Research and Development Project of Manganese Nodule Mining System in Japan

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Takahara ◽  
K. Handa ◽  
K. Ishii ◽  
E. Kuboki
Author(s):  
Tetsuo Yamazaki ◽  
Amon Yamada ◽  
Rei Arai ◽  
Naoki Nakatani

Manganese nodules on deep ocean floors have been interested in as future metal resources these forty years. The Total Materials Requirement (TMR) of the conventional proposed mining method, however, is very high because of the much lifted water with the nodules from the seafloor to the sea surface and the longer transportation from the mining site to the smelting plant. An innovative conceptual design of the TMR-less mining system is presented. The economy is examined and compared with the one of the conventional method.


1996 ◽  
Vol 112 (14) ◽  
pp. 974-983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira INOKUMA ◽  
Hisashi OKADA ◽  
Tetsuo OYAMA

This paper considers the mining of manganese nodules from the deep ocean at up to 5000 m, drawing attention to the essential need for a satisfactory legal regime under which mining companies can operate with security. The necessary exploration that has to be carried out before large investment can be made is indicated and the type and size of mining site required are determined. The paper also considers the equipment required to collect, lift and transport the nodules. The most likely form of collection and lift is hydraulic but there are considered to be substantial development problems still to be solved. This indicates the need for large scale tests before the final decision on the mining system can be completed. The paper describes briefly a test collector operated in late 1974 and early 1975. A brief description of the possible environmental problems is also included.


2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (07-08) ◽  
pp. 520-523
Author(s):  
J. Prof. Bliedtner ◽  
M. Schilling

Das FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling)-Verfahren ist aufgrund der Vielzahl von industriellen und privaten Anwendungen gegenwärtig das erfolgreichste 3D-Druck-Verfahren. Ziel des Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprojektes „HP3D“ ist die effiziente Herstellung von großformatigen Bauteilen in einem echten 3D-Verfahren aus frei wählbaren thermoplastischen Kunststoffen. An die Umsetzung des Projekts wurde sehr komplex herangegangen, um zu garantieren, dass die mechanischen und dynamischen Eigenschaften der aufgebauten Teile den konzipierten Eigenschaften entsprechen.   The FDM process is currently the most successful 3D printing process due to the multitude of industrial and private applications. The aim of the research and development project HP3D is the efficient production of large-format components in a real 3D process made of freely selectable thermoplastics. The implementation of the project has been very complex in order to ensure that the mechanical and dynamic properties of the assembled parts correspond to the designed properties.


2015 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. S861-S862
Author(s):  
K. Swat ◽  
P. Adrich ◽  
A. Baczewski ◽  
M. Baran ◽  
E. Jankowski ◽  
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1967 ◽  
Vol 71 (677) ◽  
pp. 342-343
Author(s):  
F. H. East

The Aviation Group of the Ministry of Technology (formerly the Ministry of Aviation) is responsible for spending a large part of the country's defence budget, both in research and development on the one hand and production or procurement on the other. In addition, it has responsibilities in many non-defence fields, mainly, but not exclusively, in aerospace.Few developments have been carried out entirely within the Ministry's own Establishments; almost all have required continuous co-operation between the Ministry and Industry. In the past the methods of management and collaboration and the relative responsibilities of the Ministry and Industry have varied with time, with the type of equipment to be developed, with the size of the development project and so on. But over the past ten years there has been a growing awareness of the need to put some system into the complex business of translating a requirement into a specification and a specification into a product within reasonable bounds of time and cost.


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