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QUARTERLY 2020 VOLUME 12 ISSUE 45 AXILE ART™ – the Smart Monitoring System Makes a Tremendous Success in Innovation
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From the Publisher 02 03 Newsroom AXILE ART™ - the smart Monitoring System Makes a Tremendous Success in Innovation R&D Zone 06 Interpretation of Automobile Industry Quality System 11 Global Outlook Work with Robots Application 14 TNC Functions Practical 16 Distributor Transtec in France: top service quality for high-tech machines Product 18 AXILE DC12 20 Event Visit by Delegation from MOEA for Smart Manufacturing Solution Key Component 22 Blue Laser Technology: Setting the standard in on-machine tool measurement 24 FAQ HEIDENHAIN PLC Setup procedure Taiwan Panorama 26 Taichung Budokan Martial Arts Hall
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Contents 01 From the Publisher
It's pleased to share the awards winning news of the newly From all the economic data analysis, we understand that developed smart monitoring system, the ART™ which you may 2019 was a hard time for the machine tool industry and 2020 already read in our last e-News, and you can also read the has no optimistic prediction but stably minor growth may be report in Newsroom of this issue. seen. At this critical time in the global economic instability, service quality has become very important to all the clients. The functions of ART™ System has been received patents in In order to provide good quality service to our customers, Taiwan, USA, EU, Korea, Russia and China. I strongly recommend Buffalo Machinery not only offers our clients with ART™ the AXILE users especially in the aerospace industry and System to reduce the inventory and service cost and to improve automation production line to use the ART™ System which will productivity but also enhances the functionalities of our ME assist clients in sales, management and service efficiently. office in Europe. To provide better service in Europe markets, ME office offers installation and maintenance service for The major purposes of this intelligent monitoring ART™ System machines delivery to European countries. I do hope this add on are the wearing components monitoring, components lifetime service can facilitate our customers with rapid responses to the estimation, and machine energy monitoring which will facilitate service cases in the area. the machines to work 24/7 without unexpected downtime and to ensure the machines are always ready when need. When We do believe our value of “Quality and Service Build our the ART™ System connects with users’ intelligent ERP or IT Business”, with the efforts we have made in service excellence system which will automatically send the requests to users’ and machine quality improvement, and together with the suppliers for re-stocking and in-time service arrangement support of our global distributors, I do consider that the aim without any delay. The visual data platform of ART™ System to be one of global major premium machine tool providers is is ready for the users to check the connected machines status foreseeable. at any time and any location. In the meantime, the setup of ART™ System follows OPC-UA client-server communication Dr.Paul Chang and is one of the partners of VDW umati (universal machine Feb 2020 tool interface) which allows our clients to connect AXILE ART™ System integrative machine tool to customer-specific IT infrastructures and ecosystems without any difficulty. The ART™ System is definitely one of the best solutions for the The President of Buffalo Machinery, sales and management. A Smart Machining Technology and Industry 4.0 device provider
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AXILE ART™ – the Smart Monitoring System Makes a Tremendous Success in Innovation
Award-winning ART™ System aims to develop the intelligent automation with machine reliability, predictive maintenance and energy management
Buffalo Machinery is honorable to share the outcome of its “Taiwan Excellence Award” is hosted by Ministry of Economic R&D efforts in innovation especially in mechatronics field. The Affairs. Every year, all candidates are evaluated by four major feedback and talks Buffalo had with the markets confirmed categories of “R&D”, “Design”, “Quality” and “Marketing” to that Buffalo is moving in the right direction. At the end of 2019, identify outstanding products that offer “Innovative Value” AXILE ART™ System has been an award-winner in many award while satisfying the key criterion of being “made in Taiwan”. entries, not only in Taiwan but in global market. As it is right The 30 nominees for gold and silver award among the 418 at the generation of Industry 4.0, fulfill its requirement and excellence award recipients were evaluated again by the juries upgrading products to stay competitiveness and to increase the from Taiwan, German, Japan, United Kingdom and America. profitability are the top priority. ART™ by Buffalo Machinery is a great application which meets the Industry 4.0 requirement and the total solution for intelligent machines and reliable automation. With the core functions of machine reliability, failure predictability, and intelligent automation, AXILE ART™ system can always working 24/7 without unexpected downtime. The most important is that ART™ provides 2 weeks’ notice to the user prior to the machine failure, so the user can always arrange the maintenance or re- stocking just in time. If the ART™ system is connected with the company's intelligent ERP or IT System which can automatic send the request to the suppliers for the consumable material re-stocking. Buffalo Machinery believes that with the ART™ system, the organization can not only increase the productivity, Congratulations to AXILE ART™ System for the but reduce the service cost, service time and inventory.
GOLD Buffalo Machinery has been researching the relevant Buffalo Machinery is honorable to announce that ART™ system, technology of i4.0 since it was first released in 2013 by the the self-developed intelligent automation solution won “2020 Germany. Winning the “Taiwan Excellence Gold Award” is a Taiwan Excellence Gold Award”. “Taiwan Excellence Award” has great encouragement to the company especially in R&D field. been known as “Oscar Award” of Taiwan Industry since 1993. Buffalo Machinery believes intelligent automation is going to This has been the 2nd GOLD for Buffalo Machinery, the first be an important technology, the ART™ system supports AXILE GOLD was the 5X simultaneous machining center MCG-5X in machines to ensure the client to upgrade their production 2016. There are 240 enterprises with 418 products won “2020 line. The machine failure prediction is the key to promise 24/7 Taiwan Excellence Award”, and only 10 elite products have the production has become possible and the client can be more glory for the GOLD. competitive and raise their profit margin.
Newsroom 03 The visual data platform is ready for users to check with connected machine status via NC controller screen, PC, and any mobile device
It would be beneficial to keep abreast of development in ART™ System in AXILE machines can enhance the core value Industry 4.0, and ART™ is developed to adapt to it. As an of high-end high-speed machine tools and help organizations Industry 4.0 product and service provider, Buffalo Machinery increase business profit. will keep the direction of innovation and move forward always. Buffalo has launched premium brand, AXILE to target the high- 26th Taiwan SMEs Innovation Award end high-speed machine tool market in 2017, and successfully expands its market share in the 5-axis machine market. Buffalo Buffalo Machinery is honorable to announce that its self- is honorable to receive the 26th Taiwan SMEs Innovation Award developed Smart Monitoring Device, ART™ System, which won and will continue working on i4.0 technology and service the 26th Taiwan SMEs Innovation Award and has become one development and bring maximum profit to clients. of 37 recipients of this award. AXILE has won this innovation award for 2 consecutive years which shows that Buffalo continues making technical progress in the era of Industry 4.0 and brings innovative technology to the market.
