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Li-Chang Kuo’s SRI for 6 Decades

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Written by Peter Li-Chang Kuo ( Chinese ) The " Top Secret of Young A-Chang ” was a key factor in America ’s victory in the Space Race. The story began in December 1966, when I successfully did business with " Avnet Taiwan Ltd ." (ATL), the American-owned Transworld Electronics Company operating in Kaohsiung Export Processing Zone (KEPZ)—Fig 1. Fig 1: Doing Business with ATL of KEPZ in 1966 When Apollo 1 exploded during a ground test, Apollo 4 directly adopted PTH technology. What makes this story particularly remarkable is that, as early as January 1966, I, Li-Chang Kuo, realized from the “ 36 Pairs ” in the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch that it was possible to break through physical limitations through a hands-on approach. Using what I called the “ U-shaped replication method ,” I developed a precision deep-drawing progressive die, as shown in Fig 2. It enabled the mass production of PTH eyelets meeting the required specifications, helping to save NAS...
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Li-Chang Kuo, the Dr. Blacksmith

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Written by Peter Li-Chang Kuo ( Chinese ) Another August 8 Father’s Day has come around. This is recorded as part of my 60-year mission to protect Taiwan . The first day of the Lunar New Year in 1967 fell on Thursday, February 9, according to the Gregorian calendar. When I went to a photography studio beside the Stone Statue to have this photograph taken, I was 141 centimeters tall and had just turned 13. I was celebrating the first anniversary of my entrepreneurial career: the “ Cheng Kuang Metal Works ,” which I founded in February 1966 at No. 16, Zhongxing Street , was still operating. It had also helped Mr. Lane of the American company Transworld Electronics—Avnet Taiwan Ltd.(ATL) — win NASA’s PTH order , as shown in Fig 1. Mr. Lane nicknamed me the “ Dr. Blacksmith .” From that moment on, my standing in the business world was firmly established. Fig 1: The 141-centimeter-tall Dr. Blacksmith My greatest wish — that my entire family would have enough to eat and warm c...
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