Sensor A

Sensor A: It’s a type of sensor which can sensor the high beam light, and can sort out: street light, low beam light, high beam light, light from the house.

Sensor B: it’s a type of radar which can senor the vehicle from the facing way.

(1)  The first week for the Research for right now market design:

I and the Buwdhika looked through the smart / intelligence light in the Market and finding two system.

(1) Smart head light system

(2) Intelligent headlight control

Smart head light system

The Benz launched the smart light system on the 2009 and did some updated recently.

In the 2009 the Benz put the smart head light system into the luxury vehicles.

This system is designed for reducing the traffic accident at the night, to prevent the accident for the pedestrians and vehicle. The pedestrian is main point to develop the system.

The main equipment:

1 infra-red light projectors

2 spot light function

(2) Intelligent headlight control

The system can control the headlight to switch from high beam to low beam.

The main idea is to increase the road safety by sensing the headlight head light, tail light, taillight and street light.

The main equipment:

(1) Camera

The working steps From those two designs above the camera is the main point:

However the Benz told us they used the infra-red night vision camera, the second design they did not say which kind of design.

We will do some research about the camera(sensor) in the next week.

Because in our system we need some sensor to detect the high beam, low beam, street light, tail light, using what kind of sensor is important part of this project.

Thirteen weeks for the laws in the workshop 31st october

I talk something about the Laws for the workshop some weeks before.
but just doing some summarizing:

(1) The customer can not allow to enter the workshop, if they injury it's your problem.


(2) Giving the customer invoice when the customer paid the bill. be careful the cash,
   
     the IRD will check it, some time the IRD will send some person to be an agency to
   
    check if you recieve money did not give invoice,  they will give you huge fine,
   
    becuase the IRD is thirsty rightnow.

(3) Every part invoice need order number so when you pay the bill, you check it's easy.

     some part supplier likes to charge you twice, or put wrong price on it.


(4) do not smoking in the workshop, the insurance company will not pay the complain

    if they find cigarette in the workshop.


(5) customer can not allow see the part invoice, because the differents between trade in
  
     prcie and retail price.


(6) before doing any job call the customer first getting the permit, if not, some
   
     customers they will say no, you just let them go.

(7) to those customer did not pay bill but want to drive the vehicle away. if he is now
    
     or has bad record before, pay the bill before giving the car KEY.


     To those good customer can give the car key and let them pay later or pay part of

     bill first and then pay the rest in later or several times.
   

     To the good customer you need be gently and careful their car, and if you lose one

      good customer, you lose dozen in future.




This maybe is final one for the post, thanks every one , Please writing down some commit or suggestion.

   

Thirteen weeks for the wof & VTNA 31st October

In this item I will talk about the WOF


How to apply the WOF

Last post the wof contain with two:

one is for workshop

two is for inspector

For the workshop is easier to get the wof certification

you need a big enough place,  and some wof equipemnt:

(1) light test, torch, lever, hoist.etc

To inspector:

(1)five years continously work experience: five years is too longer, and continously is
    hard.

(2)three  years work work experience and national certification level 4

    but you need find a work shop which give full time job and somebody is qualify to
    national certification  Level or over.

(3) NZTC, National -A-grade NZATC

To (3) you nearly impossible because the NZTA did not release any more, so you only can choice the Number 1 and Number 2.

within one years you can apply three times, if fail all of them, you need  to wait one year to apply.


each time you need pay 97.40 to apply and sign a form.


There are some laws for the inspector and if you had been charged, you will lose your inspector lisence. or stop to do the wof for the 12 month, for example speeding.

To aviod these, following all the laws about the WOF and NTVA laws, because the wof concered with safety.

Thirteen week for the communication organiztion 31st october

To the work shop

(1) MTA


(2) VTNA


MTA

 Motor Trade Association (MTA),

1 Memership organization

2 Set up in 1917

3 Around 4000 member for the workshop

4 From the vehicle repairing to the vehicle dealer sales

To be memeber is not free, it need 700-800 bucks for membership for per years,

5 The organization still do the wof training, one day wof training, it' around 552 bucks, member fee is around 276 bucks (half price).

if you join the class and pass the exam you will get certification for prooving the wof train class.

