Three-gun shooting is the fastest growing competitive shooting sport in the nation. As the name suggests, competitors use three guns; pistol, shotgun and rifle. Of the three, the rifle is called on for the widest range of use. A shooter might engage multiple close range targets very fast, and within seconds transition to precision targets at long range. I have shot at rifle targets from as close as 18 inches to as far away as 800 yards in a single match. The key is to do it with speed and precision, as the guy who hits all the targets the fastest wins the match.
For a long time competitors had to spend time and money to modify their rifles to make them suitable for competition. But rifle makers have noticed the growth in the sport and several are now offering “competition ready” rifles in their catalogs. Here are three that I have been lucky enough to test.
Colt Competition was started with the concept that 3-gun competitors needed rifles that were ready to shoot. The Pro model is the higher grade of the two Colt Competition .223 Remington rifles offered. It was designed by hardcore shooters and tested extensively at national 3-gun matches.
It has an 18-inch long, match-grade stainless steel barrel. The custom fluting on the barrel is unique and exotic looking with a series of interrupted flutes. The barrel is six-groove button rifled with a 1:8 RH Twist. The 1:8 twist is preferred by most 3-gun shooters as it will stabilize heavy bullets but also handle light bullets, so it provides the widest range of ammo options for shooters.
The gun has a .223 Wylde Match Chamber and uses a rifle-length gas system. This longer system is more reliable and smoother than a short “carbine” length gas system. It has the Colt Competition Fully-Adjustable Gas Block, which allows the shooter to tune the rifle to the specific ammo used. The result is a smoother action cycle, which can aid in speed and accuracy. The smoother the gun runs, the less disturbance on target and the faster the next shot can be taken. Those tenths of a second in split times add up in a game that’s won or lost by seconds.
Mine is an early rifle and came with a Sure-Fire muzzle brake. This is a very effective brake that’s also designed to attach a suppressor. The current rifles are being shipped with the new Colt Competition Triple-Chamber Muzzle Brake while the Sure-Fire is still offered as an option.
The Colt Competition uses a proprietary 15-inch floating handguard, which is the perfect length for the extended arm grip favored by a lot of shooters.
The upper and lower receivers are forged and machined for a precision fit. The upper is a flat-top with a Picatinny rail on top. The lower has the Colt Competition logo laser engraved into the side of the magwell.
The rifle has a proofed and magnetic particle (MP) inspected bolt. The charging handle has an extended latch for fast operation. Meanwhile, the two-stage trigger on my gun breaks at 2 pounds, 12 ounces; lighter than the advertised 3.5-pound trigger and great for precision long-range shooting. It has a short and positive reset for fast work.
The gun has a Magpul CTR 6-Position Adjustable Stock, Magpul arched Trigger Guard and a Magpul Grip. As you might guess, it comes with a Magpul 30-round magazine. The safety is a standard, two position AR-15 safety.
The rifle is extremely accurate and with the light trigger it’s easy to use for precision long-range work. The average for 12, five-shot groups at 100 yards with three different ammo products was just .9-inch. The best groups were .65-inch for five shots.
When shooting speed drills to test my time, my best effort with this rifle was 1.6 seconds, which is the second best I have ever done.
This is a gun that you can take out of the box, add optics and ammo and win matches. I know that to be true, not just hype; because I have several shooting buddies who have done it.
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2013年8月16日 星期五
2013年8月12日 星期一
Peer's wind farm
Later, as leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats,hedeclaredrenewables firms should be raking in “big profits”.
Now Nicol Stephen, or Baron Stephen of Lower Deeside, appears to have taken his own advice and sits at the head of a rapidly expanding turbine empire worth more than ￡1.5million.
The Lib Dem peer is a director of 10 renewable energy companies, seven of them incorporated within the past five months, with four wind farms in the planning stages across Scotland.
More seriously, some observers believe he is using his powerful position in the House of Lords to lobby for the renewable energy industry.
