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Amest – Manufacture of Top-quality Custom-made Measurement and Control Systems Amest is a modern, dynamic firm supplying tracking gauges and control preparations. In addition, it provides industrial enterprises with qualified consulting services in the areas of precision measuring, production control and optimum production technologies. “In the history of Amest, the firm´s excellence has always consisted of development and research resulting in a prototype. The outstanding distinction of our firm is that we have been making our living by selling prototypes for unbelievable 30 years. This is work bearing risks and placing high demands on all the technical processes involved. Excellence always rests on how the machine is designed, i.e. the method by which the specific part, group of parts, or entire product group will be measured. The brains of our firm, in which all employees participate, comprise mechanical construction, HW and SW, the actual assembly of various machine parts and putting them into operation. We are fortunate that all these areas and positions are fully occupied and that, thanks to the professional pride of our employees and their determination to succeed, we have become exceptional,” says the Company Director, Jaroslav Staněk.
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Can you tell us about what is new in your company? What is the main focus of your attention and what is Amest´s long-term vision? Our current plans are linked not only with the effort to connect automatic measuring with a specific part, but also with the building of equipment that is flexible and meets the highest requirements. This means flexibility and the satisfaction of the customer, who will appreciate that the changes made in the final product as a result of development do not mean the need to significantly adjust our measuring stations to them. This philosophy was at the base of the development of a new generation of measuring stations for both the automotive industry and the railways, where the outcome is measuring stations for the control of the basic elements of high-speed railways. Today, the measuring stations for wheelset, wheel and axle control are used by leading manufacturers within the sector. In addition, this
equipment is fitted with multidimensional measuring heads for universal use. In 2018, you won a demanding tender offered by the largest Chinese manufacturer of railway elements (CRRC Sifang) for the supply of four automatic measuring stations and now, after the demanding testing and takeover, you are exporting the stations to the customer. Can you give us any details? The contract is for the control of wheelsets and axles for high-speed railways. The main advantage for the customer is the high precision control of the parameters, which no rival firm could offer. It is a separate unit fitted into the production lines of a different degree of automation and production seriality, enabling different methods of handling. In this area, it collaborates with colleagues who, using their profound theoretical knowledge, are capable of analysing the measuring procedures so that the final design of the station in terms of
