more, in addition to its maintenance and improvement of facilities and instruments that can be jointly used, the division has created a database of basic information for the improvement of on-campus facilities and instruments in order to plan for the effective use of assets owned by the university as a whole. In doing so, the division is promoting initiatives that deal with the creation of a system and environment for joint use that makes full use of the database. Project for the Maintenance and Improvement of Reuse Research and Education Infrastructural Equipment (Osaka University Style Mottainai Project)

Inquiry Desk for the Joint Use of Reuse Instruments (for On- campus Osaka University Use)

Campus-wide surveys regarding the research and educational instruments owned by Osaka University are conducted, and the expenses needed for renovations and upgrades are allocated. After reuse instruments are repaired, they are made available for joint use by the entire university. As of July 2014, 93 types of devices have been registered as joint use instruments, centering on general-purpose analytical devices such as NMRs, mass spectrometers, X-ray diffractometers, and scanning electron microscopes.

Applications for use of reuse instruments, including those for analysis by user or analysis by staff, are made through the usage inquiry system on the center’s website. Instruments are available for use by the students and teaching staff of Osaka University. Consultation services regarding instrument use are also available.

Project for the Maintenance and Improvement of Reuse Research and Education Infrastructural Equipment (Osaka University Style Mottainai Project)

Instrument Supervisor

1 Elemental

Analysis

Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy devices

These instruments allow for the highly sensitive and accurate qualitative and quantitative analysis of the chemical elements contained in a liquid sample. Benefits include (1) high sensitivity, (2) wide dynamic range, (3) minimal chemical interference due to coexisting materials, and (4) high reproducibility.

2 Mass Spectrometry

(ICP-AES) Electron probe microanalyzers (EPMA) Wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometers (WDX) CHN trace element analyzers

Mass spectrometers (such as MALDI-TOF/TOF, ESI-Qq-TOF, ESI-FT- ICR, FAB, and DART)

These instruments combine ionization methods and isolation methods to obtain information that includes molecular weight, molecular structure, and existence form (identification), and abundance and concentration (quantity).

3 Magnetic Resonance

Nuclear magnetic resonance devices (NMR) Electron spin resonance devices (ESR) Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging devices (MRI) for small animals

These instruments allow for the determination of planar and steric structures that show how atoms are linked together to form organic compounds, polymeric materials, and biological materials.

4 X-ray Diffraction Single-crystal X-ray diffractometers Powder/thin-film X-ray diffractometers, etc.

These instruments can obtain information about crystalline structure/crystallinity, crystalline lattice spacing (lattice constants) and lattice strain, crystal orientation, and crystal size (crystallite size).

5 Electron Microscopes

Scanning electron microscopes (SEM/FE-SEM, EDS) Transmission electron microscopes (TEM)

SEM/FE-SEMs can be used to observe the configuration and microscopic structures of a sample. In addition, use of an EDS allows for the analysis of the distribution and chemical composition of a sample’s constituent chemical elements. TEMs can be used to obtain information about the internal configuration, crystalline structure, composition, electron state, and other properties of a thin-film sample.

6 Optical

Microscopes for Biotechnology

Fluorescence microscopes, etc.

7 Surface Analysis X-ray photoelectron spectrometers (XPS)

These instruments can be used to obtain information about electron states, such as the atomic bonding states in a material’s surface and the distribution of electric charge. In addition, combination with ion etching allows for spectral information to be obtained about depthwise composition distribution or interface bonding states.

8 Morphological Observation

Atomic force microscopes (AFM)

9 Spectroscopic Apparatus

Circular dichrometer (CD) Laser Raman spectrometers Fourier transform infrared spectrometers (FT-IR) Absolute photoluminescence quantum yield spectrometer

These instruments enable the identification of substances and allow for information to be obtained about molecules and crystalline structures. In addition, they allow samples to be measured as-is without the need for sampling, and can make measurements on solutions, powders, crystals, and gasses regardless of whether they are organic or inorganic.

10 Thermal

Analyzers, Calorimeters

Isothermal titration microcalorimeters (ITC) Thermal analysis devices (DSC, TG/DTA, TMA)

DSC instruments can obtain information such as the temperature or calorific value, heat capacity, and oxidation-reduction of transitions and reactions, while TG/DTA instruments can obtain information such as transitions, oxidation-reduction, pyrolysis, and adsorption and desorption, and TMA instruments can obtain information such as transitions and softening temperature, coefficient of linear expansion, and thermal shrinkage.

A current total (as of July 2014) of 93 types of devices have been registered as reuse (joint use) instruments since the initiative’s inception in 2007, including nuclear magnetic resonance devices, mass spectrometers, X-ray diffractometers, electron microscopes, and chemical element analyzers.The primary instruments available are listed below.

11 Isolation, Preparative Purification

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

12 Bioassays DNA sequencers, etc.

13 Work Apparatus 3D modeling devices (3D printers) 3D scanners, etc.

To apply for the use of reuse instruments (those available for use to on-campus users), please visit the website below. https://www.reno.osaka-u.ac.jp/reuse-cam/

Guide to Joint Use of Reuse Instruments at Osaka University (For On-campus Users)

A portion of our reuse instruments (16 types of instruments as of July 2014) are available for use and analyses carried out by staff to users who are not affiliated with Osaka University, as community outreach for local and corporate groups. To apply for the use of reuse instruments (those available for use to off-campus users), please visit the website below. https://www.reno.osaka-u.ac.jp/reuse-offcam/

■ Mechanical Engineering Student Shop

Operates the student shop, and provides support for

cryogenic vacuum instrument manufacturing and repair.

The student shop is an open workshop where students

and teaching staff can work on their own projects, and

full-time technical staff members are present to provide

guidance and advice about fabrication methods and

how to operate the manufacturing equipment. The shop

has equipment such as lathes, vertical milling

machines, horizontal milling machines, contour

machines, band saws, and drilling machines available

for use, making most manufacturing jobs possible.

