Kokusai was contacted by a manufacturer of dual blade radiator fans in Northern Indiana. This company needed Kokusai to check and correct balance, as well as perform several other electrical and performance checks. However, there was no longer a retainer clip on the fan assembly. In order to gage the correct angle for balance, Kokusai used laser sensor detection. They decided to utilize overhead servos for spin-up, spin-down, and orientation. An RFID (radio frequency indication device) reader was used to detect the correct test based on the installed tooling fixture. The test had many features, which included current draw measurement, voltage measurement, RPM measurement, direction of rotation indication, balance measurement in ...
Kokusai was approached by a European company that outsources tire and wheel assemblies for a European car manufacturer. Their interest was in Kokusai’s bead seating operation, as their current suppliers had issues with effectiveness and potential damage to tire & wheel assemblies. Initially, Kokusai was not an approved supplier for either the outsourcing company or the final manufacturer. In order for Kokusai to become certified, they had to run bead seating operations on the car manufacturer’s tire and wheel assemblies, followed by various tests to ensure successful operation. The first test run was at an existing Kokusai customer’s location in the middle of the night,while operations were shut down in between their second and ...
