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JOINED 2022
Why they joined and what they do now, in our employees' own words.
Faster.
More precise.
More beautiful.
What makes die and mold making fascinating
is the endless pursuit of doing better.
I joined because I was captivated
by the beauty of our parts.
After learning the basics of industrial technology in high school, I wanted a career in manufacturing. I decided to join the company during a plant tour. I was captivated when I saw parts that had just been finished in the plant. They were small, but polished to such a shine that I could see my face in them like a mirror, and I thought, "Wow! I want to do this too!" I visited other companies as well, but this one looked the most interesting. This is my fifth year here, and I am in charge of wire EDM. For about two years after joining, I worked on lathes and machining centers. In my third year, the plant manager asked me, "Is there any work you'd like to try?" I told him I wanted to gain experience in wire EDM, and I was transferred to my current department.
Always looking for ways to work faster
and more accurately.
Die and mold making proceeds from machining to heat treatment, grinding and further processing, so the accuracy of machining affects the later processes as well. That is why I decided to shift my perspective from machining to wire EDM and pursue the technology in depth. Simply put, wire EDM is a process that passes electricity through a wire and melts metal with the heat. You write a program that takes into account the type and thickness of the metal, and adjust factors such as the amount of current to cut clean holes. The machine can set the processing conditions to some extent, but the final adjustments depend on a person's judgment and feel. Both operating the machine and doing fine finishing require experience, and speed and accuracy vary from person to person. So it is important to watch closely how senior colleagues work every day and think about how to do it well and how I would approach it. Observe, think, try, and keep thinking. It is a continuous cycle of trial, error and improvement.
I want to keep growing,
and I want my junior colleagues to grow too.
If I rated my current work on a scale of 1 to 10, with a master at 10, I think I'd be at about 3 or 4. To others, I might still be a 1 or 2. I feel my speed and accuracy are still far from sufficient. Until now, I was fully occupied learning the job, including machining and wire EDM, but now that I've gained experience and feel more comfortable with my day-to-day work, I want to move on to the next step and grow. Having junior colleagues has also helped me grow. When working with them, I try to think about what they don't understand, how much they don't understand, and how to explain things clearly. I think talking with many different people at the company has also improved my communication skills.