Last month, he put forward three amendmentstoWestminster’snew Energy Bill – although two were withdrawn and one was left to lie on the file.
One amendment called for more UK Governmentsupportforrenewable electricity storage, one of the biggest problems facing wind farm operators as their turbines work only when the wind is blowing and not when demand for energy is greatest.
A second amendment related to proposed changes to the generous publicsubsidyregime,withLord Stephen calling for greater “certainty” over whether or not the payments “could be relied upon” to continue in the future.
The third called for an announcement on a “decarbonisation target” – the date by which fossil fuels must be eradicated from Britain’s power grid – to be brought forward.
Calling for greater unity within the Coalition over the Bill, he said: “Unless we show certainty and get away from the divisions and the delay that have clearly existed within government, we will send out the wrong messages to companies involved in this sector and we will fail to achieve that ￡100billion of investment that is so vital to driving the future of the industry.”
The House of Lords rules state that Members must be “especially cautious in deciding whether to speak or vote” in debates which relate to their private business interests.
Graham Lang, from pressure group Scotland Against Spin, said: “Lord Stephen has had a career in politics paid for by the taxpayer and is continuing to attempt to hoover up consumerpaidsubsidieswith speculativeanddeeplyunpopular wind farm proposals.
“As a Scot, he will know full well that rural communities have had enough of industrial turbines desecrating the environment for risible and very expensive amounts of electricity.”
Nine of Lord Stephen’s firms are part of the Renewable Energy Ventures (REV) network, which he set up with former Body Shop director Michael Ross, from Edinburgh, after retiring from Holyrood in 2009.
A REV “holding company” has ￡1.4million in capital according to the latest Companies House documents.
His other energy company – Pilot Offshore Renewables Ltd – was formed in April with industry expert Allan MacAskill as co-director.
Mr MacAskill, whose brother is Justice Secretary Kenny, saw a previous offshore energy venture sold to Spanish giants Repsol for ￡49million.
In the House of Lords register of interests, the former MSP for Aberdeen South currently declares his involvement only in parent company Renewable Energy Ventures Ltd.
Last year, it emerged the peer had made ￡110,000 when he sold a house in Edinburgh that had been partly paid for by the taxpayer under the now defunct Holyrood housing scheme.
REV’s first wind farm will see three 326ft turbines built at Clentrie Farm near Auchtertool, Fife.
It won planning permission in April, despite a survey which found 93 per cent of locals were against the plan.
James Glen, secretary of Lochgelly Community Council, said: “There are mixed views in the area, some support wind turbines but others are upset.
“They think that we have got enough with the Mossmorran petrochemical works on our doorstep and the nine turbines already at the Little Raith wind farm.
“I feel if any politician has a connection with a renewable energy company he should not be taking part in any debate about new legislation.”
Another REV subsidiary relates to a live planning application for eight 360ft wind turbines near Kellas in Moray.
Three further companies are connected to sites in Aberdeenshire, including a proposal for two 326ft turbines at Paul Matthew Hill, near Montrose, and another for two 326ft turbines at Cushnie, near Alford.
This is Lord Stephen’s fourth attempt to win planning permission at this site, with opponents claiming his application has been deliberately submitted during the summer holidays when many opponents are away.
Caroline Gerrie, from Stop Turbines in Cushnie, said: “In our opinion, this is not about farming wind nor about fighting for the rights of the people of the North-east.
“It is about farming subsidy for commercial gain, ignoring the advice of planning whilst damaging the lives of the people Lord Stephen once promised to fight for.
“Lord Stephen is, in fact, showing a total disregard for the opinions of the people in this community.”
She added: “This is the sixth application for wind turbines in this beautiful valley that the people of Cushnie have had to deal with in the last two and-a-half years, and the fourth from Lord Stephen’s company REV Ltd.
Despite repeated requests for an interview, neither Lord Stephen or the Liberal Democrats had anything to say.
