Agricultural Mechanization Promotion Group（IAＭ－BRAIN）

Institute of Agricultural Machinery (IAM) Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (BRAIN) Incorporated Administrative Agency National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

Headquarters

1-40-2 Nisshin-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama-city, SAITAMA, 331-8537 JAPAN Fax: +81-048-654-7129 Institute of Agricultural Machinery (IAM) URL：http://brain.naro.affrc.go.jp/iam/ Experimental Farm Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution(BRAIN) 1389 Sakai, Konosu-city, SAITAMA, 365-0013 JAPAN May 2014 Incorporated Administrative Agency third impression of the first edition National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) Printed with Vegetable oil ink. ＠IAM-BRAIN ／ NARO Introduction

Agricultural Mechanization Promotion Group of BRAIN Introduction is known by the name of Institute of Agricultural Machinery (IAM).

History of IAM-BRAIN

● ● Oct. 1962 Institute of Agricultural Machinery (IAM) was founded as a semi-governmental corporation

History of IAM-BRAIN specializing research and development as well as testing of farm machinery for promotion of agricultural mechanization in Japan.

● Oct. 1986 Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (BRAIN) was founded as a legally approved corporation, inheriting the whole properties and activities of former IAM. The objective of BRAIN is to conduct research, development and testing on agricultural machinery, and newly to promote research and development on biosciences and bio-technology in the field of agriculture, which is not only conducted by IAM-BRAIN itself, but also by private sectors. ●

Outline of Activities ● Oct. 2003 IAM-BRAIN united itself with an incorporated administrative agency, The National Agriculture and Bio-oriented Research Organization (NARO).

● Apr.2006 Reorganized as IAM-BRAIN, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO).

Research & Development Urgent Research & Development Outline of Activities of Agricultural Machinery of Agricultural Machinery

Fundamental and initiative Research and development of agri- IAM-BRAIN conducts its main assigned cultural machinery for renovation of research and development of farm management such as epochal roles in the field of research, develop- elimination or reduction of labor, a high agricultural machinery, putting advancement of production management and testing of agricultural machin- ment, an effective utilization of natural ery as a sole and competent organiza- stress on performance, safety, resources and so on under close cooperation with different stake- tion in our country. The activities of durability etc. to realize the high holders such as manufacturers, end IAM-BRAIN are currently focused on users, research institutions including productivity agriculture those of different fields the followings:

Testing and Evaluation Publication and Service Other activities

Testing and evaluation of agri- Publicity service on research, Survey on agricultural mecha- cultural machinery based upon development and testing nization, collection and provi- the requests of manufacturer results, technical advice to sion of technical information, or importer on aspects such manufacturers and other pri- technical training, international as performance, safety, envi- vate as well as public sectors, cooperation, opening of subject ronmental effects etc, in order permission of using patents to library, display of old and new to help spreading high quality industries, contracted research/ agricultural machinery etc. are agricultural machinery investigations and others also a part of our activities.

0 1 Introduction General Affairs Department ● General Affairs Division Organization ● Accounts and Supplies Division

Planning Department ● 2 nd Planning Division Introduction ● Machinery Information Division Research Coordinator ● Experimental Farm

Fundamental Technology Dept. ● Agricultural Automation Laboratory

This department takes charge of fundamental ● Biotechnology Engineering Laboratory as well as initiative research and development ● Cost Engineering Laboratory being common to the whole agricultural machinery. ● Ergonomics Laboratory

● Rural Resources Management Laboratory President ● Crop Production Machinery and ● Soil Management Machinery Laboratory Organization Senior Vice-President System Dept. ● Paddy Field Mechanization System Laboratory Vice President This department takes charge of research and development on paddy field as well as dry filed ● Planting System Laboratory crop machinery to increase the yield and work efficiency. ● Crop Tending Machinery Laboratory ● Harvesting System Laboratory

Auditor ● Drying and Processing Equipment Laboratory

Horticultural Engineering Dept. ● Orchard Machinery Laboratory

Director General This department takes charge of research and ● Pre-harvest Technology Laboratory development on horticultural machinery and ● Vegetable Harvest Technology Laboratory equipment. ● Protected Cultivation Engineering Laboratory

● Post-harvest Technology Laboratory

● Workshop

Animal Industry Engineering Dept. ● Forage Crop Producing Machinery Laboratory

This department takes charge of research and ● Livestock Management Machinery Laboratory development on animal industry machinery and ● Raising and Environmental Machinery Laboratory equipment.

