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The LUX Company was founded in 1992 by privatization of the Tools and Production Equipment division of TESLA Passive Components s.p. This division designed and manufactured production equipment for axial leaded resistors for example high vacuum sputtering machines, CO2 and YAG Laser spiraling machines, welding, and sorting machines. The experienced staff of this division was incorporated. Due to the collapse of the COMECON, the profound economic crisis in the Czech Republic, and a non-convertible currency, new machinery for other customers had to be designed. LUX developed machines for waste disposal, which were soon manufactured for both the Czech and the European marketplace.
As multinational electronic companies began to invest here in the Czech Republic, LUX seized the opportunity to build machines for these investors. Because of the traditional expertise of LUX and due to the high demand in this field the turnover of LUX more than tripled and the staff was increased by 50%.
A main area of our business is the design and construction of special purpose machinery. All of our specialized machinery is built to order. This bespoke machinery has been supplied to companies around the world. Our customer base has included large multi-nationals as well as small to medium size companies. Export markets include Europe, the U.S.A. (Virginia, Maine, Kansas), the Middle Americas, South Korea and China. As well as supplying our standard range of machinery LUX is always willing to look at any challenging project, where off the shelf machinery cannot be found or where the current process is painstakingly done by hand. We also do Contract Manufacturing of machine parts, assemblies and complete machines including panel build and wiring. Sometimes it is at the first stage that we have to convince the customer that not only do we manufacture parts but also that they could order complete machines from the design stage on.
Our team of innovative and dedicated CAD Engineers work closely with our machine build personnel. This ensures that careful consideration is given to issues such as ease of assembly, maintenance, access and visibility early on in the design stages. All drawings are made with the support of ProEngineer, Autocad and ECSCAD for Electric al and pneumatic schematics. Program languages can be in C++ or a large range of different PLC codes. LUX Engineering are specialists in the field of using the latest technology in sensors, PLC’s, pneumatic and motion control systems.
We have a fully networked machine shop capable in CNC milling, CNC Turning, Surface Grinding, Manual Milling and Turning. This range of precision equipment is complemented by the skills of our experienced staff. Several excellent subcontractors, from gear cutting to metal finishing allow us to offer you a help us to be your single source for all your production requirements.
LUX's Quality Assurance inspection/testing facility, fully air-conditioned and staffed by a full time QA engineer and an inspector, includes a range of calibrated instruments necessary for dimensional inspection including: Mitutoyo Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) Model M544 used for dimensional inspection and a Mitotoyo Profile Projector PH 3500, used for delicate shapes. Incoming inspection is also carried out to ensure our suppliers meet the necessary quality requirements done in each case, if the supplier has not proved the quality of his product. All components and equipment produced are subjected to rigorous in-process and final inspection procedures.
LUX was ISO 9001 certified.