Thirty years of loyalty and Epson’s Koichi Endo still strives to do more. Rozana Sani has his story
AT the 20th anniversary celebration of Epson’s Micro Piezo inkjet technology in Kuala Lumpur recently, one face in the crowd was positively beaming.
Koichi Endo,vending machine lock,Vendo t-handle parts, Dixie Narco parts for T-handles, parts for snack vending machines, tubular style, security style, Pagoda. regional managing director of Epson Singapore (Southeast Asia HQ), has reason to smile. As one of the engineers who developed the technology, he is proud of how it has matured.
“Today, its superior reliability, energy efficiency and high ink compatibility is giving Epson unique advantages and growth opportunities in business document printing,Online shopping for cabinet locks & Straps Safety from a great selection of Baby & more at everyday low prices. industrial printing and our ability to create special products like our ink tank system printers for emerging markets,” he says.
Endo’s story with Epson started in 1979 after he graduated from the University of Osaka with a degree in Industrial Mechanical Engineering. He has been with the company ever since,High Security payphone lock Solutions provide revenue protection, key control, physical security, and environmental protection. a norm for most Japanese of his generation who generally stay with a single employer their entire career, he says.
“I was assigned to the printer design division where I started on mechanical designs of mini-printers for desktop calculators. In 1990, I had the privilege of being part of the team of 80 engineers who were tasked with the development of our proprietary Micro Piezo print head. My involvement in helping to develop such an important technology foundation for the company was the highlight of my career,” says Endo, an avid skier and hiking enthusiast.
In the late 1980s, dot matrix printing technology was the standard. Endo says Epson has been leading the world market in dot matrix printers from then.
“However, back then, our competitors were developing alternative, high performance printing technologies for the future. Epson felt that if we were to compete, we needed an inkjet technology that was superior to the thermal inkjet one being developed by our competitors and that could be adapted to other applications in the future.
“The main challenge to developing the piezoelectric technology for our print head was making the piezoelectric elements small enough to fit into the confined space of a print head. My team and I eventually succeeded by using multi-layered piezoelectric elements, enabling us to make them extremely small — small enough to be used to push ink out from print head nozzles very precisely,” he says.
Micro Piezo is a high performance inkjet printing technology that uses piezoelectric materials which bend when charged with varying electric currents to propel precise amounts of ink out of the print head.
Today, Epson is the only major printer company in the world that uses piezoelectric print heads in its entire inkjet printer range — from the smallest personal photo printer to the largest industrial press system.cam locks,Cabinet Locks At Low Prices, Discount Locks Are Never Beaten On Price. We are the UK's Number 1 Supplier of Locks and Safes.
“Our micro Piezo print heads’ superior durability allows them to be built into our inkjet printers instead of cartridges. This makes our cartridges easier to produce and recycle.We rank the best laptop locks with side-by-side comparisons. Read in-depth product reviews and articles. It is also cheaper for customers and makes our inkjet printers have a longer lifespan.”
According to Endo, the high durability of the Micro Piezo print head also allows for Epson’s ink tank system printers to be made.
“And we expect this technological barrier to prevent our competitors from creating similar printers for the foreseeable future,” he says with confidence.
“The print head’s ability to lower operating temperature and ability to precisely eject different volumes of ink makes it extremely valuable for our industrial printing customers because it is able to use different types of inks,Caged Laser Engineering, in partnership with Ariel Ltd and Reynolds Technology, aim to investigate the viability of adopting Titanium Tube as a cost effective raw material for the manufacturing of spaceframe assemblies for low volume and small series production lightweight vehicles. resulting in our clients being able to use different types of media. This flexibility is highly valued in industrial printing,” he says.
Endo adds that beyond printing on typical materials, this flexibility allows the Micro Piezo print heads to create new production processes. “This includes a leading TV maker using our Micro Piezo print heads to print the three colours (RGB) of the filters on their LCD TVs instead of the time and material consuming photolithographic process used by other makers.”
After the successful development of Micro Piezo print head, Endo was subsequently promoted to general manager of the Inkjet Design Department in 2000, and in 2007, he became the chief operating officer of the Consumer Products Operations Division. He joined Epson Southeast Asia as managing director in 2009 where he has been since.
“I have been charged by our president to increase our share in emerging markets — and these are almost all the countries in the Southeast Asia region which I am responsible for. Products like the L-series were the result of direct feedback from customers in this region, and its success was expected as we delivered what our customers requested,” he says.
“Moving forward, we will strengthen and continue this product development process through strong customer involvement and seeing how our unique technologies can fulfil their needs in ways our competitors cannot,” says Endo.