Testing and Evaluation Dept. ● Large Tractor Testing Division ● Small Tractor Testing Division Vice Director ● Transplanter, Sprayer and Harvester Testing Division This department takes charge of the ● Grain Harvester Testing Division National Test, Safety Test, OECD Test, IAM Test(Group1 and 2), together with research on ● ROPS Testing Division testing procedure and apparatus.

Specific Project Research Team ( on Energy)

This team conducts special research activities on the energy-related agricultural machinery.

Specific Project Research Team ( on Robot)

This team conducts special research activities on the robotic technology applicable to agricultural machinery.

Specific Project Research Team ( on Safety )

This team conducts special research activities and provides information, on the agricultural machinery and farm work safety.

Introduction 02 Research Activities

Fundamental Technology Department This department takes charge of Fundamental Technology fundamental as well as initiative research and development being common to the whole agricultural Department machinery.

Agricultural Automation Laboratory Biotechnology Engineering Laboratory Cost Engineering Laboratory

Ergonomics Laboratory Rural Resources Management Laboratory

Agricultural Automation Laboratory

Sensing Technology, Automation Technology, Agricultural Robot ● Agricultural Automation Laboratory

Unmanned Seeding Operation Steering-Assist System for by Tilling Robot Agricultural Vehicle Operation Navigator ●

Biotechnology Engineering Laboratory Robot tractor executing unmanned This is a hands-free system for operation, “Farm Vehicle Navigator” useful operations such as tillage, soil puddling capable of traveling along crop rows, for wide implement operation and and seeding. ridges and borders in fields, or toward a variable rate fertilizer application for lamp putted in the direction. precision farming (Under development)

Measurement of Plant Growth Biotechnology Engineering Laboratory Response, Mass Production of Seedling, Biotechnology-related Equipment

Grafted seedling ▶

Grafting Robot for Full-Automated Grafting Aligning Seeder for Big Cucurbits Robot for Cucurbits and Elliptical Seeds

A machine that can graft A machine that processes A seeder capable of arranging cucurbits automatically. automatically not only grafting the direction of seed, which is (Commercialized) work but feeding of seedlings big and flat such as pumpkin. The bottom right of the picture is state after seeding (Commercialized)

03 Fundamental Technology Department Fundamental Technology Department Life Cycle Costing、Materials Expense Reduction and Cost Engineering Laboratory Recycling Technology

Guillotine shearing Separation

Rubber Core metal

Recovery of Core Metal in Scrapped Rubber Tracklayer

Easy and inexpensive recycling technology aiming at the promotion of effective utilization of iron resources ● Cost Engineering Laboratory

Ergonomics Laboratory Safety and Comfort of Farm Work

Low Vibration Universal Design Bush Cutter Guidance for Agricultural Machinery ● The bush cutter with Ergonomics Laboratory 30-40 % lower hand- The universal design guidance transmitted vibration for agricultural machinery was was developed for the developed based on the research purpose of preventing on the usability for farmers vibration disorders. including elder and women. (Commercialized)

● Rural Resources Management Laboratory Rural Resources Management Laboratory

Application of Unutilized Resources, Energy Saving, Environmental Protection

（for tractor）

（for crop tending vehicle）

Soil Crusher-sieve Operational Condition Disk-type Indicator of Tractor for Cultivator-Ridger A machine that crushes and sieves Energy Saving A disk-type cultivator- the dried sample ridger that suits to wet soil for soil analysis An apparatus that indicates fuel soil. (Commercialized) (Commercialized) saving operational condition of a tractor

Fundamental Technology Department 04 Research Activities

Crop Production Machinery and System Department This department works for Crop Production Machinery research and development on paddy field as well as dry field crop machinery to increase the yield and and System Department work efficiency.