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Now Nicol Stephen, or Baron Stephen of Lower Deeside, appears to have taken his own advice and sits at the head of a rapidly expanding turbine empire worth more than ￡1.5million.
The Lib Dem peer is a director of 10 renewable energy companies, seven of them incorporated within the past five months, with four wind farms in the planning stages across Scotland.
More seriously, some observers believe he is using his powerful position in the House of Lords to lobby for the renewable energy industry.
Last month, he put forward three amendmentstoWestminster’snew Energy Bill – although two were withdrawn and one was left to lie on the file.
One amendment called for more UK Governmentsupportforrenewable electricity storage, one of the biggest problems facing wind farm operators as their turbines work only when the wind is blowing and not when demand for energy is greatest.
A second amendment related to proposed changes to the generous publicsubsidyregime,withLord Stephen calling for greater “certainty” over whether or not the payments “could be relied upon” to continue in the future.
The third called for an announcement on a “decarbonisation target” – the date by which fossil fuels must be eradicated from Britain’s power grid – to be brought forward.
Calling for greater unity within the Coalition over the Bill, he said: “Unless we show certainty and get away from the divisions and the delay that have clearly existed within government, we will send out the wrong messages to companies involved in this sector and we will fail to achieve that ￡100billion of investment that is so vital to driving the future of the industry.”
The House of Lords rules state that Members must be “especially cautious in deciding whether to speak or vote” in debates which relate to their private business interests.
Graham Lang, from pressure group Scotland Against Spin, said: “Lord Stephen has had a career in politics paid for by the taxpayer and is continuing to attempt to hoover up consumerpaidsubsidieswith speculativeanddeeplyunpopular wind farm proposals.
“As a Scot, he will know full well that rural communities have had enough of industrial turbines desecrating the environment for risible and very expensive amounts of electricity.”
Nine of Lord Stephen’s firms are part of the Renewable Energy Ventures (REV) network, which he set up with former Body Shop director Michael Ross, from Edinburgh, after retiring from Holyrood in 2009.
A REV “holding company” has ￡1.4million in capital according to the latest Companies House documents.
His other energy company – Pilot Offshore Renewables Ltd – was formed in April with industry expert Allan MacAskill as co-director.
Mr MacAskill, whose brother is Justice Secretary Kenny, saw a previous offshore energy venture sold to Spanish giants Repsol for ￡49million.
In the House of Lords register of interests, the former MSP for Aberdeen South currently declares his involvement only in parent company Renewable Energy Ventures Ltd.
Last year, it emerged the peer had made ￡110,000 when he sold a house in Edinburgh that had been partly paid for by the taxpayer under the now defunct Holyrood housing scheme.
REV’s first wind farm will see three 326ft turbines built at Clentrie Farm near Auchtertool, Fife.
It won planning permission in April, despite a survey which found 93 per cent of locals were against the plan.
James Glen, secretary of Lochgelly Community Council, said: “There are mixed views in the area, some support wind turbines but others are upset.
“They think that we have got enough with the Mossmorran petrochemical works on our doorstep and the nine turbines already at the Little Raith wind farm.
“I feel if any politician has a connection with a renewable energy company he should not be taking part in any debate about new legislation.”
Another REV subsidiary relates to a live planning application for eight 360ft wind turbines near Kellas in Moray.
Three further companies are connected to sites in Aberdeenshire, including a proposal for two 326ft turbines at Paul Matthew Hill, near Montrose, and another for two 326ft turbines at Cushnie, near Alford.
This is Lord Stephen’s fourth attempt to win planning permission at this site, with opponents claiming his application has been deliberately submitted during the summer holidays when many opponents are away.
Caroline Gerrie, from Stop Turbines in Cushnie, said: “In our opinion, this is not about farming wind nor about fighting for the rights of the people of the North-east.
“It is about farming subsidy for commercial gain, ignoring the advice of planning whilst damaging the lives of the people Lord Stephen once promised to fight for.
“Lord Stephen is, in fact, showing a total disregard for the opinions of the people in this community.”
