Establishment of a Design Center and Fabrication Laboratory in the State of Chihuahua

Su-Jin Kim

I. The State of Chihuahua

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State of Chihuahua(1) – Requested Scope

Opinion: Main topic and subtopics are interlinked and the requirements are clear.

The topics are related to Korea’s Cyber Design Center and Technology

Innovation Center(TIC).

• The metal manufacturing cluster in the State of Chihuahua seeks to

increase the value added of its products by innovating (Innovation

Network) generating design capacities (Design Center) and to

provide the means for the firms to implement its ideas through a

facility capable fabricate prototypes at real costs (Fabrication

Laboratory).

Objective

Main Topic : Establishment of a Design Center and Fabrication

Laboratory to enhance the innovation capacity of the metal

fabrication small medium firms of the State. Topics

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State of Chihuahua(2) – Overview

Population 1. 3.4 million habitants

2. 3.04 % of the country

3. 85 % urban

Economy 1. GDP 3.26 % of the

national

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State of Chihuahua(3) – Metal Mechanical Industry

Though there is the maquiladora sector with international standards including know

how and equipment, the majority of the local firms are only able to sell in the local

markets due to the lack of technology.

Chihuahua in one of the main employers in the metal mechanic sector, however the

production and value added of the State are small, indicating a low productivity in the

sector.

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State of Chihuahua(4) – Metal Mechanical Industry

Managment

17%

Operations

47%

Technicians

25%

Engeneers

11%

The metal mechanics industry in Chihuahua are approximately 40 firms employ about

640 employees.

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State of Chihuahua(5) – Design Center & FABLAB

Research Design Production Service Logistics Sales and

marketing

FABLAB

Prototypes, small initial production and support for industrial scale implementation on the production line

Design Center

Design center is a part of FAB laboratory focused on is CAD/CAM and CAE for

manufacturing.

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State of Chihuahua(7) – Fabrication Lab

Punch Press

Press break Measuring Arm

Milling machine

II. Korea’s Similar Experiences

Related Korean Experience(2) - Metal mechanical SME

Automobile

Module

Parts

Infra: Mold, Casting, Forging, Heat, Machining

SME

Automobile industry and Metal hot rolling are focused on the 3 Largest companies (CR3:

Automobile 90%, Hot rolling 80%). CR3 of car body parts 15%, Automobile parts 14%,

Cutting and surface treating of metal 30% is low.

SME of Korean metal mechanical industry were supplying mechanical parts to Large

companies (dependency 80%). The low profit 1/3 and low salary 1/2 compared to large

companies.

Korean and local governments have been supporting SME by technology development

funding and engineer education programs.

Related Korean Experience(4) - Daegu Machinery Institute of Component & Materials

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Purpose

Center

History

Total Budget, in 2013 : $24 Million / Personnel : 69 Establishment

Establishment with the support of Daegu City and local

businesses in 2001

To support the local machinery & Metals businesses

strengthen competitiveness in the world market

To aim to develop regional economy by promoting

higher value added business

Materials Test & Evaluation Center, Constructed in 2005

Mechatronics Parts Industrialization Center, Constructed in 2008

Die & Mold Technology Center, Constructed in 2009

Related Korean Experience(7) - Daegu Machinery Institute of Component & Materials

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Assistance Areas : Precision measurement, Material test & analysis,

Environment test, R&D of the Manufacturing field

International recognized certification(KOLAS) test about the

75 standards

Detailed Assistance Areas

Material Test and Evaluation Center

Section Evaluation Section

Material

analysis

Microstructure, Damage and failure Analysis, Chemical components,

Crystal structure, Interface, Atomic structure, Nanostructure &

components

Reliability

evaluation

Mechanical properties, Life estimation, Reliability, Environment

properties, CAE

Precision

measurement

High precision measurements of products, Reverse engineering,

Surface analysis of nano products

Related Korean Experience(8) - Daegu Machinery Institute of Component & Materials

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Assist Die & Mold companies make prototypes and evaluate their performance.

2010~2013, 2 great government projects, 16 R&D projects, Assistance of more than 2000 cases

Die & Mold Technology Center

Related Korean Experience(9) - Daegu Machinery Institute of Component & Materials

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Die & Mold Part production

Machine tools Automotive Robot

material

Research project with local

companies in 2012

· 120 government projects

· 19 company projects

· Total research fund : $12 million

· 27 patents

· $0.28 million technology transfer

Research from material to products

Material experiment & test in 2012

· Service to 1024 companies

· $1.8 million test fee

Root technology innovation project

· 2012 ~ 2015

· Total $7.9 million

IT smart Die & Mold technology project

· 2011 ~ 2014

· Total $17.3 million

Die & Mold internationalize project

· 2011 ~ 2014

· Total $2.7 million

100 bevel gears developed, 70 for Japan, 30 for domestic appl.