As the Industry 4.0 technology and service provider, Buffalo focuses on i4.0 technology development and high-end machine tool optimization. Smart Monitoring Device-ART™ System, the award-winning product, is the i4.0 smart technology application for high-end, high-speed machine which is ready to adapt to Industry 4.0 automated production line. It is developed to optimize the automated production with high reliability, energy efficiency and production control. It also prepares high-tech interfaces for the manager, operator, and service to easy access the machine data, practicing the predicative maintenance, decision making facilitation, and automatic restocking. Apply
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Enterprise Asia International Innovation Awards 2019 in Singapore
ART™ system, the smart monitoring system, honored at Enterprise Asia is the leading non-governmental organization International Innovation Awards (IIA) 2019. Enterprise Asia for entrepreneurship in Asia, aims to promote the announced 36 winners at IIA 2019 held at Singapore and AXILE competitiveness of Asian enterprises and enhance economic ART™ System is honorable to be one of the winners under the development in Asia. IIA, organized by Enterprise Asia, is one Service & Solution category. This year, the committee received of the most coveted global awards that recognize innovative more than 160 international entries across 24 industries and 30 practices in categories of Product, Service & Solution, and countries. Organization & Culture. Buffalo Machinery is honorable to receive 2019 IIA Service & Solution Award and will continue ART™ system is developed to optimize the production with high investing in innovation. reliability, energy efficiency and production control. With the patented sensing and monitoring technologies, ART™ system can enhance the machine reliability and components lifetime prediction which allow machines to perform 24/7 automation without unexpected downtime. Meanwhile, by connecting to the user’s ERP and IT system, ART™ system can send error message notice before machine failure, enable automatic re- stocking and maintenance service arrangement in advance to minimize the inventories and service cost. ART™ system meets the Industry 4.0 requirement and is ready to help manufacturers boost business profit.
Newsroom 05 Interpretation of Automobile Industry Quality System
Perng Horng-Linn, Kuan Sheng-Pin, Tony Huang CSQ/QKC
Introduction In response to the revision of ISO 9000:1994, the three major system certification, their certificates cannot be recognized in US automobile companies (GM, Ford and Chrysler) based on all countries around the world. In order to reduce unnecessary ISO 9000:1994, integrated the quality system requirements waste of resources for automobile suppliers and facilitate the of suppliers of GM's “NAO Targets for Excellence”, Ford's implementation of global purchasing strategies by automobile “Q-101 Quality System Standard” and Chrysler's “Supplier companies. The representatives of the International Automobile Quality Assurance Manual”, and then the first version of Task Force (IATF), ISO/TC 176, the quality management and the quality system requirements QS 9000 was issued in quality assurance committee and its subcommittees, integrated August 1994. They place extremely strict requirements on QS 9000 (US), VDA6.1 (Germany), EAQF94 (France) and AVSQ95 suppliers, including quality, service, price and technology. In (Italy) and other quality system requirements, formulated the order to achieve continuous improvement, prevent defects, ISO/TS 16949 technical specifications, and had been issued in reduce waste and maintain stable quality, the three major US 1999 for application. automobile companies have put forward clear quality assurance requirements for suppliers. In other words, to supply the The copyright of this standard is owned by ANFIA in Italy, CFA/ products/components to them and be their suppliers, suppliers FIEV in France, VDA in Germany and GM, Ford and Chrysler in must meet the requirements of the QS 9000 standard. Its the United States. ISO/TS 16949 is an international technical requirements include: Part 1: Requirements based on ISO 9000; specification, its purpose is similar to QS 9000 and VDA 6.1. Part 2: Specific requirements of customers and the following five core tools. The IATF revised ISO/TS 16949 and included the ISO 9001:2000 1. APQP: Advanced Product Quality Planning and Control Plan version in 2002. ISO/TS 16949 technical specifications are in 2. FMEA: Failure Mode Effects Analysis line with the current automobile quality system requirements 3. MSA: Measurement System Analysis in the global automobile industry, and can avoid multiple 4. SPC: Statistical Process Control certification audits. The release of ISO/TS 16949 technical 5. PPAP: Production Parts Approval Process specifications can be temporarily applied by the automobile industry to collect information and experience in use. In the The second edition was released in February 1995 and the ISO/TS 16949 technical specification, the text with a box as ISO third edition was released in March 1998. As QS 9000 was 9001 is the copyright of ISO. The specific requirements of the recognized by more and more automobile OEMs, many OEMs automobile industry are outside the box. Since then, ISO/TS had put forward QS 9000 requirements to their suppliers, 16949 as a technical specification for automobile sector quality making QS 9000 certification flourish. Once suppliers pass QS management systems, had become one of the most widely used 9000 certification, they can simultaneously obtain certificate international standards in the automobile industry, harmonizing of ISO 9001 or ISO 9002. However, only passing ISO 9000 the different assessment and certification systems in the global do not guarantee that it will pass QS 9000. There are many automobile supply chain. supplementary provisions of QS 9000 which still need to be reviewed. On October 3rd, 2016 IATF 16949:2016 was published by the Since automobile suppliers have passed the QS 9000 quality IATF and replaces the current ISO/TS 16949, defining the
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Year Rank 2015/12 2016 2017 2018/1 2018/6 2018/8 Country Total of 62942 67358 68620 68355 66965 66663 Certified Sites 1 China 25498 27998 30255 30555 30495 30712 2 India 4992 5222 5338 5305 5171 5086 3 Korea 5089 5275 5337 5189 4834 4646 4 Unite State 4345 4333 4169 4067 3886 3816 5 Germany 3473 3479 3326 3280 3128 3058 6 Mexico 1441 1542 1640 1660 1638 1626 7 Japan 1482 1512 1531 1533 1525 1520 8 Thailand 1468 1520 1552 1532 1496 1513 9 Italy 1345 1399 1367 406 391 1386 10 Taiwan 1323 1381 1402 1278 1248 1248 Table 1: Top ten number of certified sites of IATF 16949 certificates before August 31, 2018 requirements of a quality management system for organizations agencies, as shown in Figure 1. The 9 OEM members include: in the automobile industry. The organizations which originally •BMW Group •Daimler AG •PSA Group obtained certification of the ISO/TS 16949:2009 need to •FAC US LLC •Ford Motor Company •Renault complete the revision before the deadline of ISO 9001:2015 •FCA Italy Spa •General Motors •Volkswagen AG (September 14, 2018) and obtain a third-party certification to continue to be a supply chain for the automobile industry. The 5 national supervision units are: IATF 16949:2016 is a high-level structure (HLS) quality •AIAG (Automobile Industry Action Group) management system standard based on ISO 9001:2015 (QMS •ANFIA (Associazione Nazionale Fra Industrie Automobilistiche) requirements). It is also a process method based on the PDCA •FIEV (Fédération des industries des équipments pour cycle of risk-based thinking. Its ultimate goal is to organize véhicules) a set of quality management for the automobile supply •SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders) chain to achieve continuous improvement, prevent defects, •VDA (Verband der Automobilindustrie) reduce waste and maintain stable quality. It is expected that all automobile supply chain IATF Membership organizations, except bulk basic raw materials BMW Group Daimler AG FCA US LLC FCA Italy Spa (such as suppliers of iron ore, coal, and scrap OEM IATF Knowledge IATF Database steel), must obtain IATF 16949 third party FORD GM PSA Renault VW AG Repository certification. Table 1 shows the status of the Organization National distribution of third-party certification issued ANFIA FIEV AIAG SMMT VDA Meeting audit, Association minutes/ Action by AIAG on the Internet as of the transition certificate items/ Master & documents/ period ending August 31, 2018. There are about Work group nonconformity activities/ 66,700 certificates worldwide, China and Italy data/auditor & Training and witness audit evaluation have increased; Japan has remained almost matorials Global Oversight Offices the same; Thailand has slightly decreased but data has advanced ahead of Taiwan; Brazil 1131 and ANFIA IATF France IAOB SMMT VDA QMC