She added: “This is the sixth application for wind turbines in this beautiful valley that the people of Cushnie have had to deal with in the last two and-a-half years, and the fourth from Lord Stephen’s company REV Ltd.
Despite repeated requests for an interview, neither Lord Stephen or the Liberal Democrats had anything to say.
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$5 million lawsuit
A year ago, Dan Williams moved from his home near Ione's Willow Creek wind farm to Walterville, Ore. He said he couldn't take the noise of whipping turbine blades any longer.
"It's hard to explain it to people unless you experience it," Williams said. "There's the actual noise that wakes you, but there's also the infrasound you can't hear but your body feels. The best I can describe it is like a train or an airplane coming and going."
Williams filed a lawsuit Friday against Invenergy, the Illinois-based company behind the wind farm, for non-economic losses up to $5 million, as well as economic losses — mostly related to property value depreciation — for $170,000.
Since Invenergy began construction on the 50 wind turbines at Willow Creek in 2008, it has fought in the courts over noise compliance.
First, the fight was over the actual noise limits. Invenergy said the Morrow County noise limit of 50 dBa was acceptable, Williams and a few neighbors argued that the wind farm had to comply with the state limit of 36 dBa.
Although neither enforced it, both the county and the state upheld the 36 dBa limit in seven different court findings.
"I'm extremely disappointed that county and state of Oregon both agree that there's violations but won't do anything about them," Williams said.
After a 2009 noise study conducted on Williams' property by Invenergy showed turbine noise levels reaching 42 dBa, the wind company embarked on an effort to comply with the noise levels through methods such as triggering turbine shut-downs at certain noise levels. Williams is also claiming the current technology takes too long to shut down after the noise limits are reached.
In the complaint filed Friday, Williams claims "emotional distress, deteriorating physical and emotional health, dizziness, inability to sleep, drowsiness, fatigue, headaches, difficulty thinking, irritation and lethargy" as a result of the turbines' noise and flickering glare.
In a statement issued Friday, Invenergy said it wasn't aware of any alleged health impacts to Williams until he filed the lawsuit and would "vigorously defend" itself against his claims.
"Notwithstanding the non-specific nature of these claims, it's important to reiterate that numerous rigorous studies ... have found no evidence to support a link between adverse health effects and sound emitted from wind turbines," the company stated.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a noise level of 40 dBA is equal to a running stream or refrigerator humming, 30 dBa is a whisper and 50 to 60 dBa is a quiet office.
But Williams' attorney, Jim McClandish, who did not want to talk specifically about the case, argued new research shows low-frequency wind turbine noise could be dangerous. While "wind turbine syndrome" was once pure speculation, recent studies show the low-frequency infrasound can cause symptoms such as the dizziness and nausea Williams said he experienced.
"The reverberation at low frequencies affects people's inner ears. It impacts their ability to sleep, their concentration," McClandish said.
The lawsuit is expected to take at least a year to make its way through the courts. Williams still owns his Ione home. He said even though he has left the property, he has no plans to stand down.
"What other option do I have?" Williams said. "I was there first. This was forced upon me. I'm a human being with strong convictions."
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"It's hard to explain it to people unless you experience it," Williams said. "There's the actual noise that wakes you, but there's also the infrasound you can't hear but your body feels. The best I can describe it is like a train or an airplane coming and going."
Williams filed a lawsuit Friday against Invenergy, the Illinois-based company behind the wind farm, for non-economic losses up to $5 million, as well as economic losses — mostly related to property value depreciation — for $170,000.
Since Invenergy began construction on the 50 wind turbines at Willow Creek in 2008, it has fought in the courts over noise compliance.
First, the fight was over the actual noise limits. Invenergy said the Morrow County noise limit of 50 dBa was acceptable, Williams and a few neighbors argued that the wind farm had to comply with the state limit of 36 dBa.
Although neither enforced it, both the county and the state upheld the 36 dBa limit in seven different court findings.
