Toshihide Sekido

Professor / Senior Advisory Enginner

Research Field

CFRP molding process and Production technology

Career

University of Tokyo Graduate School Faculty of Engineering Industrial Mechanical Engineering / Master's Program
Toray Industries, Inc. Advanced Composite Center / Director

Research Theme

Development of CFRP molded products and molding processes

Auto parts (hybrid molded products)
Heat resistant building parts
Large structure

Explanation of the research

Development of molding technology that enables high-quality and high-efficiency mass production of hybrid (thermosetting FRP and thermoplastic FRP, CFRP and metal) components in multi-material automobile parts
Development of building materials consisting of heat-resistant materials and CFRP that can meet building standards
Large structures of several tens of meters or more (for example, Offshore floats, Building structures)

Results

Publications

Development of high-cycle large-scale integral molding technology by RTM molding method, development of CFRP body molding technology-from NEDO project-, Automotive Technology Day 2009
Development of Innovative Molding Technology A-VaRTM for CFRP Aircraft Parts, 26th Advanced Technology Awards Excellent Papers and Research Collection (Nikkei BP)
Designing and Processing on CFRP Automotive Structures, The 13th US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials
A Rapid Resin Injection System for Automobile Members Made by RTM Process, The 12th US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials
The CFRP Automobile Body Project in Japan, The 12th US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials
High-Speed manufacturing for high-speed trains, 2004 JEC-Composites/n゜
FRP Application to Truck Bodies, 7th Euro-Japanese Symposium
CONTINUOUS IMPREGNATION PROCESS BY FIXED ROLLERS DOUBLE BELT PRESS,14th International SAMPE symposium and exhibition, Dec. 2015
CONTINUOUS IMPREGNATION PROCESS BY FIXED ROLLERS DOUBLE BELT PRESS,17th European Conference on Composite Materials, June 2016
Study of CFRTP sheet forming process by fixed roller double belt press, 41st Composite Materials Symposium, September 2016
Effect of rib forming method on rib strength in ribbed panel molding of thermoplastic CFRP, 68th Joint Lecture on Plastic Machining, November 2017
Fire resistance performance evaluation of FRP panel with composite foam insulation layer and endothermic layer, Proceedings of the 11th Japan Composite Materials Conference (JCCM-11), March 2020

Awards

The following awards related to "CFRP Innovation High Cycle RTM Molding Process, Collision Energy Absorption, Development of Recycling Technology"
Composite Materials Society Award, Fuji Sankei Business Eye Advanced Technology Award,
Advanced Materials Technology Association (SAMPE) Prize / Technology Award．2007
Type Technology Association / Technical Paper Award．2012
Award for development of innovative molding technology A-VaRTM for CFRP aircraft components
Fuji Sankei Business Eye Advanced Technology Award / Special Award．2012

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