Korea leading research group for powder metallurgy

AFDEX PMsolver PIMsolver

Related Korean Experience(8) - Technology Innovation Center

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Government established 44 TIC (Technology Innovation Center) from 1995 to 2004 at

local universities and supported each center $5 million to buy expensive equipment used

by SME.

GNU TIC is specialized on metal forging and powder metallurgy process

http://www.tic.or.kr

Related Korean Experience(9) - Technology Innovation Center

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http://www.camtic.or.kr

Mold Machinig Mold design Process analysis Idea design

EDM CMM

Machning Plastic Injection

CAD/CAM/CAE Softwares

CAM TIC supports SME from idea design by CAD/CAE to mold fabrication by CAM/CNC.

Related Korean Experience(16) - Technology Innovation Center

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Case Percent Reasons of success and failure

Success 20

-Independent space, isolated from main campus

-located at the center of Industrialized area

-Equipment necessary both for industry and university

-Professional leader with enthusiastic staffs

-Successive connecting programs or projects

-Much investment supported by local government

Failure 80

-Broad specific fields

-Spreaded placement of equipment

-Equipment only for university or only for industry

-Amateur personnel or staffs who had not stayed long for the TIC

-No incentive for involved professors

The TIC are established and operated by govern support in the university and some of

them are closed or difficult to be operated when government supporting was stopped.

SME using TIC equipment low price get more profits and wines at the market the other

SME that using expensive equipment

Large company

Casting SME

Casting Simulation by Cyber Engineer

Related Korean Experience(10) - Cyber Design Center

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Cyber Design Center developed Cyber Engineer U24 supports SME manufacturing process CAE service on the website.

The casting, heat treatment, plastic injection and metal forging simulation software developed in Korea are used for manufacturing process analysis.

Plastic injection simulation

Metal forging simulation

III. Policy Recommendations

Suggestion to Chihuahua(1) – Government

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Short term

The infra of metal mechanical industry is too week. The number of SME should be increased by supporting fund. The companies will become the infra of metal mechanical industries.

Government should guarantee the bank space and equipment loan of SME.

Local government should support the FAB lab operation cost and research funding to support local companies.

Long term

Government prepare master plane to develop SME.

Support SME research funds to develop manufacturing technology by the help of research center and university.

Suggestion to Chihuahua(2) – Design center

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Short term

Design Center does manufacturing process simulation & analysis service to improve fabrication technology of SME.

The CAE software required to Design Center is donated by Korea. Z-cast (casting simulation), AFDX (Forging simulation) ect.

The professors and students learn donated Z-cast and AFDX and do simulation service.

Long term

In the future, Design Center does engineering design service by CAD/CAE software with CAD/CAE software existing at Technological Park.

Development Companies : MFRC, CubicTech, KITECH, VMTech

AFDEX Z-Stamp MAPS-3D Z-CAST

I-Master V-CNC

Suggestion to Chihuahua(3) – Fabrication Lab

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Next step

Fabrication Lab needs additional operation costs for related special tools and CAD/CAM software required to use the fabrication equipment.

The operator should be trained well and get good salary because the stable running of equipment is important.

In case of Korea, the equipment and operation costs are fully supported by government but Fabrication Lab of Chihuahua should independent by himself at the beginning.

Short term

The private company should use the equipment to make profit and keep for the future operation and repairing costs.

Suggestion to Chihuahua(4) – Fabrication Lab

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Long term

Fabrication Lab starts public fabrication service to other SME.

The co-work of Fabrication Lab and other local SMEs do casting, forging, forming, heat treat, grinding, EDM, coating, die-molding process is essential to fabricate a metal part and supply to international company.

If you success to develop prototype, the mass production with Die & Mold should be fallowed to increase productivity and decrease cost. The cooperation of Korean mold companies strong to develop new mold and Mexican companies strong to setup and repair it will make successful mass production in long term.

Casting Die&Mold Welding Forging Coating Heat treat

Fab. Lab:

SME :

Machining Sheet metal Inspection

Design Center:

CAD/CAM/CAE

¡Muchas Gracias!