"I'm extremely disappointed that county and state of Oregon both agree that there's violations but won't do anything about them," Williams said.
After a 2009 noise study conducted on Williams' property by Invenergy showed turbine noise levels reaching 42 dBa, the wind company embarked on an effort to comply with the noise levels through methods such as triggering turbine shut-downs at certain noise levels. Williams is also claiming the current technology takes too long to shut down after the noise limits are reached.
In the complaint filed Friday, Williams claims "emotional distress, deteriorating physical and emotional health, dizziness, inability to sleep, drowsiness, fatigue, headaches, difficulty thinking, irritation and lethargy" as a result of the turbines' noise and flickering glare.
In a statement issued Friday, Invenergy said it wasn't aware of any alleged health impacts to Williams until he filed the lawsuit and would "vigorously defend" itself against his claims.
"Notwithstanding the non-specific nature of these claims, it's important to reiterate that numerous rigorous studies ... have found no evidence to support a link between adverse health effects and sound emitted from wind turbines," the company stated.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a noise level of 40 dBA is equal to a running stream or refrigerator humming, 30 dBa is a whisper and 50 to 60 dBa is a quiet office.
But Williams' attorney, Jim McClandish, who did not want to talk specifically about the case, argued new research shows low-frequency wind turbine noise could be dangerous. While "wind turbine syndrome" was once pure speculation, recent studies show the low-frequency infrasound can cause symptoms such as the dizziness and nausea Williams said he experienced.
"The reverberation at low frequencies affects people's inner ears. It impacts their ability to sleep, their concentration," McClandish said.
The lawsuit is expected to take at least a year to make its way through the courts. Williams still owns his Ione home. He said even though he has left the property, he has no plans to stand down.
"What other option do I have?" Williams said. "I was there first. This was forced upon me. I'm a human being with strong convictions."
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2013年1月17日 星期四
Primed pressroom
It seems, then, that making sure the platesetting area of a litho pressroom is primed for the ever-more ubiquitous short-run, on-demand jobs needn't mean paying vast amounts for the fastest platesetter.
Certainly, there are commercial printing outfits – such as those printing magazines and brochures, those with 10- or 12-colour presses, those with many presses to feed, and those priding themselves on catering for last-minute requests – who will benefit from a 60pph model. But many will be equally well-served by a machine that runs at 40-, 30- or even 20pph.
The key message to take from manufacturers' warnings about this being a neglected area of the litho pressroom is that care must be taken to ensure you have the right speed for your business, whatever that may be. The key here is to check you have the right workflow system, plate sortation equipment and automatic loading kit to allow your platesetter to do its thing.
In this way, litho printers can ensure digital doesn't steal the show, so litho printing sits alongside 'short-run', 'on-demand' and 'quick turnaround' on printers' lips.
Welshpool Printing Group, based 20 miles west of Shrewsbury in Powys, Wales, upgraded its platesetter from a 15-plates-per-hour (pph) Agfa Galileo to a 32pph Kodak Magnus three years ago. The firm would wholeheartedly recommend other printers follow suit in switching to a faster model.
A faster platesetter has enabled the company to offer speedier turnarounds on the range of newspaper, football programme and trade magazine work it processes on its three Komori four- and five-colour B2 presses and Heidelberg PrintMaster machine.
"Customers have noticed that we can offer faster turnarounds now," reports managing director Paul Jones. "Within 20 minutes of receiving the job you can have it on the press."
"A faster platesetter is also a real help when someone wants to change the design of a page at the last minute, or when a plate splits on-press," he adds. "Because it's running so much quicker you can produce another plate in two minutes."
Although short-run jobs are usually placed with the company's digital department, Jones says that if a request for a short-run job that also needed to be litho quality came along, having a speedy platesetter would ensure the company could process this job at an economical rate.
Jones would advise others to scrutinise carefully whether those systems supporting the platesetter were helping it achieve its full potential. The company opted for a Kodak platesetter because they were keen to upgrade to a Kodak Prinergy workflow system and felt that, as well as the Magnus kit being impressive in its own right, the platesetter they chose would perform best if totally in sync with the workflow supporting it.
