Horiuchi Technology (Thailand), a Thai subsidiary of Horiuchi Technology Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture), is a manufacturer of 3D machining, designing/manufacturing of press dies, and prototype production as in Japan.
Ever since their founding in 1960, they have consistently worked hard to provide their customers with high-precision, short-term delivery, and low-cost dies.
They entered the Thai market in 2010 and have been designing and manufacturing high-precision press dies of Japanese quality at their own factory in the Amata City Rayong Industrial Estate.
CGS ASIA is supporing Horiuchi Technology (Thailand)'s die design and is helping the company to achieve its goal of "significantly reducing design man-hours as part of its efforts to localize press design and manufacturing.”
▲ Exquisite parts produced by the die of Horiuchi Technology (Thailand)
Horiuchi Technology (Thailand) + CGS ASIA Overview of man-hour reduction project for die manufacturing
Comments from Harutoshi Horiuchi, the President of Horiuchi Technology (Thailand)
It is a long relationship of 35 years with CGS . When I was a die designer in Japan, I used a drafter and drew drawings by hand in the beginning. Later, CGS released CAD / CAM software that runs on PCs, and I have been using it for die design since the UNIX version of "EXCESS-V4".
▲ Working scenery in the factory
Horiuchi Technology specializes in the design and manufacture of progressive press dies.
Based on the concept of "Faster and better than anyone else," we make high-precision dies even in Thailand and deliver them to our customers in a short delivery time (1/2 to 1/3 of other companies).
The most important factor in die making is "die design capability.
In this project, with the help of CGS ASIA, our excellent designers will formulate a system to streamline the design and manufacturing of dies using EXCESS-HYBRID Ⅱ and other products by mainly Thai people, with the aim of realizing a reduction in the number of man-hours.
Comment by Mr. Pongsiri of Horiuchi Technology (Thailand)
Hello, my name is Pongsiri, a die design engineer at Horiuchi Technology (Thailand).
We are aiming at the goal of reducing our work process to shorten die design work time. To achieve this goal, we are implementing CGS ASIA's EXCESS-HYBRID II in our die design work.
The "Parts Disassembly" function in the new version enables automatic disassembly from assembly drawings to parts drawings. This reduces the work process and eliminates errors.
Comment from Mr. Kashiguchi, Regional Sales Manager, CGS ASIA
At present, there are still few companies like Horiuchi Technology (Thailand) that can manufacture press die designs in-house in Thailand.
The company hires young people in Thailand, trains them as die design engineers, and manufactures dies of the same quality as those in Japan. Those designers are not afraid of making mistakes, and are working through trial and error to find the most efficient way to design and manufacture the dies in their hands front of them.
The working environment scene is very lively, and one can sense the president's leadership and love for his employees. In the future, they hope to be able to “provide local support for Japanese design man-hours as well”. In order to realize their goal, it is our duty to provide everlasting support.
In this project, our Thai staff will utilize the "parts disassembly function" of EXCESS-HYBRID II while incorporating the voices of Thai designers from Horiuchi Technology (Thailand) to realize design efficiency, working closely together.
Comment from Mr. Seki, Technical Manager, CGS ASIA
Horiuchi Technology (Thailand) aims to establish a more efficient workflow for die design by implementing EXCESS-HYBRID II and strengthen the integrated production system in Thailand from design to manufacturing.
As a key to that effort, "parts disassembly" function in the latest version of the EXCESS-HYBRID II is utilized.
▲ Reference screen for parts disassembly of EXCESS-HYBRID Ⅱ
EXCESS-HYBRID II is equipped with a number of functions that greatly reduce design man-hours, among which the "parts disassembly" function can automatically create a huge number of parts drawings at once after the die assembly drawings are designed.
In addition, the assembly drawing and parts drawing can be synchronized, so that when a correction occurs in the die during trials or mass production, a modification is reflected in both the assembly drawing and parts drawing.
It also includes standard parts databases such as MISUMI and FUTABA, which automates the time-consuming task of creating a parts list, including checking parts quantities and entering parts names.
Further, since hole attributes can be added to CAD drawings, machining data can be created immediately with the EXCESS-HYBRID II CAM even for parts with a huge number of holes such as plates.
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Cooperation: Horiuchi Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Amata City Rayong Industrial Estate
7/440 Moo 6 Tambon Mabyangporn, Pluak Daeng, Rayong 21140 Thailand
Phone： +66 (0) 38-027-341, 342 Email：horiuchi@horitec.co.jp
URL：http://www.horitec.co.jp/
