Masayuki Hirata, Manager of Environmental Product
Safety,
Receives International Electrotechnical
Commission 1906 Award
Receives recognition for environmental evaluation
method and standards
October 14, 2005
| Masayuki Hirata (42), manager in charge of environmental product safety at Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., has received the 1906 Award from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). This award was established in commemoration of the IEC's 100th year anniversary and honors technical experts whose work contributes to the advancement of electrotechnology standardization. |
| Hirata participated on the IEC's Technical Committee 77 (TC77), which is in charge of technology related to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Normally, when measuring electromagnetic waves, foreign interference causes the measurements to vary and it is very difficult to eliminate this variance. Hirata was recognized for his proposed environmental evaluation methods and standards, which minimize measurement errors when testing electromagnetic waves. Here, the numeric values generated for electromagnetic waves have little or no variation irrespective of how many times the measurement is taken. This was the first time for a Japanese person to win an award in the electromagnetic wave category for apparatus that can manipulate the electromagnetic environment. |
| IEC formulates and issues all international
standards for electric and electronic devices in terms of
classification, measurement method and technical standards.
Every member nation of the World Trade Organization must incorporate
IEC standards into legislation and regulations (JIS standard
in Japan) in order to reduce and eliminate non-tariff barriers.
Companies are also required to follow suit. |
| Of these, the internationally accepted
EMC standards aim to suppress leaks in electromagnetic waves
caused by various devices, and prevent product malfunctions
caused by electromagnetic waves from mobile phones and other
electronic equipment. |
| Fuji Xerox invested approximately 1.0 billion
yen at its Ebina Center in Ebina City, Kanagawa, to install
state-of-the-art electromagnetic wave facilities. Besides
installing one of the world's most sophisticated radio frequency
fully anechoic room, the Ebina Center now also boasts a new
radio anechoic chamber wing equipped with Japan's smallest
10m Semi-Anechoic Chamber. The facilities became operational
in June. Hirata had a hand in planning the new d radio anechoic
chamber wing. |
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