Jones would also advise that a 30pph machine will be more than fast enough for most commercial printing operations.
"Our Magnus is totally catering for our production requirements at the moment," he says. "We'd only invest in a faster machine if we were processing a lot more work or if people were coming to us demanding shorter print runs of litho quality. But we only run the platesetter for eight hours a day. We ran the old one for 16 hours, so there's still room for boosting production."
Certainly, there are commercial printing outfits – such as those printing magazines and brochures, those with 10- or 12-colour presses, those with many presses to feed, and those priding themselves on catering for last-minute requests – who will benefit from a 60pph model. But many will be equally well-served by a machine that runs at 40-, 30- or even 20pph.
The key message to take from manufacturers' warnings about this being a neglected area of the litho pressroom is that care must be taken to ensure you have the right speed for your business, whatever that may be. The key here is to check you have the right workflow system, plate sortation equipment and automatic loading kit to allow your platesetter to do its thing.
In this way, litho printers can ensure digital doesn't steal the show, so litho printing sits alongside 'short-run', 'on-demand' and 'quick turnaround' on printers' lips.
Welshpool Printing Group, based 20 miles west of Shrewsbury in Powys, Wales, upgraded its platesetter from a 15-plates-per-hour (pph) Agfa Galileo to a 32pph Kodak Magnus three years ago. The firm would wholeheartedly recommend other printers follow suit in switching to a faster model.
A faster platesetter has enabled the company to offer speedier turnarounds on the range of newspaper, football programme and trade magazine work it processes on its three Komori four- and five-colour B2 presses and Heidelberg PrintMaster machine.
"Customers have noticed that we can offer faster turnarounds now," reports managing director Paul Jones. "Within 20 minutes of receiving the job you can have it on the press."
"A faster platesetter is also a real help when someone wants to change the design of a page at the last minute, or when a plate splits on-press," he adds. "Because it's running so much quicker you can produce another plate in two minutes."
Although short-run jobs are usually placed with the company's digital department, Jones says that if a request for a short-run job that also needed to be litho quality came along, having a speedy platesetter would ensure the company could process this job at an economical rate.
Jones would advise others to scrutinise carefully whether those systems supporting the platesetter were helping it achieve its full potential. The company opted for a Kodak platesetter because they were keen to upgrade to a Kodak Prinergy workflow system and felt that, as well as the Magnus kit being impressive in its own right, the platesetter they chose would perform best if totally in sync with the workflow supporting it.
Jones would also advise that a 30pph machine will be more than fast enough for most commercial printing operations.
"Our Magnus is totally catering for our production requirements at the moment," he says. "We'd only invest in a faster machine if we were processing a lot more work or if people were coming to us demanding shorter print runs of litho quality. But we only run the platesetter for eight hours a day. We ran the old one for 16 hours, so there's still room for boosting production."
2012年11月7日 星期三
Amada Soft India sets up R&D centre in Bangalore
Amada Soft India, a subsidiary of Japanese machine tool conglomerate manufacturer, Amada is setting up a technical centre, including vocational training centre at Bangalore which will focus on research and development on machine tools components and software used in it. This is first Amada's first such facility in the South Asia region.
Amada has bought eight acres of land near Bangalore International Airport and will train about 70 to 80 employees in Bangalore and about 140 across India. The centre will also be involved in training of Amada’s own employees working in India.
Speaking to Financial Chronicle, Amada, president and CEO, Mitsuo Okamoto, said, the investment shows our commitment to India and he hopes the Indian market to be stable in next few years. Amada has manufacturing facility in Europe, US, Japan and China. A mini version of the technical centre is already running in Whitefield Bangalore.
Earlier speaking to Financial Chronicle, Amada, senior managing director, Toshio Takagi, said, “The technical centre will also act as the real interface between the company and Indian customers”. He added the centre would try to understand the real Indian clients’ voice.