Soil Management Machinery Laboratory Paddy Field Mechanization System Laboratory Planting System Laboratory

Crop Tending Machinery Laboratory Harvesting System Laboratory Drying and Processing Equipment Laboratory

Soil Management Machinery Laboratory

Agricultural Vehicle, Tillage, Fertilizer Application and Seeding ● Soil Management Machinery Laboratory

High-speed Puddling Rotary Handy-type Crop Growth Measuring Device High-speed Rotary Cultivator This puddling rotary is capable of puddling at higher speed or by fewer This measuring device is capable of number of puddling, and better working estimating foliage nitrogen content of This rotary cultivator is capable of cultivating precision than a conventional machine. paddy rice, on which it can exactly at higher speed, and with better working (Commercialized) calculate an appropriate amount of precision level than a conventional machine. topdressing at panicle formation stage. (Commercialized) (Commercialized)

Paddy Field Mechanization System Laboratory ●

Paddy Field Mechanization System Laboratory Direct Seeding, Fertilizer Application，Material Handling

Variable Rate Precision Fertilizer Spreader Fertilizer Applicator The metering device of this fertilizer High Accuracy Direct Seeder for Rice on Wet Field spreader is controlled by using a new The feeding rate of fertilizer index value called“FR index” that can be precisely and easily indicates the physical property of This seeder is developed to improve the germination rate by adjusted during operations fertilizers. The feeding rate of fertilizer is covering the seeds with stable thickness of soil. It can be mounted responding to the growing also adjusted in accordance with traveling on riding type rice transplanters and paddy-management-vehicles. crop growth and soil fertilities. speed of the spreader measured by a GPS (Commercialized) (Commercialized) receivers. (Under development)

● Planting System Laboratory Planting System Laboratory Planting, Seedling Raising, Transplanting

Planting Rate Control Ultra Lightweight Characteristics Test of Rice System for Rice Rice Transplanter Seedling Mat Transplanter Handling of this machine in small scale paddy field is Survey of different seedling mats on It transplants seedling evenly easy, and can be transported adaptability for transplanter using pick up without missing and reduces total by hand. (Under development) device for testing seedling mat requirement. (Under development)

05 Crop Production Machinery and System Department Top dressing planning according Top Dressing by crop-growth infomation Crop Production Machinery and System Department VRA ※ Crop-Growth infomation Crop Tending Machinery Laboratory Crop-Growth infomation Prediction of appropreate havest time Pest Control, Weed Control, Crop Tending

Basal appllication by VRA Infomation Center Harvesting infomation (GIS, Database) by Yield Conbine

Effective drying based Fertilizer planning based on various ondifferent initial moisure crop infomation previous crop year content havested grain and classified soik ferility

Drying processing and shipment Drying,processing besed on grain protein content facility predicted by field data Drift reduction ▶ type nozzle Practical Application Project for a Precision Rice ◀ Conventional nozzle (air injection type） Production System in Japan Boom Sprayer Nozzle for Reduction of This project is introducing all the devices developed in IAM-BRAIN for Pesticide Spray Drift paddy crop measurement, fertilizer application, processing and so on, and thereby is aiming at establishment of a new farming system in which higher quality, higher profitability, and environmental friendliness Pesticide spray drift of the developed nozzle is much can be realized. less than that of Japanese conventional nozzles. ● (Commercialized) Crop Tending Machinery Laboratory Walking-type Ridge Harvesting System Harvesting, Mower Laboratory Threshing, Separating The mower can weed both Multi-crop Combine top and slope surface of a ridge simultaneously and Harvester stably. Its mowing width of top surface is 30 cm This combine harvester and that of slope surface is is applicable for various adjustable from 30 to 70 crops such as rice, wheat, cm. (Commercialized) soybean, etc. by introducing screw threshing mechanism. (Commercialized) Head-feeding Riding-type Combine for Hilly and Mechanical Weeder Mountainous Area for Paddy Field ● Harvesting System Laboratory This small-scale combine It has the weeding devices harvester can work on of inter-row and intra-row a garden terrace paddy space of paddy field and field in mountain areas. it can weed precisely and (Commercialized) efficiently. (Commercialized)

Yield Monitoring Combine Low volume Sprayer mounted on Paddy- This combine harvester Management-Vehicle can measure crop data such as grain mass, The sprayer is capable of ● moisture content, and low volume application (the

yield while harvesting. application rate is 250 L/ha) Drying and Processing Equipment Laboratory (Commercialized) precisely and efficiently.

