The newly established IT Technology Department has a strong team of members specializing in AI (artificial intelligence), DB (database), FA (factory automation), IT (information processing technology), and SA (statistical analysis). Aiming to improve customer reliability and productivity, we are working on automating inspection to improve quality, reduce labor, eliminate human error, and reduce manpower. Previously, we developed an automated inspection system for electric power companies, but now we are working on automating product inspection related to semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Among our employees are people who have retired from major companies and young people who have graduated from university engineering departments, and they are all active in their work.
We are also applying for patents at the same time as developing our products, and currently have 23 patents.
Approach to automated inspection
Traditionally, product inspections were done manually by people using measuring instruments. This meant that the measurement data had to be checked one by one while working, and once an inspection began, the person could not leave the site until it was complete, so a dedicated person was needed. The idea behind the automated inspection system is to “let a computer do the work that people do,” and we are developing a system that can automatically set up, measure, adjust, and record while communicating with measuring instruments and products using a computer or other device.
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Technical achievements
– Automation items achieved so far –
– Automatic equipment control using computers and PLCs
– Automatic data acquisition using computers and PLCs
– Test circuit design and development
– Document output of test results
– Statistical data analysis
Development Examples
Our company has a 50-year history of manufacturing wire harnesses. Utilizing the know-how we have accumulated over the past 50 years, we developed our own Cyber Tester to inspect each and every harness before shipping. Starting with the first prototype in February 2006, we developed a mass-produced test machine (Unit II) the following year in 2007, and completed the PC-integrated model (Unit III) in 2009. After that, we received the Best Quality Proposal Award from a customer in 2009, and in 2016 we were honored to receive the Tamba Excellent Products Award from the Hyogo Prefectural Government Bureau. Through these developments, we have finally reached 2018 and have developed a small, high-performance fourth-generation machine (Unit IV).