Amada will invest about $13 million for the centre. The company’s focus in Indian market is computer numeric control (CNC) machines. These are cnc bending machines, cnc laser cutting machines and cnc punching machines. Amada has an offshore software development centre at Chennai.
The software centre caters to Amada’s global software needs. In 2004, it shifted its software development centre to Chennai from its headquarters in Kanagawa, near Tokyo. The software development centre has about 130 employees. Takagi, said, “We are also planning to venture into open technology so as to smooth the integration between our system and customers’ legacy systems”.
Company officials said, Amada’s revenue from Indian market is about Rs 250 crore. Amada is also planning to diversify its market to aerospace and airports by catering to their requirements of sheet metals.
Packaging operations are becoming more sophisticated. Today’s automated, intelligent processes rely on the transfer of data from the factory floor to centralized systems that help manufacturers achieve a number of objectives, from improving product quality, to ensuring regulatory compliance, to achieving supply chain visibility. In this webinar, follow a can of green beans from seamer to pallet on its journey through an automated packaging process.
The webinar tours a food and beverage packaging line, stopping at key inspection points to observe how automation solutions like machine vision and barcode technologies help manufacturers meet important quality requirements while improving overall production efficiency. After the presentation, live audience question and answer sessions with presenter Mike Dietzel will identify applications for auto ID and inspection in real automated packaging processes.
Webinar presenter Mike Dietzel, Solutions Engineer on Microscan’s industry-focused packaging team, has over 15 years experience developing solutions for packaging industries ranging from single laser barcode readers to multi-camera machine vision installations requiring unique lighting solutions.
Amada has bought eight acres of land near Bangalore International Airport and will train about 70 to 80 employees in Bangalore and about 140 across India. The centre will also be involved in training of Amada’s own employees working in India.
Speaking to Financial Chronicle, Amada, president and CEO, Mitsuo Okamoto, said, the investment shows our commitment to India and he hopes the Indian market to be stable in next few years. Amada has manufacturing facility in Europe, US, Japan and China. A mini version of the technical centre is already running in Whitefield Bangalore.
Earlier speaking to Financial Chronicle, Amada, senior managing director, Toshio Takagi, said, “The technical centre will also act as the real interface between the company and Indian customers”. He added the centre would try to understand the real Indian clients’ voice.
Amada will invest about $13 million for the centre. The company’s focus in Indian market is computer numeric control (CNC) machines. These are cnc bending machines, cnc laser cutting machines and cnc punching machines. Amada has an offshore software development centre at Chennai.
The software centre caters to Amada’s global software needs. In 2004, it shifted its software development centre to Chennai from its headquarters in Kanagawa, near Tokyo. The software development centre has about 130 employees. Takagi, said, “We are also planning to venture into open technology so as to smooth the integration between our system and customers’ legacy systems”.
Company officials said, Amada’s revenue from Indian market is about Rs 250 crore. Amada is also planning to diversify its market to aerospace and airports by catering to their requirements of sheet metals.
Packaging operations are becoming more sophisticated. Today’s automated, intelligent processes rely on the transfer of data from the factory floor to centralized systems that help manufacturers achieve a number of objectives, from improving product quality, to ensuring regulatory compliance, to achieving supply chain visibility. In this webinar, follow a can of green beans from seamer to pallet on its journey through an automated packaging process.
The webinar tours a food and beverage packaging line, stopping at key inspection points to observe how automation solutions like machine vision and barcode technologies help manufacturers meet important quality requirements while improving overall production efficiency. After the presentation, live audience question and answer sessions with presenter Mike Dietzel will identify applications for auto ID and inspection in real automated packaging processes.
Webinar presenter Mike Dietzel, Solutions Engineer on Microscan’s industry-focused packaging team, has over 15 years experience developing solutions for packaging industries ranging from single laser barcode readers to multi-camera machine vision installations requiring unique lighting solutions.
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