Turkey 951 have closely followed Taiwan[1]. IATF Administration Global Oversight Training Providers Office - Beijing The members of IATF are composed of ANFIA Euro AIAG SMMT IF VDA QMC 9 European and American automobile Services Symbiose manufacturers and 5 national supervision Figure 1: IATF membership architecture
R&D zone 07 Under this framework, the IATF will manage and Understand IFTA 16949 2016 supervise the certification body's responsibilities, and delegate the following supervision units: Global Automotive Quality Management System Standard IFTA 16949 : 2016 •ANFIA •SMMT •IATF France •VDA QMC Include additional ISO 9001:2015 automotive •IAOB (International Automobile Oversight Bureau) ISO/TS 16949 : 2009 (3rd edition 2009-06-15) industry special requirements and ISO 9001:2008 As can be seen from the above, the IATF is a joint tools ISO/TS 16949 : 2002 (2nd edition 2002-03-01) European and American organization responsible for formulating the IATF 16949 standard. VDA QMC Additional ISO 9001:2000 automotive is one of IATF-accredited certification body, and its industry special ISO/TS 16949 : 1999 (1st edition 1999-10-01) management is located in Germany. AIAG is also requirements one of IATF-accredited training unit, which provides VDA6.1 (Germany) AVSO (Italy) enterprises with training and management and login QS9000 (USA) EAQF (France) auditor qualifications. To summarize the history of IATF 16949 standard development, please refer to ISO 9001:1987 ISO 9001:1994 Figure 2. Figure 2: History of IATF 16949 standard development
Supply Chain for the Automobile Industry
Automobile is an industrial product with a long history and higher complexity. Taking ordinary passenger cars as an example, a car has more than 8,000 subassemblies and near 30,000 components. Among them, automobile electronics Stage of Suppliers Feature play an important role. Automobile electronics can be divided into two categories. One is the control device integrated In general, OEM is automobile original with mechanical components, such as power transmission equipment manufacturers, but some (electronic ignition, automatic transmission), sensors (pressure, OEM of component manufacturers have temperature, image), safety (collision-proof radar) and other design, brand, innovation and other electronic systems; another type is an electronic device that can capabilities are also included. be used independently, such as satellite navigation and audio- visual entertainment systems. The development of the ICT Tier 1 suppliers are companies that industry has also evolved from 3G → 4G → 5G, especially the Tier 1 supply parts or systems directly to era of internet vehicles has come, many traditional industries OEMs. have gradually transformed from the ICT industry to the supply Tier 2 suppliers are often experts in chain of the automobile industry. This is also an inevitable their specific domain, but they also Tier 2 trend, shown as Figure 3: ICT in the automobile industry. support a lot of non-automobile In terms of the supply chain of the automobile industry, the customers. classification of its new products is divided into the following Tier 3 refers to suppliers of raw, or types by shipping packaging: Tier 3 close-to-raw, materials like metal or 1. CBU (Complete Build Unit): models for vehicle development plastic. and packaging export; They supply aftermarket repairs of original parts, but there are also 2. CKD (Complete Knock-Down): shipment of automobile parts AfterMarket for certain vehicles from the manufacturing plant for these aftermarket repairs of non-original vehicles to plants in different countries where they are parts. assembled; Table 2: Stage of Supplier Chain 3. SKD (Semi-complete Knock-Down): this package consists
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Information Communication Techology (ICT) Industry
Wafer, Field effect transistor, unipolar transistor IC Design crystallization Transistor Lead frame, gold wire Transistor Rectifying diodes, Schotilky diodes Diodes IC DRAM, SDRAM,FLASH, EPROM PhotoMask Memory IC Package manufacturer Digital IC CPU, Chipset, Consumer IC Logic IC Linear IC, Bipolar, CMOS Peripheral parts, chemical Analog IC Test raw mateials Distributors IC Distributors General CRT Monitor Passive component Disk, DVD, MO, Computer Motherboard CD-RW CRT tube CRT Plane Storage Telephone device Hard disk drive, TFT-LCD LCD Laptops Cellphone 1G-5G foppy disk drive, CD Consumer Busbar, power cord, gold finger player, CD burner STN-LCD TN-LCD FLCD Electronics Input device Keyboard Conductive Display card Display Output device Chassis Software Industry Power supply rubber Mouse Video card screen Interface Other components Transformer Graphic card 3D Card Video Sound card card Video capture card converter Diode USB Connector ADSL LED Digital smaera Optical pickup Modem Network device 1394 Stabilizer CABLE Image sensor SCSI Scanner Network card Rectifier Handheld General material Output peripheral CSU/DSU Desktop PCB, Rectikfier diode, Light- Power filter emitting diode, Wafer type SWITCH Printer SENSOR Series IOT Series resistors, capacitors, Plastic Microphone UPS injection molding(ABS,PVC...), Hub(USB) Computer assembly Metal stamping material Dot matrix ROUTER LCD projector Laser Inkjet AC/DC converter (Quasi-System)IA
Figure 3: ICT in the automobile industry
of dismantling and packaging up certain parts of a vehicle for shipment to other assembly plants where the parts will then be re-assembled; 4. IKD (Incomplete Knock-Down): The production line in the factory is not assembled, based on the import tariff limit of the buyer's country, it is directly exported as subassemblies or components. As the development process is divided into the following types: 1. NM (New Model): a newly developed model; 2. MC (Model Change): Most of the performance mechanism or shape of the extended model has changed; 3. MMC (Min. Model Change): The extension model of assembly and configuration or a small part of the modeling change. The suppliers of each stage of the automobile supply chain system are classified according to the degree of product integration, as shown in Table 2. Please also refer to Figure 4: Schematic diagram of automobile related components and Figure 5: Schematic diagram of automobile electronics. The suppliers of each stage of the automobile supply chain Figure 4: Schematic diagram of automobile related components [2] system also subject to extremely strict requirements on suppliers, including quality, service, price and technology. In order to achieve continuous improvement, prevent defects, reduce waste and maintain stable quality, it is still necessary to implement the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), which has been popular in the automobile industry for two
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decades. In process of design and development of new products, all stages include OEMs, Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 and Aftermarket must establish and maintain documented procedures to meet the customer's requirements. Generally, APQP is used by the automobile industry as a common reference template. APQP divides the product / process development into the planning and evaluation phase, product design development phase, process design development phase, product and process validation phase and mass production.
