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2001 Hong Kong Award for Industry : Machinery and Equipment Design


2001 Winners

Dophen Electric Injection Machine
by Dophen Engineering Co Ltd
Designed by: William Jim

Comments from the Judging Panel
The Mekatron 80 is a successful electric injection molding machine designed and made in Hong Kong that incorporates Dophen's sophisticated Digital A.I. Control System to ensure smooth and accurate response during the injection cycle. Molding conditions including injection pressure, speed and position can be adjusted automatically by this closed-loop control circuit. The in-house developed industrial personal computer and I/O PCB provide quick and reliable responses for input output signals. The in-line configuration of the injection screw, injection nozzle and injection slideway greatly reduce the torque acting on the slideway. Each operation is driven by independent AC servomotor to facilitate stable molding conditions and concurrent operations. The results are higher precision, greater productivity, smoother operations, and lower power consumption when compared with traditional hydraulic injection machine.


Autostar* Lighting Control System
by Macostar Hong Kong Ltd
Designed by: Wong Kwok Ho

Comments from the Judging Panel
This is a very cost effective and well designed lighting control system with both innovations and approaching world class state of the art. The innovative concepts including a comprehensive dimming and switching design to meet unique requirements and characteristics of different light source or even Non-dim devices. Programmability of individual lighting elements of different types is one of the key features. Electric controls of these lighting elements use the company's successful lighting control technology for stage and studio applications.


Extreme Low Power Consumption Electronic Digital Lock
by Dragon Brother Digital Lock Ltd
Designed by: Chu San Lung (Hay To), Luo Shi Fu, Luo Shi Zhong

Comments from the Judging Panel
The low power motor driven unlocking mechanism is the key technology used in this series of electronic lock. The innovation lies in the lock core which draws power from a battery resident in the key. Thus no other external or internal power sources are deployed in the unlocking mechanism. The low power design ensures that the key can operate the lock for a long period of time without having to replace the battery. With the use of a microcontroller in both the key and the core the lock can be engineered to varying degree of security as desired and it can also be used in a variety of application.


B-shaped Rail Plastic Beams for Expressway Guardrail
by Megaplastic (Hong Kong) Company Limited
Designed by: Chan Chi Lap, Raymond

Comments from the Judging Panel
The product is made from metalocene based plastic of high toughness complying with safety requirements stipulated in international standards. It is hollow with good shock - absorption ability and is designed to allow certain displacement when collision occurs thus providing higher safety to passengers. The material used can be recycled for reuse and the chemical and weather resistant characteristics make the products environmental friendly. It is cheaper than the corresponding steel product and very little maintenance is required.


Intelligent Streaming GatewayTM (ISG) & Related CDN Solution
by SinoCDN Limited
Designed by: James She, Dr Danny Tsang

Comments from the Judging Panel
The Product is a suite of software specially designed for the efficient streaming of live and on-demand content to remote users. When a number of users in a neighbourhood are viewing the same live content, only one stream of data needs to be loaded to the nearest gateway. The data will be cached in that gateway and series the multiple number of local users. The software also incorporates intelligent routing to bypass congested or unavailable parts of the network dynamically. The technology is protected by patent rights and the product has been used by ISP and other content providers.