Traktor ''Sebayu 1'' Buatan Tegal

Kabupaten Tegal yang kerap disebut Japan of Java, kini punya kebanggaan tersendiri. Di tengah perjalanan proyek mobil asli daerah itu yang belum diketahui kapan selesainya, kini muncul produk baru traktor tangan bernama ''Sebayu 1''.

Traktor tangan (hand tractor) berkekuatan 8,5 PK itu dirancang dan dibuat putra-putri terbaik daerah tersebut, selama setahun. Pembuatan alat pengolah lahan pertanian itu dananya banyak di dukung Pemkab Tegal.

Sisanya merupakan hasil kerja sama dengan sejumlah perusahaan mesin dan besi yang berpusat di Lingkungan Industri Kecil Talang Cempaka Baru (LIK Takaru). Antara lain, PT Frint Takaru dan PT Target.

Tegal kini jadi ibukota industri mobil Indonesia

Dalam wawancara dengan BusinessWeek Indonesia bulan lalu, Suparto bersemangat mewujudkan proyek ini guna menghadirkan mobil yang bisa dibeli oleh masyarakat. “Mobil Indonesia”, demikian Suparto menyebutnya. Mesin 500cc sengaja dipilihnya,”Supaya tidak head on dengan saudara-saudara tua kita,” tuturnya. Di Indonesia saat ini belum ada mobil yang bermain di kelas 500cc. Pesaing terdekatnya adalah Daihatsu Ceria 600 cc. “Tapi itu di Malaysia. 600cc versi yang paling murah, di sini mereka tidak masuk,” ujar Suparto. Selain cc yang rendah, desain mobil juga dibuat serbaguna. “Sehingga selain bisa untuk mobil penumpang, mobil ini juga bisa dipakai untuk mengangkut produk-produk pertanian,” tuturnya.

Kemampuan Suparto untuk merancang bangun mesin tidak lagi diragukan. Ia sudah merancang 4 buah mesin, diantaranya adalah mesin 1 silinder disel horizontal—yang sudah menjadi prototype dan diproduksi untuk alat pertanian oleh PT Nefa, di Tegal—mesin disel 1600cc dan 1300cc 4 silinder Indirect Injection (IDI) dan mesin disel 5 silinder 2500cc Direct Injection, twin cam, 4 valve yang dilengkapi turbo intercooler, serta mesin motor bensin 2 silinder 500 cc, yang sekarang menjadi proyek unggulan RUSNAS (Riset Unggulan Strategis Nasional) BPPT. “Dengan blok yang sama, mesin itu bisa menjadi mesin disel dengan perubahan yang sangat minor, dan bisa double, ke gas dan bensin,” ujar Suparto.

Syrian International Motor Show 2009

SYRMOTORSHOW 2009 will display the broad range of automotives, spare parts and automobile accessories in the Middle East. This trade show provides a meeting point for new companies interested in exhibiting their automotive products and services to an audience made up of key decision makers and buyers in the automobile industry in the region.

The highly acclaimed show is organized by Allied Expo in association with Projex Exhibitions Services Co.

’Saipa National Engine 231’

Saipa launched the Iran-made ’Saipa National Engine 231’. In December 2008, Saipa unveiled its new model, Miniator. Miniator has a 4-cylinder gas engine and ABS, averages 7 liters of gasoline per 100 kilometers and puts out 80 horsepower (14 BHP) with a displacement of 1500cc. Its price will be less than $10,000.

Proton Cari Mitra Perusahaan Asing

Perdana Menteri Malaysia Najib Razak mendesak industri pembuat mobil nasional Proton bermitra dengan perusahaan asing guna menjamin kelangsungan hidup perusahaan tersebut. Najib mengatakan Proton perlu mempertunjukkan citra sebuah industri pembuat mobil yang atraktif dan memproduksi kendaraan berkualitas dengan harga bersaing.

Transfer teknologi: Jadikan Tegal jadi pusat "Reverse engineering" di Indonesia

Banyak negara-negara berkembang terpaksa harus melakukan "Reverse engineering" terhadap produk mesin dan lainnya agar mereka tidak tertinggal dari negara lain. Hal ini dilakukan karena mahalnya biaya "alih teknologi" yang kadang kala penuh tipuan yang dilakukan oleh negara maju terhadap negara berkembang.

India, China, Iran dan Brazil adalah negara-negara yang sedang tren melakukan strategi ini. Dulupun, US pernah melakukannay atas prosuk militer Jerman dan Uni Sovyet dan begitu juga sebaliknya. Seharusnya pemerintah menjadikan Tegal, dengan segala infrastrukturnya sebagai pusat "Reverse engineering" di Indonesia. Pertama mungkin menjiplak, lalu setelah diketahui pusat inti pergerakan mesinnya lalu dikembangkan ke arah yang lebuh baik sesuai kebutuhan lokal.

Apa itu "Reverse engineering":

Reverse engineering (RE) is the process of discovering the technological principles of a device, object or system through analysis of its structure, function and operation. It often involves taking something (e.g., a mechanical device, electronic component, or software program) apart and analyzing its workings in detail to be used in maintenance, or to try to make a new device or program that does the same thing without copying anything from the original.

Reverse engineering has its origins in the analysis of hardware for commercial or military advantage. The purpose is to deduce design decisions from end products with little or no additional knowledge about the procedures involved in the original production. The same techniques are currently being researched for application to legacy software systems, not for industrial or defense ends, but rather to replace incorrect, incomplete, or otherwise unavailable documentation.

Reasons for reverse engineering:

* Interoperability.
* Lost documentation: Reverse engineering often is done because the documentation of a particular device has been lost (or was never written), and the person who built it is no longer available. Integrated circuits often seem to have been designed on obsolete, proprietary systems, which means that the only way to incorporate the functionality into new technology is to reverse-engineer the existing chip and then re-design it.
* Product analysis. To examine how a product works, what components it consists of, estimate costs, and identify potential patent infringement.
* Security auditing.
* Removal of copy protection, circumvention of access restrictions.
* Creation of unlicensed/unapproved duplicates.
* Academic/learning purposes.
* Curiosity
* Competitive technical intelligence (understand what your competitor is actually doing versus what they say they are doing)
* Learning: Learn from others mistakes. Do not make the same mistakes that others have already made and subsequently corrected

US, Europe Automakers Mulling SAIPA

Managing director of Iranian carmaker SAIPA has said that major American carmakers have invited his company to participate in joint projects.

Mehrdad Bazrpash noted that the global economic downturn has also prompted a number of European automakers to consider selling shares to SAIPA.

He said that some of the European automakers that are now interested in cooperating with SAIPA were the ones that showed no interest in the past, ISNA reported.

SAIPA has joint projects with Citroen and Renault of France, Nissan of Japan, and Kia Motors of South Korea. Saipa exported over $150 million worth of automobiles and spare parts in 2008. The figure indicates a 30-percent growth over the previous year.

The company expects $300 million from its exports during March 2009-2010.