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Hitachi High-Tech teamed up with NOF Metal Coatings Group. They use Materials Informatics (MI) for research and development. This partnership has led to big gains in efficiency and innovation. Hitachi High-Tech’s MI Solutions helped the collaboration reduce costs and time by more than 50%. It also revealed new ideas that were tough to discover using traditional expertise.
Background and Overview
NOF focuses on high-performance thin-layer coatings. These coatings boost the durability and functionality of metals. The company mainly makes rust-proof coatings. These are used in industries like automotive and aviation, both in Japan and around the world.
Recently, demand for advanced product development has increased. There’s more focus on safety, environmental issues, and added value. Traditionally, NOF depended on experienced engineers to push R&D forward. The company aimed to modernize as experienced engineers retired and a new generation joined. They wanted to use data-driven tech to boost innovation quickly.
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The Collaboration
To meet these needs, Hitachi High-Tech offered its MI Solutions. This helps NOF Metal Coatings analyze current challenges, find core issues, and support ongoing problem-solving with advanced data analysis. This data-driven approach helped NOF reduce the number of experiments and their lengths by over half in specific R&D projects. This was much better than traditional methods.
Using MI not only improved efficiency but also sparked innovative ideas. These ideas might not have emerged with traditional methods, leading to the creation of better and more efficient products.
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