Users must undergo safety training sessions prior to

using this facility’s equipment.

An organizational system to respond in real time

whenever possible has been put in place in order to

offer further support for the independent creation of

experimental devices in cases where special equipment

and techniques such as welding or electric discharge

machining are needed during the manufacturing

process. In addition, the number of tools available for

loaning has been increased, and an array of

specialized tools has been made available for use.

Technical training sessions are held during every summer and spring break in order to improve the manufacturing techniques of students (B4/graduate students) and teaching staff, and participation is strongly encouraged. Content of training sessions (4days long each)

■ glass shop

Offers services such as glass product manufacturing,

and glass and ceramic machining and minor repairs.

Commission-based Activit ies ■ Machining

Offers services such as metal product manufacturing,

component fabrication, welding, and minor repairs.

Technical Training Sessions

Safety Training Sessions These training sessions are made available in order to use the student shop in the Mechanical Engineering Student Shop. The sessions are offered at the beginning of summer break every year. Please contact us in the case of more urgent needs.

Materials Room Makes available the materials necessary for experiments, such as metal and glass materials, electronic manufacturing materials, and vacuum components.

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Machining with lathes and milling machines： Threading, cap nut machining, round bar step milling, block milling, grooving, pocket machining, etc.

Glass Shop

Connection of glass pipes with varying diameters, manufacturing of T-pipes, U-pipes, traps, etc.

This division, located on the Toyonaka Campus, actively carries on the projects of the former Manufacturing Center. The division offers research support focused on commission-based activities, as well as classes for hands-on manufacturing training (in machining and glassworks) and technical training sessions. In addition, the division operates a Mechanical Engineering Student Shop where students and teaching staff can work on their own manufacturing projects, and provides support for the individual creation of experimental devices.

Access

School of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering

1-2, Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka-shi, Osaka 560- 0043 Japan Tel: 06-6850-6709, Fax: 06-6850-6052

Transport AccessBy Rail：

● About 1.5km (25-min. walk) from Ishibashi Station on the Hankyu Takarazuka Line

● About 500m (8-min. walk) from Shibahara Station on the Osaka Monorail

8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka 567-0047 Japan

Tel: 06-6879-4781, Fax: 06-6879-4781

Transport AccessBy Rail：

● About 1.7km (30-min. walk) from Kita-Senri Station (final stop) on the Hankyu Senri Line

● About 1.2km (20-min. walk) from Handai-byoin-mae Station on the Osaka Monorail

By Bus：

● Hankyu Bus

Board the bus bound for Handai-Honbu-mae or Ibaraki Mihogaoka at Senri-Chuo

● Kintetsu Bus

Board the bus bound for Handai-Honbu-mae (via JR Ibaraki Station) at Hankyu Ibaraki-shi

Station

For all bus routes it is about 1km (15-min. walk) from Handai-Honbu-mae bus stop

http: //www.reno.osaka-u.ac.jp info@reno.osaka-u.ac.jp

To Takarazuka

Hankyu Kobe line

JR Kobe line

JR Shinkansen Express

To Kobe

To Kobe

Ishibashi

Hotarugaike

Kitasenri

Senri-chuo

Shin-Osaka

Yamada

Saitonishi

Handai-byouin-mae

Banpaku-kinen-koen

Awaji

Tenjinbashisuji 6-tyoume

To Kyoto

JR Kyoto line

Hankyu Kyoto line

Jyuso

Osaka （Umeda） Kadomashi Keihan Main line

to Kyoto Yodoyabashi

Nanba Kintetsu Railway

to Nara

Tennoji

To Wakayama

JR Hanwa line

Tengachara

Shin-imamiya （Doubutsen-mae）

JR Shinkansen

Subway Midosuji,Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Subway Sakaisuji line Hankyu line Keihan line Osaka Monorail Other private railway

Bus Route

Toyonaka Campus

Suita Campus

Subway

Midousuji line

Subway

Sakaisuji line H

ankyu Senri line

to Mino-o

■Toyonaka Campus ■Suita Campus

Handai-byoin-m

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Koen-higashi-guchi Sta.

Osaka University

Hospital

Institute for Protein Research

pond

Administration Bureau

Osaka M

onorail

Senri Gate

East Gate

Osaka University Dental Hospital

Banpaku-kinen -koen

Main Gate

East Gate

Research Center for Ultra-High Voltage Electron Microscopy

Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine

Icho Kaikan

Inter-Campus Shuttle Bus Bus Stop

Handai-Honbu-mae Bus Stop

Yamada Sta.

Research Institute for Microbial Diseases

Onohara

Immunology Frontier Research Center

Shimizu

171

Toyonawa Sta.

Osaka Prefectural Route 2 Bampaku-kinen-koen Sta.

Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research

Center for Scientific Instrument Renovation and Manufacturing Support

School of Science, Graduate School of Science

School of Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science

Main Library

Inter-Campus Shuttle Bus

Main Gate

School of Letters Grduate School of Letters

Osaka Monorail

Osaka Prefectural Route 2

ShibaharaSta.

Engineering Science J-Wing

Ishibashi-Handai-shita

Ishibashi gate

pond

171

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Interdisciplinary Research Building

Center for Scientific Instrument Renovation and ManufacturingSupport

国立大学法人 大阪大学

科学機器リノベーション・工作支援センター Center for Scientific Instrument Renovation and Manufacturing Support, OSAKA University

Ishibasi Sta.

Hankyu Takarazuka line

pond

Kitasenri Sta.

University coop

Hanshin line

Minami-Ibaraki

Ibaraki-shi

JR

Kansai Airport

Hall Shiguma