Drying and Processing Equipment Laboratory

Drying, Processing, Storage, Quality

Recirculating Batch Grain Dryer using Grain Protein Far Infrared Radiation Sensor using Near Infrared Reflectance Rice Seed Disinfection System This type of dryer uses thermal using Super Heated Steam energy which arises by heating Spectroscopy of the FIR body, together with exhaust heat from coming out it, This sensor can measure This device can be high performance and has been rapidly spread now protein contents of grain even disinfection system applying Super Heated from viewpoint of energy saving in high moisture content or Steam. (Under development) and palatability performance. rough rice. Moreover it can be (Commercialized) portable. (Under development)

Crop Production Machinery and System Department 06 Research Activities

Horticultural Engineering Department This department takes charge Horticultural Engineering of research and development on horticultural machinery and Department equipment.

Orchard Machinery Laboratory Pre-harvest Technology Laboratory Vegetable Harvest Technology Laboratory

Protected Cultivation Engineering Laboratory Post-harvest Technology Laboratory

Orchard Machinery Laboratory Fruit Tree, Tea Plant Mobile elevating work platform with a high vertical and ● horizontal mobility Orchard Machinery Laboratory Growers can work safely and comfortably at a high position by using this highly mobile platform. (Under development)

Multipurpose Monorail for The multipurpose monorail consists of the main monorail of hill slope direction and the sub monorail of contour direction. By using the multipurpose monorail, farmer can reduce labor and work effectively to Hillside Orchard carry harvested fruit, spray chemical, and apply fertilizer. (Commercialized)

● Pre-harvest Technology Laboratory Seeding, Transplanting, Crop Tending, Pre-harvest Technology Laboratory Pest Control

Clod and Stone High Accuracy Separator Seeder for Sugar Beet The separator removes clods and stones from The seeder can sow the sowing beds before sugar beet with high potato planting．It is accuracy up to operating developed to form a speed of 1.5m/s and soil conditioning system simultaneously creates for potato production in sowing beds that shelter Japan. young seedlings from ● (Under development) strong wind. (Under development) Protected Cultivation Engineering Laboratory

Protected Cultivation Protected Cultivation for Vegetables Engineering Laboratory and Flowers ▼ Movable Benches

Planting Machine for Chrysanthemum Cuttings

This machine assists the cutting Movable Bench System for High-density Cultivation of Strawberry supply task of an operator to plant accurately into plug trays. Planting density of the developed system is about twice as high as conventional cultivation. (Commercialized) (Under development)

07 Horticultural Engineering Department Horticultural Engineering Department Vegetable Harvest Technology Laboratory Harvest, Transport

Welsh Onion Harvester Cabbage Harvester ● This machine can dig, convey and hold welsh onions This machine can draw a cabbage out of the

grown on a ridged fields. (Commercialized) ridge, cut off external leaves as well as a Vegetable Harvest Technology Laboratory stem, and convey the head of a cabbage alone. (Commercialized)

Small-size Sugarcane Harvester with Automatic Follow-type Transport ●

High Chopping Performance Vehicle Post-harvest Technology Laboratory

This machine can harvest sugarcane for biofuels This machine can follow a vegetable harvester with high efficiency. (Under development) automatically and transport the harvests. (Commercialized)

Vegetable Trimming, Quality Evaluation and Post-harvest Technology Laboratory Storage System

Welsh Onion Automatic Automatic Cabbage Trimmer Strawberry Packer Packer

This machine can cut the This machine can This machine can root, peel and leaves of automatically place some automatically pack some welsh onion automatically. strawberries on the special cabbages up into a (Commercialized) tray and cover it by lid. cardboard box at the (Under development) packing house. (Under development)

Horticultural Engineering Department 08 Research Activities

Animal industry Engineering Department Engineering industry Animal This department takes charge of Animal industry Engineering research and development on animal Department industry machinery and equipment.

