Award winner
 Hitachi Fine Filter Unit
 
 Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
Reason for selection:
Drawing on its supply experience of filter units to food and semi-conductor factories, the applicant has developed Hitachi Fine Filter Unit to circulate air of high purity with less energy and more efficiency in such places as separation booths for patients of Covid-19 that was on a rampage since 2019. In order to maintain hygienic and clean environments, stainless steel is adopted for the casing of the unit.
The unit is widely used not only in Japan but also in other countries of the world serving to check the spread of Covid-19.Furthermore, as regenerative medicine is progressing from an experimental stage to a  practical phase, the Company has also developed a “next-generation modular CPC (cell processing center)” and the captioned unit is designated as standard specification in this facility, which will work to increase the use of stainless steel through contribution to society in the future.
Stainless steel types used: SUS430*KD

Consumption: 12.5 kg

Presenter: JFE Steel Corporation
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