Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs

The IDB of MOEA commissioned the Precision Machinery Research & Development Center (PMC) to organize the 2018 controller competition as a platform to promote Taiwan controller application. The competition acquired not only the support of six sponsors, including DELTA, GEN TEC, LNC, SYNTEC, FALCON, Yang Iron and Blaser Swisslube Taiwan in providing machine tools and controllers, but also in arranging professional lecturers to develop a series of practical and software development courses for the contestants. Through focusing on machining operation by using Taiwan controllers and on developing software for smart machine or cloud service, contestants were able to learn from basic theories to high-end technologies the functions and applications of Taiwan’s controllers.

This year’s competition attracted 119 contestants consisted of 33 teams from 16 schools.. National Chin-Yi University of Technology, National Changhua University of Education, and National Formosa University of Application Sciences took first place in Machining Performance Group. While National Chung Cheng University, National Chung Hsing University, and National Formosa University incorporated smart machinery discipline in creative application to earn their top 3 titles in the Creative Application Group.

IDB will continue to promote Taiwan controller in the future, extend its application, and cultivate excellent machinery talents. Through this competition, we hope to encourage students to continue their endeavors in researching Taiwan controller technology and invest in the development of controller industry.

List of winners:

Machining Performance Group:

1st Place – SYNTEC: National Changhua University of Education

1st Place –LNC: National Chin-Yi University of Technology

1st Place – Delta: National Formosa University

2nd Place – SYNTEC: National Formosa University

2nd Place –LNC: National Chin-Yi University of Technology

2nd Place – Delta: National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology

Creative Application Group:

1st Place: National Chung Cheng University

2nd Place: National Chung Hsing University

3rd Place: National Formosa University

Honorable Mention:

　National Taipei University of Technology

National Formosa University

National Chin-Yi University of Technology

National Formosa University

National Changhua University of Education