September 20
The first machine I bought after being in business for 3 years was the brand new Seiki Milling Machine, Kent Surface Grinding Machine & a 2nd hand Okamoto Surface Grind Machine.
So let's talk about these 3 machines and the others that follows,
- Seiki Milling Machine bought from Ichi Seiki (S) Pte Ltd
- 5hp little brute that performs as you would expect.
- Body is basically weak that trembles and shakes when you take heavy cuts
- Great for small jobs and virtually problem free since we started using it 3 years ago.
- Cost me S$14,000.00
- Kent Surface Grinding Machine (also from Ichi Seiki)
- 800 x 400 table size
- Great sturdy machine made in Taiwan
- Used mainly to grind plates to a thickness of an accuracy within ±0.01 mm
- 3 years of usage and a couple of things have gone kaput, like auto-feed not functioning & noisy motor - all repaired.
- But machine is still churning out precision plates consistently every day.
- Cost : S$36,000.00
- Okamoto Surface Grinding Machine (2nd hand from ESG Stamping)
- Manual controlled reciprocating table.
- Still in great condition even after more than 10 years of use.
- Was the main workhorse for small precision ground parts until I bought another surface grinding machine to complement it.
- Cost me a measly S$2,000.00 (great deal .. lots of thanks to Mr Schulte for giving me a great deal)
Other machineries ... coming soon.
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September 19
I have been in the precision engineering career for the past 28 years. Here's my background experiences in the tool & die field since 1979.
- 1979-1981 Tata Government Training Centre
- Joint Ventured between the Singapore Government & excellent Tata Group from India.
- Full 2 years of thorough grounding in precision engineering skills covering Benchwork, Turning, Milling, Grinding & Tool Design.
- Certificates : NTC3 (Precision Machining), NTC2 (Tool & Die Making), Craftman's Certificate.
- 1981-1984 Mechaneer Precision Industries Pte Ltd
- 2 years in-plant & 1 year bond in this precision die making company.
- One of the pioneers in Fine Blanking tool & production.
- Worked on lathes, milling, grinding, toolmaking & die assembly
- Position : Precision Machinist
- 1984-1985 General Electric Hermetic Motor Pte Ltd
- GEHMO produces Hermetic Motors (Rotor & Stators)
- Precision machinist & toolmaking.
- Experience 1st hand on precision Rotor/Stator Carbide Lamination Dies
- Position : Toolmaker
- 1985-1987 German Singapore Institute
- Joint Venture between Singapore Government & Germany.
- Full 2 years thorough grounding in wide aspect of Precision Engineering field covering practical & theory on Die Design, Automation, Plastic Mould design, Materials. Heat Treatment, Production Engineering, Mechanics.
- Diploma in Production Technology
- 1987-1988 Cosamold (S) Pte Ltd
- Cosamold specialises in Precision Plastic Injection Mold Making & Precision Die Making (including Multi-slide tools)
- Design precision dies & multi-slide tool for in-house mass production.
- Position : Die Designer
- 1988-1992 Davidson Carbide Tooling Pte Ltd
- Davidson fabricates precision carbide parts for connectors, semicon, trim & form dies.
- Set-up Die Design Section and was trained in Molex Singapore on connector die design and assembly techniques.
- Assist in setting up Connector stamping production line.
- Position : Engineering Manager
- 1992-2001 Matsushita Technology Pte Ltd (Mastec) - Die & Mould Section
- Mastec produces various kind of dies & moulds for Matsushita/Panasonic group of companies.
- Started out as Engineer-Die Design section, promoted Section Leader
- Design precision dies for Shimano, SMC, Panasonic group of companies.
- Transferred to Sales Section after 3 years
- Last Position : Sales Manager
- 2001-Present NVT Technology Pte Ltd (http://www.nvt.com.sg)
- Started out in business as a one man show supporting various clients in die design & spare parts trading.
- Procured first machines in 2004 (Seiki Milling x 1, Okamoto/Kent Surface Grinder x 2, Chin Fong 110T Press Machine x 1)
- Rapid growth in 2005 with high customer's demand for design, parts fabrication & die making
- Bought Sodick AQ535 CNC Wirecut, YCM High Speed CNC Machine in 2005
- Bought Charmilles 240cc CNC Wirecut, Moore Jig Grinding, Smartscope, Superdrill & Troop Wirecut in 2006
- Brought Kent Surface Grinding Machine, Toyoda Cylindrical Grinding Machine & Hitachi Seiki Milling Machine in 2007.
- Design Section runs on 4 units of Autodesk Inventor, AutoCad Mechanical & LT versions.
- Current workforce strength : 21
- Business focus : Design & fabricate precision carbide progressive dies, jigs & fixtures, precision machining services, spare parts making & metal stamping services.
- Distributor : Motoyama's precision carbide parts (http://www.motoyama-gokin.co.jp)
- Turnover : SGD $2,000,000
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