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NEWS IN COLOR PE
OEFFAG: SHAKE AND GLUE
BRASSIN DB 601 ENGINE
HISTORY OF FW 190D-11
Instruction sheet, pictures
and more information
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Vol. 10 Friday June 18, 2010 Issue 6
Eduard Info 2010 page 2
This May has provided some damn
interesting times, on our own soil as
well as the world around us. Floo-
ding has progressively affected parts
of Moravia, Poland and Germany.
The EU has found itself dealing
with unprecedented problems, the
Czechs won the World Hockey
Championships in fantastic fashion,
and the end of the month saw nati-
onal elections that have proven fatal
for several political celebrities of the
Czech Republic. All of the domestic
events have been essentially good
for us Czechs, although I understand how the
Russians might see it differently. With the bac-
kdrop of world drama, we were busy dealing with
our own problems here at Eduard. We were en-
tangled in production rate problems to keep up
with demand well into May, and we had dif cul-
ty with keeping up with photoetched as well as
with kit demand. It was due to excellent orders
coming in, but nevertheless, gave us little rest.
So, we dealt with it, and hopefully, successfully.
On Tuesday, May 11th, we received two new
machines for printing colour photoetched parts.
These pieces of equipment carry a lot of signi-
cance not just for an improvement of produc-
tion capacity. As is well known, we have been
criticized for the quality of some of the colour
PE we have produced, concerning the colour
grid of the printing process. We weren’t happy
with it either, and over the past twelve months,
we have been ercely battling the problem, with
varying degrees of success. We implemented
several technological upgrades and tightened
controls, but it was clear that permanent impro-
vements would only come with a ground level re-
organization. So, enter the radical simultaneous
purchase of two new machines. Within a week,
they were in use, and all of our production is now
running through them. The quality improvement
is very evident and satisfactory, although the grid
is a necessary component of the process. Its still
there, its horrible, it was better before, and Chi-
na will show us how. Now, THAT”S sarcasm!
Production capacity was a thorn in our side all
spring, and, as mentioned, affected kit production
Delivery of new equipment.
Results of the new printer. Grid?