Forage Crop Producing Machinery Laboratory Livestock Management Machinery Laboratory Raising and Environmental Machinery Laboratory

Livestock Management Machinery Laboratory

Milking of Cows, Feeding and Individual management of Livestock

● Livestock Management Machinery Laboratory

Automation of Milking in Stall Barn Milking Unit Carrier System

The automatic carriers combined with pairs of milking units make a drastic reduction of labor force. (Commercialized)

Milking Unit Carrier System

Individual Feeder

Feed Precise monitoring of volume control individual livestock and Cow ID System Stall ID Detector security of food safety by High-Precision Milk Meter Idea of Individual

using IT/Robot Technology Milk Sensor Cow Monitoring System Dairy Data Base PDA ※ Mastitis Alam (Commercialized) Traceability On-site monitoring

Hygiene Management for High Quality Milk

Teat Cleaning Device

Automatic cleaning/disinfection of teat surface before milking (Commercialized)

09 Animal Industry Engineering Department Animal industry Engineering Department Engineering industry Animal Forage Crop Forage Crop Producing Machinery Laboratory Production, Grass Land Management Labor Saving Production of High Qualzqity Corn/Maize Silage

（Rod Link Chain Type）（Roller Type） Roll Baler for chopped materials Bale Wrapper

This baler can form corn/maize, which was chopped by a forage harvester, into high density roll This bale wrapper is applicable to a roll bale bale. (Commercialized) which is formed by the roll baler of the left ● two photographs for chopped materials.

(Commercialized) Forage Crop Producing Machinery Laboratory Multi-Crop and Self-propelled Harvesting Roll Baler

（Equipped with forage paddy attachment）（Equipped with maize attachment）（Equipped with grass attachment） Self-propelled Harvesting Roll Baler

This machine is available for various forage crops by changing the attachments. (Commercialized)

● Animal Waste Treatment/ Raising and Environmental Machinery Laboratory Utilization, Environment Raising and Environmental Machinery Laboratory Pollution Control Easy Treatment of High-moisture Animal Waste

Manure slurry Screen Screw

Dewatered cake Separated Iiquid Screw Press Type Soil-liquid This low cost device separates animal waste into cake (75% and under of moisture content) and liquid content. (Commercialized) Separator Offensive Odor Control

Deodorized air Rock wool deodorizing material

Offensive odor gas

Rock Wool-type Deodorization Facility This facility decomposes of and removes odors generated from composting facilities at high concentration by microbiological actions.（Commercialized） for Cold Climate

Animal Industry Engineering Department 10 Tests and Appraisal Activities

Testing and Evaluation Department This department takes charge of the Testing and Evaluation National Test, Safety Test, OECD Test, IAM Test (Groupe1and 2), Department together with research on testing procedure and apparatus. Large Tractor Testing Division Small Tractor Testing Division

Transplanter, Sprayer and Harvester Testing Division Grain Harvester Testing Division ROPS Testing Division

Large Tractor Testing Division Large Tractor, Farm Vehicle, etc.

● Large Tractor Testing Division Tractor Power Tractor Drawbar Take Off (PTO) Performance Test Performance Test Available power, force, etc. for drawing Available power, torque, implements shall be etc. of PTO shaft for measured. driving implements shall be measured.

● Small Tractor Testing Division Small Tractor Testing Division Small Tractor, Farm Transport Vehicle, etc.

Exhaust Gas Safety Test Emission Test of Monorail

● Transporter Amount of NOx,

ROPS Testing Division Particulate Matter（PM), Safety equipment, brake etc. in exhaust gas from performance, etc. shall diesel engines shall be be investigated. measured.

ROPS Testing Division Roll-over Protective Structure, Brush Cutter, etc.

Static Strength Safety Test of Test of Roll- Brush Cutter over Protective (Cutting Structure Attachment Impact Test) Zone of clearance for protecting the operator A fixed steel bar shall be in the case of tractor’s impacted by the rotating overturning accident cutting attachment. shall be checked.

