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環球瞭望 【英文（wén）如下】 enabling him to reliably produce in house the
micron-accurate parts that are the basis for his
Sydney, Australia, might not come first to
mind when thinking of places known for high- business.
quality timepieces. Nevertheless, Nicholas With Success Comes the Need to
Hacko, owner of Nicholas Hacko Watchmaker Micromachine Parts in House
(otherwise known as NH Watches) has Originally from Europe, the Hacko family
succeeded in carving out a space for himself has a long tradition of watchmaking. In fact,
doing just that. But crafting $1,200 to $11,000 Mr. Hacko is a third-generation watchmaker.
watches requires fashioning tiny parts at He founded NH Watches in 2011 to repair
micron-level precision. watches and manufacture replacement parts. In the past, the company had no choice Five years later, he manufactured the company’s
but to source the required small components first watch designed in house. The company
from an external supplier. Being a minor soon achieved success manufacturing and
customer, NH Watches was not always high on selling watches, surpassing its original goal of
the supplier’s priority list. In addition, because selling 100 watches per year, with demand only
the plates, gears and other parts required by increasing.
NH Watches were primarily produced overseas, The need to produce the micro parts in
the part deliveries were sometimes subject to house became acute. NH Watches needed a
unforeseeable delays. machine capable of achieving accuracy between In order to remain flexible and competitive 6 and 10 microns in order to ensure that the
in the face of such challenges, Mr. Hacko watches keep perfect time throughout their
invested in a high-precision five-axis machining lives. In exceptional cases, XY pitch accuracy of
center from Germany-based Kern Microtechnik, just ±2 microns must be met when drilling and
interpolating holes in metal plates.
Mr. Hacko cast his eyes back to Europe
to find the technology he needed. During
Germany’s 2016 AMB metalworking trade show,
he saw a machine from Kern Microtechnik
that caught his eye. The following year, he
visited Kern at its machine engineering factory
in Eschenlohe, Germany, to discuss options,
including the possibility of purchasing a used
machine.
That summer, when a Swiss luxury watch
company replaced a Kern Pyramid Nano with a
new Kern milling center, Mr. Hacko jumped on
the chance to buy the used machine. More Than Enough Accuracy
The Pyramid Nano is a high-precision
If required, the 5-axis machining center can mill five-axis machining center. Developed for
parts with sub-1-μm precision.
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