Li-Chang Kuo’s SRI for 6 Decades
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...