Figure 5: Schematic diagram of automobile electronics[3]
Conclusion References The author had a chance to participate in the counseling of the [1] Top 10 Major and minor NC's during IATF 16949:2016 Audits, CTA's VDA 6.3 process audit in 2019-Q2. The content of APQP is https://elsmar.com/elsmarqualityforum/threads/top-10- mainly about what to do. As for how to do then it can meet the major-and-minor-ncs-during-iatf-16949-2016-audits.72467/ requirements of process audit VDA 6.3, it is necessary to have [2] http://cdn1.autoexpress.co.uk/sites/autoexpressuk/files/ practical audit counseling experience. CTA has many years of images/car_photo_245901.jpg experience be audited in various kinds of systems. Looking for [3] https://www.smart2zero.com/sites/default/files/styles/ help from the author is to establish a theoretical foundation facebook/public/sites/default/files/images/2017-07-18-s20_ and long-term continuous improvement is required to make the automotive_sensors_market_forecast.jpg?itok=dopQB4nZ organization invincible. The purpose of audit counseling is to help manufacturers pass the certification, then further enhance the competitiveness of overall industries.The CTA quality management system documents have been changed for many years and slightly different from the current actual operation. This project is revised under the principle: “if it does not meet VDA 6.3 requirements, then amend it; if it be required by VDA 6.3 but without documents, then add it; if there are documents but never be used and/or not be required, then abolish it.” Under the guidance of consultant Cai and the author's participation, and the efforts of CTA's responsible colleagues, the on-site audit was approved by URS International on May 7-9, and the formal certification took effect on June 24 2019. In response to the release of IATF 16949:2016, CSQ/QKC has begun to conduct in-depth discussions on the quality issues related to the vehicle and rail vehicle industry since the end of 2016, examples include system requirements, process audits, risk management, reliability technologies (RAMS: Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety),…etc., these topics related to preventing failures are issued. In terms of preventive quality, this is an important milestone in the development, design, and manufacturing stages of today's vehicle-related industries. In the future, we must move towards the realm of predictive quality and proactive quality.
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Work with Robots Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Human workers have worked with robots for many decades, The industrial robot is designed to do 3D jobs to replace from traditional industrial robots to collaborative robots both manpower with dangerous, difficult and dirty jobs. Normally, play an important role in the manufacturing industry and are the industrial robots must work behind the fence for safety expanding humans’ abilities. Robot adoption is a great solution considerations. Industrial robots implementation can speed up for the manufacturing industry to enhance working efficiency the production process and reduce manpower cost, and can and decrease operating cost in the era of Industry 4.0. provide a mass-production technique for the manufacturing industry and, mainly in the automotive industry to automate the History & Introduction production process. It helps manufacturers reduce production The history of industrial robots can trace back to 1954. George cost, especially the cost of wage. About loading capacity, Devol and Joe Engelberger established Unimation to develop industrial robots can handle extremely heavy or big parts. This robots. In 1961, the first industrial robot, Unimate, made its ability improves production efficiency and prevents workplace debut at this year. It was later used for automobile production injuries. Because robots take over overexertion or repetitive line to deliver and weld castings by General Motors plant in tasks and this reduces worker injuries. With fewer workplace Ewing Township, New Jersey. injuries, production efficiency and quality are increasing in the process.
Photo by Patrick Herbert from Flickr Photo by Ford Asia Pacific from Flickr Industrial robots are mainly used in automotive industry Industrial robots must work behind the fence to avoid accident
Global Outlook 11 Facing the fourth industrial revolution, there is a growing Market overview demand for smart automation. The manufacturing industry starts to adopt a new type of robot, the collaborative robot KUKA, ABB, FANUC and YASKAWA are the four main players in in production line. Collaborative robot is designed to work the industrial robot market, which account for 57.4% of market alongside human workers safely without being confined share in the global market in 2016. According to International in the safety cage. J. Edward Colgate and Michael Peshkin Federation of Robotics (IFR), the global robot market worth invented the first collaborative robot in 1996. The initial USD 16.5 billion and total installation rose 6% to 422,271 units design concept is to find a way that allows robots can work in 2018. The report also shows that China, Japan, the United safely with humans. In the following year, many companies States, the Republic of Korea and Germany are five major released their self-developed collaborative robots, for example, markets for industrial robots and account for 74% of global KUKA, Universal Robots, FANUC and ABB. Collaborative robots robot installations. Asia becomes the world’s largest industrial enable direct interaction between human workers and robots. robot market, 67% of robots installed in Asia in 2018. More importantly, customization and high-mix low-volume KUKA, ABB, FANUC and YASKAWA are main players in production play a crucial role in the era of Industry 4.0. And industrial robots market. collaborative robots can fit this flexible production model.
Asia is the largest industrial robot market in the word.
Collaborative market is expected to reach USD 18,461.1 million by 2026.
The trends towards automation and technical innovation among multiple industries encourage the growing demand for industrial robots. IFR forecasts the worldwide annual sales of industrial robots between 2019 and 2022, it expects that the annual sales will increase by 12% on average each year and reach 582,520 units in 2022.
In terms of collaborative robot, the BIS Research shows that Photo by Ripley Engineering from Flickr market grows at a significant CAGR of 60.85% in the forecast Industrial robot has great loading ability period of 2019 to 2024. Another research from Data Bridge Market Research shows that global collaborative robot market is expected to rise from its initial estimated value of USD 730 million in 2018 to an estimated value of USD 18,461.1 million by 2026, registering a CAGR of 49.75% during the forecast period from 2019 to 2026. Feature of Collaborative Robot Collaborative robot plays a new role in the manufacturing industry; it performs 3S tasks, namely smart, simple and safe. More importantly, an innovation unique is the ability to perform tasks alongside people. Collaborative robots are made of lightweight materials and designed in the rounded edges. Moreover, sensors are installed to detect the distance
Photo by Universal Robots between robots and humans, when robots get too close to Collaborative robots can work alongside humans humans, it will automatically slow down and even stop working to avoid causing damage. The special design and sensors allow collaborative robots to work directly and safely with human workers.