1 1 Testing and Evaluation Department Outline of Testing and Appraisal Activities

Kind of Test Targeted machinery Major test items Testing and Evaluation Department

Agricultural Tractor (riding type), Rice transplanter (riding type), Vegetable transplanter, Power Performance (including exhaust gas Sprayer (boom type), Air-blast sprayer, Combine harvester (head feeding type), Combine harvester level), durability, ease of operation, safety National Test (conventional type), Potato harvester, Sugar beet harvester equipments

Roll-over Protective Structure (ROPS) for agricultural tractor (riding type) Strength, ease of operation

Safety Test Most agricultural machinery Safety equipment, ease of operation

Agricultural tractor (riding type) Performance, noise level OECD Test ROPS for agricultural tractor (riding type) Strength

Soybean thresher, Soybean grader, Head feeding type combine harvester for seed crop, Oil heater IAM Test Performance, ease of operation, safety for green house, Low volume sprayer for green house, Driving- disk type plow, Trencher, Manure (group1) equipment spreader, Side row fertilizer applicator attachment for rice transplanter

Most agricultural machinery and their parts. Test under code(s) of respective country(ies) and IAM Test Decide based on the request of applicant areas. English test report is available. (group2) upon agreement with IAM-BRAIN

Functional Check for Functions required by an official notice by the ● road travelling Agricultural tractor, Rice transplanter, Air-blast sprayer, Combine harvester Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

agricultural Transplanter, Sprayer and Harvester Testing Division motor vehicle

Transplanter, Transplanter, Sprayer and Harvester Testing Division Sprayer, Harvester, etc.

Field Performance Test Wind Speed Required Power Test ● of Rice Transplanter Distribution Test of Air of Potato Harvester Grain Harvester Testing Division Blast Sprayer Accuracy of transplanting, Required power of PTO shaft efficiency of operating, etc. for harvesting, power for Wind speed distribution blown shall be measured. drawing harvester, etc. shall be off at air outlet shall be measured. measured.

Harvester and Post-harvest Machinery for Rice, Grain Harvester Testing Division Wheat and Bean

Field Performance Test of Durability Test of Combine Specification Check of Head Head Feeding Type Combine Harvester Feeding Type Combine Harvester Harvester The durability of major parts shall be evaluated through a harvesting operation Quality of work such as harvest loss shall Specifications such as equipment, of a specific area. be measured by sampling the materials dimensions, structure and material of major at all outlets. parts shall be measured and/or checked.

Testing and Evaluation Department 12 Research Activities

Specific Project Research Team Specific Project Research Teams Specific Project Research are engaged in urgently needed special research calling for Team immediate solution, and on effective accumulation of future research Specific Project Research Team (on Energy) Specific Project Research Team (on Robot) seeds for R & D of agricultural machinery. Specific Project Research Team (on Safety)

Specific Project Research Team This team conducts a special research activities (on Energy) on the energy-related agricultural machinery.

● Application of Biodiesel Specific Project Research Team ( on Energy) Fuels to Tractors

Investigation of the influence on application of biodiesel fuels to tractors such as its engine power, emission gas, oil and filters.

Processing/Drying/Collecting/Storage System of Rice Straw

Research on processing/drying/collecting/storage system of rice straw as raw materials for bioethanol fuels ● Specific Project Research Team ( on Robot)

Specific Project Research Team This team conducts special research activities on the robotic technology applicable to agricultural (on Robot) machinery.

Agricultural Vehicle Robot

Develpment of an auto- steering device，a navigation sennsor, communication control interfaces and software, which can be used commonly for agricultural vehicle robots

Wearable assist device for farm worker

Development of a wearable Harvesting Robot for Strawberry device that reduces the physical strain of farm worker in a fixed The harvesting robot currently under development for posture over a prolonged time strawberry, which harvests a red fruit automatically while judging its maturity.

13 Specific Project Research Team Specific Project Research Team Specific Project Research Team This team conducts special research activities and provides information/data, on the agricultural (on Safety) machinery and farm work safety.

