*If you wish to use X-ray equipment (XRD, XRF, or X-rayCT), you must submit an application for registration as an X-ray device user to the Research Support Section of the Industry-Academia Collaboration and Research Promotion Division and receive education and training. For the application form for registration as an X-ray device user, please contact the Research Support Section, Industry-Academia Collaboration and Research Promotion Division.

If you are an instructor registrant, please follow the steps below to use the equipment.

1.　Make a reservation

Please make an online reservation on the reservation site. To make a reservation, you will need the account issued at the time of instructor registration.

2.　Enter in the "Application System"

When the reservation time comes, please come to the center office and enter the necessary information in the "Application System". The usage fee will be calculated based on the information entered. Make sure you don't make any mistakes in your budget.

3.　Use the equipment

If you encounter any problems during use, please be sure to report them to the staff.

4.　Fill in the "Usage Records notebook"

After use, please keep the equipment room tidy and fill in the necessary items in the "Usage Record Notebook" installed on each device. Don't forget to check the inspection items listed in the notebook.

5.　Enter in the "Application System"

Select your application form in the application system and enter the end time of use.

The center is open until 5 p.m. If it is likely to be past 5 o'clock, please report it as soon as possible. Extensions for inefficient reasons, such as late arrivals or early departures, will not be permitted. It will be locked at 5:30 p.m. with an auto-lock.

Hours: Weekdays 9:00~17:00

Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, summer holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.

After-hours use
After-hours use is accepted only if you cannot make a reservation within the time.
On holidays and weekdays after 9 p.m., it is not possible to approve the use of one person. Separate qualifications are required for after-hours use.

The usage fee (equipment usage fee + electricity fee) is calculated from the equipment usage time, and the transfer is made from the budget of the supervisor (expense bearer).
・The "usage time" is calculated from the start and end times entered in the application system.
・The "equipment usage fee" is determined for each equipment. In the case of a course or request analysis, it will be twice the self-measure.
・The "electricity fee" is calculated based on the electricity fee of the previous year and varies every year.

機器利用料・電気代について詳しくはこちらからご確認ください

budget
You can pay the usage fee with the following budget.

・基盤教育経費
・基盤研究経費
・科研費（4月分 ～ 12月分まで）
・寄附金
・受託研究費（受託研究が終了する3ヶ月前まで）
・共同研究費（共同研究が終了する3ヶ月前まで）
・補助金（補助金事業が終了する3ヶ月前まで）

Please check the usage budget with your academic advisor (the person who bears the expenses) in advance and obtain permission. In some cases, a code number (budget code number in the financial accounting system) is required.

If you wish to publish the results of your research obtained using the Center's equipment or facilities in a submitted paper, etc., please include an acknowledgment that you have used the equipment and submit a copy of the published paper containing the acknowledgment to the Center's office.

SHAREおよびコアファシリティ事業に関わる謝辞記載例はこちら

Example sentences for acknowlegment

ーIn the case of use of equipment and facilitiesー
The XRD measurement and TEM observation were performed at the Nagaoka University of Technology Analysis and Instrumentation Center.We thank Nagaoka University of Technology Analysis and Instrumentation Center for use of facilities and equipment.

ーIn the case of technical assistance and request analysisー
We thank members of the Nagaoka University of Technology Analysis and Instrumentation Center for technical assistance.