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Collaborative robots are mainly used in picking & palletizing apply collaborative robots in the factory. Overall, both industrial & packaging, welding, assembling, handling materials, inspect robots and collaborative robots have their unique advantages product quality and machine tending. (Forbes, 2019) These and drawbacks. The manufacturing should consider internal types of tasks are tedious and repetitive and might lead to two factors and market demand before making a decision on robot negative results. Firstly, workers might make mistakes during implementation. the production process when they feel exhausted. By contrast, robots can do dull tasks without exhaustion and still make Conclusion high-quality products. Secondly, repetitive movements will Facing the dynamic environment, manufacturers are looking cause repetitive strain injuries. Fortunately, when robots take for solution to flexible production. And robot implementation over repetitive tasks, workers can avoid occupational disease. could help them fit the new production model. Human workers have worked with industrial robots for decades to scale up manufacturing process. With more technical development, collaborative robot has been released. And it eliminates safety constraints, which can work directly with humans to improve production process. By working with robots, human workers can augment their abilities to optimize production process. References •5 Applications of Collaborative Robots in Manufacturing- https://reurl.cc/0zbVp9 •Cobot- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobot Photo by Universal Robots •Industrial robot- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_ Collaborative robots are designed in the rounded edges robot •International Federation of Robotics- https://ifr.org/ •Universal Robots- https://www.skyfish.com/p/universal- robots/917823
Photo by Universal Robots Collaborative robots are used in packaging process
Challenge Although collaborative robots can work with humans, it also brings some challenges. As mentioned before, sensors are installed to avoid accidents. Sometimes force limitation sensors are over-sensitive and cause collaborative robots shut down during operation. Additionally, collaborative robots offer a higher safety working condition for humans. And this relies on low-speed operating of collaborative robots. But manufacturers always want to speed up the production process to increase efficiency. Thus, low-speed mode becomes the obstacle to
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You can never stop getting better—this principle also applies to the functions of the TNC. As a result, HEIDENHAIN’s new software update 09 opens wider vistas in machining with the TNC 640
Functions for even more practical shop-oriented machining are key features of the software update 09 for the TNC 640. These include the Extended Workspace Compact additional display area, a complete 3-D machine model in high-resolution 3-D test graphics, the new gear-machining cycles, and a TNC user management feature for customized access options. Furthermore, the user’s manuals have been restructured. They are now available in the following versions: “Conversational programming”; “Setup, Testing, and Running NC programs”; and “Cycle programming.”
New graphics and input functions The Extended Workspace Compact additional display area on the TNC 640 provides even better access to all of the applications you need for your daily work. Via Connecting Machining, you can display additional information and external applications (e.g., PDF or CAD applications) right next to the control screen. Requirements: • A machine with the new MC 8562 main computer • The 24-inch widescreen monitor In the CAD viewer, you can define the preset or the datum by directly entering the values in the List view window. The high-resolution 3-D verification graphics can depict the complete machine model in addition to the milling simulation, provided that the machine manufacturer has configured and enabled the collision objects of the machine. You can now use Q parameters to read from and write to freely definable tables.
CAD viewer
Extended Workspace Compact High-resolution 3-D verification graphics
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New functions for job management Enhanced reliability with the TNC 640 With the State Reporting Interface (SRI), HEIDENHAIN offers a The new Component Monitoring software option enables simple and reliable interface for acquiring the operating states the automatic checking of defined machine components for of your machine and for communicating with higher-level MDA overloading. Component Monitoring keeps you informed about or PDA systems. Since historical production data can also be the current loading of the spindle bearing and reacts if the provided via the SRI, valuable production data can be retained specified limit values are exceeded; for example, with an NC even hours after a company network failure. stop. In this way, you can prevent a frequent cause of expensive Now you can open Batch Process Manager in the Programming; machine damage and unplanned production downtime. Program Run, Full Sequence; and Program Run, Single Block You can also significantly improve process reliability using the modes in order to plan and execute machining jobs. Batch new TNC user management feature. You can customize access Process Manager supports you in shop-oriented machining to match the activities of different users and systematically and does so immediately, even without software option 93 prevent operating errors on the control. (Extended Tool Management). New machining options The new Gear Cutting option 157 provides user- friendly cycles for the cost-effective production of external and internal toothing on standard machining centers. With the new hobbing and skiving cycles, you can manufacture high- quality gear teeth in a single setup using full- surface machining. This includes static shifting to increase tool life and synchronous shifting for manufacturing helical gear teeth. The Advanced Function Set Turning software option 158 provides extended cycles and functions for mill-turning (option 50). This includes cycle 883 TURNING SIMULTANEOUS FINISHING. It enables the finishing of complex contours within a single cut, thereby preventing visible transitions. Additional automatic probing cycles for Advanced Function Set Turning detecting rounded corners save time through the simultaneous measurement of rotation and position. The new semi-automatic mode enables probing even if the position of the workpiece is not yet known.
The new user manuals and all new functions as PDF documents: •Conversational programming: http://content.heidenhain.de/doku/tnc_guide/pdf_files/TNC640/34059x-09/bhb/892903-27.pdf#page=46 •Configuring, testing and executing NC programs: http://content.heidenhain.de/doku/tnc_guide/pdf_files/TNC640/34059x-09/einrichten/1261174-20.pdf#page=38 •Cycle programming: content.heidenhain.de/doku/tnc_guide/pdf_files/TNC640/34059x-09/zyklen/892905-27.pdf#page=51
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Application 15 Headquarter of Transtec Transtec in France: top service quality for high-tech machines Finding a space in a mature high-tech market
Starting mid of 2018, Transtec took over the dealership of country. In 1993 they started to represent the high-tech world- AXILE products in France. Since then G series machines have class Japanese manufacturer Hitachi-Seiki. During a decade been presented in French national shows (next one will be (1993-2002) they were mostly a mono-brand supplier and Paris Industry, from 31st March to 3rd April, where a G6 will be installed more than 450 Hitachi machines, gaining reputation as shown) and we have some good references in the aerospace a high-tech machine-tool supplier in France. and defence industry (4xG6 and 2xG8). The disruptive bankruptcy of Hitachi Seiki in 2002, drove A history with pedigree Transtec to a new strategy of multi-brand portfolio, but always TRANSTEC MACHINES-OUTILS was founded in 1982 in Angers, focused on high-end technology, and after nearly 40 years they France. Initially (1982-1992) dedicated to the distribution of are one of the leading companies in the French machine-tool metal removal CNC machine tools, exclusively in the West of market, with more than 3.000 machines installed. Their main France, they developed their activity to cover the full service products today are Kitamura, Takisawa, Leadwell among others for their customers, thus offering service and training. During and since mid of 2018 they also distribute AXILE products. those first years they sold high-end machines from Wasino, French market: high-value Huron, Nakamura and Kitamura among others. France is the second most populated country in Europe, only The 1990 crisis was a turning point in Transtec history, when after Germany, with over 68 million people. It is also one of they decided to become a national importer for the whole the core founders of the EU, and home of some of the highest
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value companies in the old continent like Airbus (aerospace), reduced with merging and bankruptcies in the last 2 decades. Areva (nuclear power generation), ESA-European Space Agency Transtec strategy for success is clear: a high-level sales&service (space), Dassault (aerospace & defence), Safran (aerospace), back-office (4 people) based in their HQ in Angers, with some Alstom Transport (railway) and many others. France is also own sales (6 people) and service (other 6) and some sub- home of two of the biggest automotive groups worldwide dealers (10) and subcontracted service (15) to have a quick (Renault-Nissan, and PSA-Fiat-Chrysler). response to any service call in every country’s corner.
