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CKE Manufacturing Pte Ltd

Introduction

In 1946 CKE Manufacturing Pte Ltd was established 4.0, the company has collaborated with the Singapore
and incorporated in 1990. Situated on the east side Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) on
of Singapore, the company has about 200 employees. a pilot trial of its Manufacturing Control Tower (MCT)
The company specializes in precision engineering platform.
services, manufacturing complex precision parts for Industry 4.0 refers to the automation and data exchange
various industries, including defence, semi-conductor, wave transforming traditional manufacturing processes
electronics, oil and gas, offshore, biomedical and into more advanced technologies. The platform can
aerospace. They serve customers from companies in digitally connect the shop floor and the supply chain
Asia, the Middle East, Australia as well as Europe. with operator dashboards, allowing companies to
track their manufacturing operations in real-time and
The company used heavy machinery to remove metal respond to changing market demands. The firm uses
from the raw materials to achieve the desired shapes and the MCT to monitor the performance of five of its
dimensions to produce the components. The company shop-floor machines in real-time. Operators can track
is committed to constantly exploring new ways to keep the performance of the machines without physically
abreast with technology to stay competitive and adapt inspecting them. This allows them to operate more
to the rapidly changing economy. In line with Industry machines concurrently.

Company's Operation

The company make machine components use heavy
machinery. Machines used include:

• Vertical CNC Machining Centre • Honing
- Double Gantry Machining Centre
- CNC Lathes • Electro-discharged machine (EDM wire-cut)

• Conventional • Welding
- Lathes - Tungsten inert arc
- Milling - Plasma transfer arc
- Cylindrical grinder and surface grinding

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