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Icom Factory TourIcom Factory Tour
Wakayama, Japan Wakayama, Japan –– November 5, 2010November 5, 2010
Adam Farson VA7OJAdam Farson VA7OJ
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APDXC and IcomAPDXC and Icom
! Attendees at the Asia-Pacific DX Convention (APDXC 2010), held in Osaka, were invited to tour the Icom manufacturing plant in Wakayama, about 100 km SW of Osaka. The tour took place on Friday, November 5, 2010.
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Icom and APDXC 2010Icom and APDXC 2010
! Icom are the official sponsor of APDXC. Mr. Tokuzo Inoue, JA3FA, Founder and Chairman of Icom Inc., was the patron of APDXC 2010.
In exalted company: Shigeru Ueda JO3BAV, the author, Mr. Inoue and Johnny Siu VR7XMC
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A few factsA few facts
! Icom is a rare example of an electronics manufacturer that has not shifted production to lower cost countries, but kept its production base 100% in Japan. All Icom radios are built in Japan.
! Main product lines are: land-mobile, amateur, marine (VHF & HF radios, radar), aeronautical (VHF) and wireless LAN.
! The Wakayama Icom plant has an advanced production system to produce small volume/multi-model radio-communication products.
! 330 highly-trained production employees turn out 130,000 units/month in a highly-automated manufacturing facility.
! The factory has eight automated production lines. A line can be switched from one product to another in as little as 5 to 12 minutes.
! Icom’s R&D organization employs 270 engineers.
! We were given free access to the assembly line area and allowed to take all the photographs we wanted.
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The Icom production facilitiesThe Icom production facilities
We visited the We visited the KinokawaKinokawa factory.factory.
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Product showcaseProduct showcase
! Small product showcase in factory lobby.
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Introductory talkIntroductory talk
! The factory manager gave a short introductory presentation on Icom’s manufacturing capability and philosophy. The interpreter is to his left.
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Automated component Automated component handlinghandling
! All components, from grain-of-sand-sized SMT diodes to small integrated circuits, are delivered on Mylar tape spool cartridges.
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Typical main radio boardTypical main radio board
Once populated, the board will be separated from its surroundand mounted on a chassis by robot machines.
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Overall view of production Overall view of production floorfloor
! The technician is loading a tape cartridge into a board-stuffing machine.
The steam-jets in the ceilingmaintain the correct humiditylevel for ESD suppression.
The automated PCB stuffingmachines pick parts off the tape, then place the parts on the circuit board which has previously been wiped with solder paste.
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Automated component handling Automated component handling systemssystems
! Component tape reels are being loaded for Line 2.
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A view of Lines 1 and 2A view of Lines 1 and 2
On left: Inspection machine, then a row of SMT board-stuffing machines
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Rack of completed boardsRack of completed boards
The boards produced bythe PCB-stuffing machinesare loaded into racks that are delivered by robot carts to the correct position on the assembly lines.
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RealReal--time status displaystime status displays
Johnny VR2XMC at the line status board. The displays show start & run times, error counts, product model,
line manager ID etc.
Line status display.
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BoardBoard--stuffing machine in actionstuffing machine in action
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Control computer for board lineControl computer for board line
Panic button!
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XX--ray board inspection machine ray board inspection machine ––scans for soldering/assembly defects in multiscans for soldering/assembly defects in multi--layer PCBlayer PCB’’s. s.
The machine is totallyenclosed in a leadencabinet.
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Mounted PCB inspection Mounted PCB inspection machinemachine
Inside detail showing board in test
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Detail of antiDetail of anti--ESD steam jetsESD steam jets
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Automated HT assemblyAutomated HT assembly
HT PCBprior toinsertion in auto-assembly machine.
Surroundswill be cutoff.
HT PCB fed into themachine forradioassembly.
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““Come ride with us, Robbie.Come ride with us, Robbie.””
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AntiAnti--ESD vacuum cleaner ESD vacuum cleaner and completed PCBs awaiting their chassisand completed PCBs awaiting their chassis
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Final assembly areaFinal assembly area
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Final test/inspection areaFinal test/inspection area
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ICIC--718 front panels718 front panelsawaiting mounting on radiosawaiting mounting on radios
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Chassis assembly robots:Chassis assembly robots:loading and operatingloading and operating
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A busy corner of the final A busy corner of the final assembly/test areaassembly/test area
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Final alignment of HT Final alignment of HT chassischassis
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Final alignment benchFinal alignment bench
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ICIC--9100 chassis9100 chassispartially assembledpartially assembled
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ICIC--9100 chassis, rear view9100 chassis, rear view
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ICIC--9100 chassis, front view9100 chassis, front view
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ICIC--9100 chassis: 9100 chassis: subsub--assemblies addedassemblies added
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ICIC--9100 front9100 front--panel mouldingspanel mouldings
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Chassis fan installationChassis fan installation
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An RF test positionAn RF test position
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Packaging area: Packaging area: individual radios are individual radios are packed in their cartonspacked in their cartons
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““Ship it, guys!Ship it, guys!””
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The package conveyorThe package conveyor
Battery case
Xcvr
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CartonCarton--sealing robot: sealing robot: sealed cartons sealed cartons are loaded onto a mobile robot, which takes themare loaded onto a mobile robot, which takes themto the stockroomto the stockroom
Swiss NEMA (1948)
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The stockroom The stockroom (warehouse area)(warehouse area)
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Related activitiesRelated activities
! At the end of the tour, we were taken to Icom’s corporate HQ in downtown Osaka for a meeting with engineers and managers in the Amateur Products Division.
! We were shown an exhibition of Icom products in the lobby, and then taken to a conference room where we viewed a presentation on Icom’s new RS-BA1 remote-control software suite. We also had an opportunity to participate in a Q&A session with Icom engineering staff.
! Our day concluded with a superb welcoming party and buffet at International House, Osaka-Uehonmachi, hosted by Mr. Inoue.
! The following Sunday, Johnny Siu VR2XMC and I attended an IC-9100 Dealer Preview at Icom’s Nipponbashi office in central Osaka.
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Icom HQ, OsakaIcom HQ, Osaka
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Lobby exhibit of Icom Lobby exhibit of Icom productsproducts
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Part of Icom Part of Icom ““minimini--museummuseum””also in HQ lobbyalso in HQ lobby
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In the conference roomIn the conference room
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RSRS--BA1BA1 slide slide showing remote control showing remote control via Internetvia Internet
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Johnny Johnny SiuSiu VR2XMC VR2XMC operating operating the ICthe IC--9100 at the Osaka Dealer Preview9100 at the Osaka Dealer Preview
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““ItIt’’s s mymy turn!turn!””
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RSRS--1BA Remote Control Suite 1BA Remote Control Suite demo at the Osaka Dealer Previewdemo at the Osaka Dealer Preview
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Thanks for watching!Thanks for watching!Future presentation: Future presentation: ““JapanJapan””