The expansion of the EU and the irruption of low-wages Asian Transtec is a customer oriented company and thus loyalty is a markets which reduced the manufacturing industry in France, major driving force for their growth strategy. Their complete but the high-value industries mentioned above kept their and well balanced product portfolio allows them to create research and development in the countries with the higher continuous supply links to most of their wide customer base. valued manufacturing processes. Transtec strategy for AXILE Today the country is full of high-tech innovative machining Transtec already had a very extensive portfolio in horizontal companies and subcontractors. The South and West are machining centres (Kitamura & Akira Seiki), 3X vertical centres intensive in aerospace related industries and the East is still (Kitamura & Leadwell) and lathes (Samsung & Honor Seiki). home for some of the most important mold makers in Europe But a high-end market like France is now focusing in a more with high level specialization in automotive and cosmetics complex and flexible machining with automation, and AXILE industries. But unlike other high-tech countries such as was the perfect match for this challenge. Germany or Italy, the machining companies are well spread all over the French geography. Today AXILE is one of their main products and although the Transtec: built for high-tech service difficulty of growing reputation of a new brand like ours, Transtec already installed a good number of stand-alone Réginald Freuchet is the MD and majority shareholder of machines in the aerospace and defence subcontractors. Transtec, and the second generation of the founder of the company. He joined the company in 2008 after a long working The next step is trying to sell some of the many opportunities experience in an aerospace company in US. Philippe Mas is the that are arising for 5X VMC with automation. In this case our sales director and also shareholder, with a vast experience in G6 APC and Robot are obviously helping, but Transtec also the machine tool industry, first in service then in sales, joined customizes automation solutions to meet the end-user needs, Transtec in 1998. combining robots, clamping system and software. It is clear the 5X machines with automation systems will be one of the main France is a very large country with its diversified industry demands in French market in the near future. spread all over its geography, making it difficult for dealers to cover it all. This is why the dealership network has dramatically Valuable feedback & closer cooperation The cooperation between Buffalo and Transtec is not only in supplier-dealer direction but also opposite. Transtec’s valuable experience in customized automation solutions and their end- users experience are feeding back to Buffalo’s R&D and product management, and helping to think about future machines and technical solutions especially for the aerospace and defence industry.
Transtec’s machine showroom
Distributor 17 DC12 Double-column type 5-axis Vertical Machining Center
PRECISION AND FLEXIBILITY For the best machining operations DC12 is a high-speed machining center with swiveling spindle, and rotary table, to satisfy both 5-axis and 3-axis machining at the same time. The solution represents a combination of productivity and flexibility with high accuracy and reliability. > High speed &torque built-in spindle: HSK-A63 20000 rpm , power 45/45 kW , torque 130/160 Nm HSK-A100 16000 rpm , power 40/40 kW , torque 150/180 Nm
HIGH PRECISION MACHINING Linear axis •All linear axes with linear scales to ensure 0.1 um resolution positioning
Swiveling & rotary axes •Equipped with high-resolution, direct absolute rotary measuring system to ensure ± 5”accuracy absolute rotary scale feedback •Driven by direct-drive torque motors with no backlash Ensuring Linear and rotary axes precise relativity •CNC embedded compensation function to optimize Linear and rotary axes with precise relative positioning
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HIGH ACCESSIBILITY Dual table design to satisfy 5X machining & 3X machining in one machine at the same time
DC12 handles 5-axis simultaneous machining for complex parts, and the equipped extensive working table allows to process larger workplace in 3-axis milling, high flexibility well suits for the efficient machining in Aerospace, Die & Mold, and medical industries. > Dual table dimension: Max table load: 2500 kg Rectangle table: 2200 x1200 mm Rotary table: Ø1200 mm
Large front door opening •Door opening width is greater than or equal to X axis stroke
Easy loading & unloading workpiece •Rotary table at same level as fixed table •Integrated roof design to open ceiling working area for heavy and bulky workpiece loading
X travel 2200 m
CUSTOMIZED TOOL & WORKPIECE MEASUREMENT
Workpiece measurement •3 axes with maximum feed rate of 36 m/min enables high-speed positioning during processing •Feedback accurate workpiece position or in-process measuring
Laser tool measurement •Turning tool are measured in an additional touch probe, in different angle positions
Product 19 Visit by Delegation from MOEA for Smart Manufacturing Solution
Group photo of Delegation of Taiwan Economic Affairs Minister Shen Dr. Chang introduced Smart and Chairman of Buffalo Machinery, Dr. Chang Production lines to Minister Shen
To promote domestic development of Industry 4.0 in Taiwan, in helps Buffalo maintain a competitive advantage in management December 2019, the delegation of the Economic Affairs visited control and raising its production efficiency and yield rates. Buffalo Machinery to learn how Buffalo Machinery achieves the Industry 4.0 Intelligent production flow, machine reliability Buffalo Machinery has contributed to the innovative enhancement and the operating results of quality control. In development and production for decades, involving internally addition, held a short conference aiming at discussing the future strengthening on the practice of TQM with massive effort, and of Taiwan Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 technology focusing toward the right path to mechanical automation as development. a whole, eventually established the largest five-axis machine manufacturing base in Asia. AXILE has successfully entered It's Buffalo’s great honor to have an opportunity for this several markets, such as European and American aerospace interview. Buffalo introduced and presented the Smart industries and automotive mold industries due to high-tech Production lines to the delegation, meanwhile explained quality insurance. Besides, Buffalo now ranks in the fourth the key to build the traditional manufacturing site to meet machine tool manufacturer out of five-axis machine market in the requirements of the Smart Manufacturing, and how it Europe. Facing the global smart manufacturing trend, Buffalo was performed and transferred from traditional production was benefited from its foreseen and early efforts on fusing management. By implementing the self-designed big data advanced mechanical design and electrical techniques to build analytics solution, Timesheet Electronic System, which high-precision five-axis machining center, and soon embarked integrates Buffalo's manufacturing data and the market sales on the develop Industry 4.0 ART™ system. prediction, the data from various factory sites can be collected, and abnormal situations of production scheduling occurring can be immediately noticed and resolved, to intelligently manage the production line, improving management efficiency in manpower, production progress, material resources, which
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Delegation of Taiwan Economic Affairs visiting the 5-axis machine manufacturing in various factory sites of Buffalo
The delegation was particularly interested in the technical demonstration showed competitive advantage of ART™ system, details of the five-axis machine and its applicability, paying including real-time monitoring machine status through IoT, particular attention to the application of all key components. supplementary notification of consumables, power consumption After taking a look at the brief instruction of AXILE five-axis and production scheduling adjustment. Through data analysis, machine and ART™ Industry 4.0 software and the actual users can be informed by the system to grab the predicted machine demonstration, the head of the delegation, Minister maintenance needs of the machine in advance, and therefore Shen, affirmed that the AXILE machine achieves continuous to plan the schedule early without stopping production due to unmanned 24/7 production, and he also gave recognition to the failure and downtime, which significantly affects production line remarkable achievement of mechanical reliability. capacity.
