A Center Is Opened To Train Precision Engineers

Few days ago, a centre of $21 MILLION was formally opened at Nanyang Polytechnic to train precision engineers at polytechnic level is the first of its type. The centre run by the polytechnic, the Economic Development Board (EDB) and Spring Singapore is part of the $76-million Precision Engineering Manpower initiative which aims to produce an additional 2,000 precision engineers by 2012.

This centre will be used by students getting the Diploma in Digital and Precision Engineering Services from their second year onwards, for their industrial and final-year projects. Its objective is to train 600 such students by 2012.

The centre will boast state-of-the-art precision-engineering equipment such as the Metrotom, a scanning device that uses X-rays to measure the microscopic parts of objects, rather than the physical method of measurement which may destroy the objects. The centre will also be used to train adults working in any precision engineering company under the National Precision Engineering Specialist Programme offered at Nanyang Polytechnic.

The program was founded in 2007 and offers diplomas including the part-time Diploma in Precision Engineering and Work Skills Qualification Diploma in Precision Engineering in Mould Tool Making. These courses can be completed in time period ranging from two to five years.

EDB chairman Leo Yip, who was the guest of honor at the centre's opening ceremony stated that:

"Talent will be key to the deepening of the capability of the precision engineering (industry), and, with this centre, we want to encourage more students to take up precision engineering,"

Moreover, he said: "Not only do we want them to enter the industry, but (we also want them) to stay and grow with it."

Precision Engineering Supports Manufacturing Industry

The industry of precision engineering is emerged to support the manufacturing investments. The process of precision engineering is to produce large number of big and small scale objects that we use in our day to day lives. Each complex and detailed piece that makes up an object needs the touch of a machinist's skills. Similarly a machine or a tool, they too undergo wear and tear with time and require the action of machine tool calibration quite frequently.

Nowadays, it is an established and vital pillar of the manufacturing sector with PE companies generating billions of dollars annually in output, contributing significantly to the total manufacturing output. The majority of precision engineering services providers usually work with one form of CAD/CAM programs or some other. And few still work with sketches that are hand drawn. While these hand sketches are usually used only in the initial phases of a design. Precision engineering is an integral part of mechanical and manufacturing industries

Precision engineering is essential to numerous industries and various kinds of technologies. Without precision engineering we would be unable to manufacture a number of detailed and complex parts of various objects. Precision engineering brings detail and accuracy into the manufacturing procedure and makes it so essential. Lone Star LWD is a well reputed Precision Engineering Company has become a leading provider of precision engineered components and specialized surface coatings to the oil, gas and petrochemical industries throughout the world.