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| Dear Colleague |
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 Welcome
to Insights, Instro's newsletter for Spring 2010.
Instro
addressed the challenges of the global economic crisis by focussing
efforts on bringing new products through to market and developing
our production facilities to improve our efficiency in addressing
customers’ evolving needs. |
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New production cells were
established for-
- ROSS (Remote Observation Support
System):
Allowing observers to carry out surveillance missions
whilst safely under cover.
- LRF100
Series:
The lightest weight 2.5Km LRF OEM module
available.
- Thor Targeting System:
State
of the art, accurate, lightweight target acquisition systems for
dismounted forces.
A 5S initiative, adopted
enthusiastically by the production team, has yielded significant
improvements in workplace organisation and production
effectiveness. |
 With
the green shoots of spring and hopefully an economic recovery
appearing, we would be delighted if you would take a few moments to
complete our on line Customer Satisfaction Survey, and let us have your thoughts. As an
incentive, we will enter your reply into a prize draw. The winner,
selected at random on the 1st of July will receive a 'Samsung N130
netbook'.
Best regards John
John Morcom, Managing
Director
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| ROSS Production
Cell |
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 Instro
recently completed a dedicated production cell for the ROSS (Remote
Observation Support System).
The cell forms an essential part of
Instro's plan for continuous improvement and includes dedicated test
facilities enabling system test and processing to be conducted
efficiently. |
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 The
ROSS production cell has been carefully designed to cope with the
anticipated increase in system sales over the next two to five
years.
The Completion of the cell coincides with significant production
orders for this year. |
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| Hornet HS (High
Speed) |
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 The
Hornet HS (High Speed) provides significantly higher axis speeds
whilst maintaining the same form factor as the original
Hornet.
Instro's lightest and most
compact motorised pan and tilt unit is becoming increasingly popular
with prime contractors in the business of remote target acquisition
and dismounted surveillance.
The Hornet forms part of the
Instro ROSS (Remote Observation Support System) and so benefits from
Instro's new ROSS production cell concept of
manufacture. |
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| LRF100 Series
'The lightest OEM LRF module' |
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 The
latest LRF100 series laser range finder module is the lightest
weight 2.5Km LRF OEM module available at just 110g. This coupled with a
compact size of just 92 x
50 x 25mm (not much bigger than a packet of cigarettes) make
it an ideal choice for integration into compact and hand held
sensors.
The clever design is based
around a super lightweight aluminium chassis and allows for mounting
in a number of orientations to suit the intended
application. |
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| THOR
Targeting System |
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 THOR
was originally developed to support the new generation of SMART
sensors which use the very accurate angular data derived from THOR
to calculate target coordinates.
Due to the popularity of THOR and in
no small measure from customer enquiries Instro has pushed forward
with the development of the THOR Targeting System.
- THOR goniometer
- Tripod
- TCD (Thor computing device)
- Targeting software package
- Connecting
cables
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| The Thor targeting system is
extremely versatile and allows for precise customer configuration
from a wide range of options. This attention to detail provides the
end-user with a seamless target acquisition solution that has a
custom feel but with a cots/mots price tag. |
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| 5S
Initiative |
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 Instro's
5S program began midway through 2009 and focuses on having visual
order, organization, cleanliness and standardisation of the
workplace and all things in it.
- SORT
- SET
- SHINE
- STANDARDISATION
- SUSTAIN
All departments have embraced
the concept and report a marked improvement in
efficiency.
As with many manufacturing
philosophies, 5S originated within Toyota in Japan. |
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| Instro to exhibit at
Eurosatory - Hall 6 Stand K150 |
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Click here to
visit the Eurosatory website
Pre register using Instro's invitation
code EXP10
Click here to
Register
Equipment on display and available for
testing and procurement includes:
- Motorised and Manual Pan and
Tilt Heads
- ROSS (Remote Observation
Surveillance System)
- IMSS (Instro Modular
Surveillance System)
- LRF100 and 200 Series laser
range finder modules
- Thor Targeting System
- Our extensive range of Tripods
Meeting schedules
If you would
like to organise a meeting during the show please click
here to send us an email request . |
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We hope that you
will have found this newsletter to offer some interesting and
informative articles. If you would like to learn more about any of
the articles then please do contact us.
Our Very Best Regards,
The
Instro Team
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