The five-axis machine integrated with Industry 4.0 ART™ At the end of visit, Minister Shen encouraged that Ministry system can get connected to the ERP system at the production of Economic Affairs will be able to effectively assist the site. The customer and supplier are more closely linked in development of key components and system components innovative ways, enabling the machine to perform 24/7 of the domestic industrial industry in the future, mainly set automation without unexpected downtime. Nevertheless, it a consensus on the development in the domestic industry, features the ability to sense in advance and predict occurred and group them into a common standard for Taiwan’s issues, so that the equipment itself can respond promptly manufacturers, so as to enlarge the international markets. according to actual changes in the manufacturing process, Furthermore, to encourage individual companies with innovative which meets the production requirements of Smart Factory. plans and strategies to develop their unique technologies, to AXILE 5-axis series offers the possibility of fully integrating further promote industrial upgrading and optimization at the high accuracy machining, sensor application and surveillance, following stage. Some individual companies in Taiwan have predictable technology, and IoT in one to reach unmanned been breakthroughs in this area and we hope to continue to automation. make contributions in areas that are of particular concern to the whole industry. Buffalo Machinery arranged the demonstration at the Application Center to further explain ART™ system. The
The demonstration of Industry 4.0 ART™ system at Buffalo’s Application Center
Event 21 Blue Laser Technology: Setting the standard in on-machine tool measurement
Global engineering technologies company, Renishaw launched its latest non-contact tool setting solution at EMO Hannover 2019. The new NC4+ Blue system demonstrated by Renishaw is one of many smart factory process control solutions which are proven to help machine shops across many industries transform their production capabilities.
Building on the success of the enhanced NC4 range of tool setters launched at EMO Hannover 2017, the NC4+ Blue is Renishaw’s latest evolution of the non-contact tool setter, delivering a step-change in tool measurement accuracy, with tool-to-tool performance proven to industrial standards. Improved component accuracy with reduced cycle time
Featuring industry-first, blue laser technology and improved These systems can also be used to detect broken tools by optics, Renishaw’s NC4+ Blue systems deliver significant rapidly moving the tool into a position where it should intersect improvements in tool measurement accuracy, ensuring the laser beam. If light reaches the receiver, the tool tip must be components can be machined more accurately and efficiently. missing.
Non-contact laser tool setting systems use a beam of laser Compared to red laser sources found in conventional non- light, passing between a transmitter and a receiver, positioned contact tool setters, blue laser technology has a shorter within the machine tool so the cutting tools can be passed wavelength, resulting in improved diffraction effects and through the beam. The passage of a tool into the beam causes optimized laser beam geometry. a reduction in the amount of laser light being acquired by the receiver, and a trigger signal is generated. This records the machine position at that instant, providing the information to determine a tool’s dimension. With approaches from several directions, tool geometry can also be accurately determined.
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Transmitter Receiver
Optimised blue laser beam
MicroHole™ MicroHole™ Blue laser diode
PassiveSeal™ Open PassiveSeal™ Open
The improved measurement performance associated with blue lasers enables the measurement of very small tools, whilst minimising tool-to-tool measurement errors – a critical consideration when machining with a wide range of cutting tools. Tool measurements taken on NC4+ Blue systems closely reflect the true dimensions of the tool, giving users confidence in their manufacturing capabilities.
Small tool accuracy Tool-to-tool accuracy Absolute accuracy
Enabling the measurement Minimising tool-to-tool measurement Ensuring measurements of very small tools variation across all types of tools reflect the true dimensions
NC4+ Blue systems also use Renishaw’s latest non-contact tool setting software packages, which include a new dual measurement mode with auto optimisation technology. Combined, these features ensure fast and reliable tool measurement, even in wet conditions – saving users time and money.
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HEIDENHAIN PLC Setup Procedure
1. In Programming screen, enter SETUP in Code number field 1
Simplified programming and reporting – Industry 4.0 ready
NC4+ Blue support is now embedded into Renishaw’s extensive range of graphical user interfaces, including on-machine and mobile apps such as Renishaw Set and Inspect and GoProbe. These consistent, easy-to-use programming platforms are perfect for users who are new to probing or have little machine code knowledge, whilst still offering operational benefits to more experienced users.
Renishaw technologies provide the data that enables intelligent decision-making for Industry 4.0. On-machine tool measurement allows manufacturers to automate and 2. Click FILES key to enter the directory and select the optimise their processes and minimise quality problems upgrading file and CNC machine stoppages. With the latest version of Renishaw’s on-machine Reporter app, users can now view 2 historical tool data captured by the NC4+ Blue and export the results for use in their chosen software and control systems. Further information
NC4+ Blue non-contact tool setting system: www.renishaw.com/ncsupport
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3. Use SELECT key to select setup.zip 4. Click YES key to switch off the NC 3 4
5. Continue to select language 5
6. In pop-up window of Installation of 6 PLC software, select Yes to start the file upgrading on controller. After installation, press OK to restart the NC control.