● Specific Project Research Team ( on Safety )

Development of safety-supporting techniques on farm work

“Agricultural machinery safety e-leaning system”, by which people can learn various knowledge on safe use of agricultural machinery through Internet (in Japanese)

Provision of information/data on farm safety

Collection and supply of various information/data on agricultural machinery and farm work safety on our Web site (in Japanese)

Research on safety of agricultural machinery

Collection and analysis of data which are needed for revising“Safety Test” standards, to help the improvement on safety of agricultural machinery

Specific Project Research Team 14 This department takes charge of planning and administration Planning Department of research as well as testing activities, manages intellectual

Other activities property rights, also offers our technical fruits information to public.

Experimental Farm

Fields and crops for research and test activities are provided.

● Planning Department

Workshop

● Experimental or prototype machinery

Experimental Farm and measuring apparatus are made, modified or repaired.

● Facility Guide Workshop 陸上自衛隊大宮駐屯地通至大宮駅（17号国道を経て） Area : 184,797㎡用門自衛隊入口バス停

● 展示棟

Facility Guide バス停精密実験圃場

水田機械化実験棟

傾斜圃場

Main Office

散布実験棟機械化本館情報館

資料館

基礎技術研究館ショールーム

研究交流センター

テストコース正門試験用地精密実験圃場 Main Gate

試験用草地

2 0 0 9 / 4 / 1 改訂

15 Information map Area Map of IAM-BRAIN and 1-40-2 Nisshin-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama-city, Traffic Guide SAITAMA, 331-8537 JAPAN 至宇都宮・高崎至鴻巣１km 至高崎 Other activities 大成３丁目ニトリ陸上自衛隊大宮西警察署前大宮駐屯地自衛隊入口バス停

至宇都宮

大宮西警察署高東崎北ヨークマート線本三橋 (６) 線東三橋総合北・公園生研センター上 IAM-BRAIN 越新幹線

三橋 (５) ● Area Map of IAM-BRAIN and Traffic Guide 新大大宮駅宮 J R Omiya Station バ桜木町イ大宮駅西口パスバス停

京浜至東京新東 Traffic Guide to IAM-BRAIN 幹北線線・ Exit JR Omiya station at the West Exit. Take the“Tobu” Bus for“Sanshin-jidosha” or“Cityheights 埼 Mihashi” at the No.6, or No. 7 bus stop. Get off the bus at“Jieitai-iriguchi” after approximately 10 京線 minutes riding. The place surrounded by trees, to the direction of bus route, is the campus of IAM-BRAN. 至東京至浦和 Taxi is also available, say“Seiken-center” or“Jeitai-mae Seiken-center” to the taxi driver.

● Area Map of Experimental Farm and Traffic Guide Area Map of Experimental Farm and Traffic Guide

1389 Sakai, Konosu-city, SAITAMA, 365-0013 JAPAN

至高崎附属農場 Experimental Farm

JR 上越新幹線

農場入口（看板あり）元荒川鴻巣農協至熊谷・高崎カントリー野通川エレベータ

運転免許センター郷地橋

鴻巣 JR 警察署高崎鴻巣鴻巣署市役所線

駅入口鴻巣駅天神２ JR Konosu Station

１km

至大宮至大宮至大宮

Information map 16 Cooperation & Information ◆ Cooperation & Information

１. Research Cooperation １) Make joint research ２) Contracted research or investigation ３) Entrust of research and survey to outside ４) Collaborated research by agreement

２. Technical Transfer １) Technical advice to industries ● ２) Permission of using patents to industries Cooperation & Information ３) Provide various technical trainings ４)Technical consultation

３. Dispatch and Acceptance of Researchers １) Dispatch to an official trip by request ２) Acceptance of students and trainees ３) Acceptance of researchers ４) Undertake a member of committee by request

４. Information and Communication １) Open Show Room (latest machinery) and Museum (historical machinery) to the public ２) Open the Library to the public ３) Publication of research papers, technical reports, annual reports and others ４) Holding the national meeting of official researchers of agricultural mechanization, research report meetings and others

５. Freedom of Information We receive any application to request the indication of our documents, charts and electronic records.

◆ You shall always be welcome to visit our Institute, please contact us in advance.

E-mail:[email protected] Fax: +81-048-654-7130

17 Information Agricultural Mechanization Promotion Group（IAＭ－BRAIN）

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