6 if you are the member you can put some logo on you work shop to show the customer you are professional.

(2) NZTA

NZTA is the government organization is  to administer the workshop and wof:

 

1 wof

2 satfey

For the wof the VTNZ can hold a test, prove you having the qualitification to taking the test for the wof.

Checking the wor inspection whether they did the illeagal  wof checking.

They will check for the two part for the wof one is the inspector and another is the work shop for the wof.

when you went the workshop they have two certification one is for the workshop, and another it's for the inspector, you need two certification to do the wof job.

there are a special wor inspector:

it's  called movable wof inspector they can went to another workshop to do the wof.


The vtnz will come to your workshop to check the workshop with wof authority from half years to two years.

Thirteen week for the waste collection 31st october

The waste in the workshop has three kinds:

(1) Waste oil

(2) Recycle metal

(3) waste rubbish


To a workshop it will generate a lot rubbish Like: old parts, waste liquid, waste rug, gloves, waste parts package, waste bottle, waste tyre, etc.

They need to be sorted out:

one is liquid type liking:

used engine oil, transimission oil, power steering oil, coolant, gear oil, etc . you can not put them to the drainage.

so what did you do?


In the workshop we used a blue color tank for containing the used oil. it will carry 300L.
when you see it is nearly full, call wasted oil collection company.

In the auckand area:

we choise the salters cartage

Phone:0800 SALTERS

normally you need book time because the auckland city is bigger area, monday he went to manukau, tuesday went to northshore, etc.

The collection is free.


(2) Recycling metal

some metal can be recycling liking: suspension arm, disk rotor, radiator, startor, alternator, some motorcycle chassis.


 we used the 200L oil tank to contain the recycling metal, the recycling metal collection company will come here each month, they sort out the metal, and then weight it, and collection.


They will pay the worhshop money,  remember the aluminum and copper is getting higher price than the iron, steel.


Becasue the profit is quite higher in this market several metal recycle companys beat each other.

(3) waste rubbish

In the workshop there are a lot of rubbish differents from the home rubbish. you need special rubbish tank.

it's quite like the bin above but some time it will paint the company name and phone on it, and has plastic cover and with locker on it.


normally it collect one month one time, but you can make a decision whether need cancel this month or add more depend on the how much rubbish in the bin.

in the bin there is a sentence " do not put the rubbish over the edge" but we always did it, we want put more rubbish in the bin.

The price for the each time collection is 45 bucks.

Thirteen weeks for the special supplier 31st October

Special supplier:


(1) oil:

(2) Power / water/ telephone

we normally did not buy the engine oil from the parts supplier unless it's unusual one liking the 20w50, full synthetic BMW engine oil.


We buy the oil from the ELF and sinponic

The ELF oil is 300 bucks higher than the sinopec, but quality is good than the sinopec, In the workshop we used the:
15w40 for diesel 
10w30 for the petrol
20W50 for the oil vehicle after fifteen years older
Transimission oil (red color)

In the workshop you need three bottles 200L, each time you call the  oil supplier, they will drive the truck to deliver the 200l tank if you give they a call.

and they will send the person to check the tank lever two month each time.

ElF oil is expensive but the service is quite good.

(2) power/ water/ telephone

To a workshop with three hoists a month only need 200 bucks, even cheaper than a three bedroom house in winter will cost more.

water bill is

Telephone is bigger problem:

In your home normally you have one telephone line for the phone and telephone:

however:

The workshop you need the two line or more:

two line for the main phone call only for one number but can using for two call in the same time.

one line for the fax

if you want save money you transfer for the telephone line to the internet line, the internet line is cheaper but some time has noisy in the phone call.


workshop need internet, so the workshop usual find a telephone company to do the package incuding the phone and the internet, one telephone line and internet line and internet 30G is around 180 bucks. and they normally will charge for the telephone call for every minute 7C to 10C depend for your plan.