FAQ 25 Taichung Budokan Martial Arts Hall
Taichung Budokan Martial Arts Hall was built in 1937, it is the Spirit” into their mind. only remaining martial arts hall in Taichung. To preserve and revitalize this extremely precious cultural heritage, Taichung Butokuden is the space for martial arts practice, like Kendo, Budokan Martial Arts Hall is operated and managed by Natural Judo and Kyudo. Butokuden is originated from a private Way Education Foundation in 2012 and renamed the Natural organization, Dai Nippon Butoku Kai (DNBK) in 1895. DNBK Way Six Arts Cultural Center. Nowadays, the Natural Way Six aimed to promote Japanese martial arts throughout Japan, Arts Cultural Center gradually becomes one of Taichung’s major thus, the organization built many Butokuden in Japan to spread tourist attractions. the spirit of martial arts. To make the martial arts become the core value of Japanese, DNBK not only built Butokuden in Japan Origin but also in its colonies. And Taichung Budokan Martial Arts Hall Taichung Budokan Martial Arts Hall is located at the West is one of the remaining Butokuden in Taiwan. District of Taichung, it is one of the remnants of Taichung’s Japanese Colonial Period, which is the example of traditional Taichung Budokan Martial Arts Hall was used for training Japanese architecture. It was built in 1937, during the Shòwa Japanese police, military and prison guards during the Japanese Ⅱ era and served as a training center for Japanese wardens and Colonial Period. In 1945, due to the end of World War , the police officers to practice martial arts and instill “Japanese Taichung Budokan Martial Arts Hall has renamed the Taichung
“ 武 ”the Chinese character to represent martial Heart to Heart Learning Center
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Skills Mentors’ Area and 125-year-old banyan tree The wooden structure matches the surrounding nature
Prison and become a dorm and training center for employees of the left of the main building is “Hear to Heart Learning Center”, the Taichung Prison. They used this place to practice Judo and a traditional Japanese wooden building, it used to be the Kendo for self-defense In 1992, Taichung Prison moved to Dadu club for Japanese police and military, now it is the teahouse Plateau, and the Budokan Martial Arts Hall was temporarily that serves Chinese tea and snacks for visitors. In addition to occupied by military families. In 2004, Taichung Budokan a teahouse, there is a small bookshop selling literature, art Martial Arts Hall was officially listed as a cultural heritage by publication, six arts culture and souvenirs. Inside the Natural Taichung Cultural Affairs Bureau and planned to renovate the Way Six Arts Cultural Center, there is a building which is Skills building because the building was damaged by 921 Earthquake Mentors’ Area, it used to be the dormitory, now it becomes in 1999. Unfortunately, it was nearly destroyed by the fire in the showroom that regularly exhibits various artworks. At the 2006, only remained the concrete frame. Luckily, the site plan center of this historical site, there is a beautiful 125-year-old was still preserved by the government, so it was able to be banyan tree that is decorated Japanese lanterns. This is an reconstructed by experts and re-opened its door to the public outdoor space that sometimes organizes activities like bazaar in 2010. and musical for citizens. The architecture style and atmosphere in Natural Way Six Arts Cultural Center make visitors feel like To revitalize this precious historic site and showcase Taiwan’s they are travelling in Japan. unique history, the Taichung Government transfered the operating right to Natural Way Education Foundation and Six Arts in Martial Arts Hall Taichung Budokan Martial Arts Hall was renamed the “Natural Nowadays, Taichung Budokan Martial Arts Hall is well known Way Six Arts Cultural Center” in 2012 to promote Six Arts. as Natural Way Six Arts Cultural Center and organizes the Historic Architecture series of events to promote Six Arts. Traditionally, Six Arts refers to Rites, Music, Archery, Charioteering, Calligraphy and Natural Way Six Arts Cultural Center consists of three buildings, Mathematics, it is the basic education in Zhou dynasty (1122-256 namely Harmony Hall, Heart to Heart Learning Center and Skills BC), students were required to master Six Arts and men who Mentors’ Area. excelled in Six Arts were considered as a Junzi, which means a perfect gentleman. To preserve the Six Arts, Natural Way Six Harmony Hall is the main building of the Natural Way Six Arts Arts Cultural Center developed a new interpretation of Six Arts, Cultural Center, the structure of Harmony Hall has a pleasing which are Chinese tea culture, Qin, Kyudo, Kendo, Calligraphy, symmetry, the shrine is just put in the middle towards the back Ink painting, Seal engraving, the Game of Go and Paper crafts, of the hall. Since the building is mainly used for martial arts and offers various classes and lectures to promote new Six practice, the area to the left of the shrine is for Judo practice, Arts. For example, visitors can experience Kyudo on Sunday and to the right is for Kendo practice. Harmony Hall is a typical and Ink painting on Friday. Many events are waiting for visitors Japanese martial arts hall, looking at the roof, it is the hip-and- to explore the new Six Arts. Also, at Heart to Heart Learning gable roof design, the traditional design originated in China and Center, visitors can have a cup of Chinese tea and traditional widely used in Japan, and it can also been seen the gargoyles, snacks, sit at the engawa and enjoy the beautiful view of the bargeboards and onigawara on the roof. Also, the architecture court. Natural Way Six Arts Cultural Center prepares many style is following eclecticism, with the combination of Japanese events to share the nature of Six Arts with the public. and Western feature, and was made of brick and concrete. On
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Leisure Center for Public Reference
Besides Six Arts courses, people can have amusing activities Natural Way Six Arts Center here. Natural Way Six Arts Cultural Center works with Lole https://travel.taichung.gov.tw/en-us/Attractions/Intro/1238/ Market, this is a reuse of cultural heritage plan established Natural-Way-Six-Arts-Center in 2014, basically, the Lole Market will regularly hold the Taichung Martial Arts Hall weekend bazaar in the historical site, and Natural Way Six Arts https://www.goteamjosh.com/blog/zhongwude Cultural Center is one of its partners. At Lole Market, nearly 70 stalls are selling various products, from homemade snacks, local vegetables, artworks to handicrafts, such as food, drink, painting, jewelry, wood carving and soap. The Lole Market Natural Way Six Arts Cultural Center attracts many local citizens and visitors who are looking to buy Opening time : some creative artworks or just browse through the market. Mon 9：30 - 17：00 The cooperation between Natural Way Six Arts Cultural Center Tue - Sun 9：30 - 22：00 and Lole Market is a win-win partnership, it not only attracts Address : more visitors but also promote the history of Taichung Budokan No. 33, Linsen Road, West District, Martial Arts Hall. Taichung City, 403
Exhibition Calender
TITLE OF EXHIBITION / CITY, MONTH PERIOD DISTRIBUTION COMPANY COUNTRY METAV 2020 / DÜSSELDORF, 10-13 KADIGO NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN KONEPAJA / TAMPERE, 17-19 INSINÖÖRITOIMISTO ISMO LINDBERG OY FINLAND TECHNISHOW / UTRECHT, MARCH 17-20 DE RIDDER NETHERLANDS 26-28 MECSPE / PARMA, ITALY TECNOR MACCHINE SPA.
31 – APR. 3 INDUSTRIE PARIS EXHIBITION TRANSTEC MACHINES OUTILS MACHTECH / SOFIA, 6-9 TOP METROLOGY SRL BULGARIA APRIL EXPOMAQ / LEÓN 21-24 PROTECNIC DE MÉXICO, S.A. OF C.V. GUANAJUATO, MEXICO OPEN HOUSE / THISTED, 13-14 KAPEMA A/S DENMARK METALLOOBRABOTKA / MAY 25-29 AO BALTIYSKAYA PROMISHLENNAYA KOMPANIYA MOSCOW, RUSSIA 25-29 BIEMH / BILBAO, SPAIN JUAN MARTÍN OPEN HOUSE / QUERETARO, TBA FABRICA DE MAQUINAS Y ACCESORIOS S.A. DE C.V. JUNE MEXICO
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