REFLECTION 7

Assalamualaikum & Salam 1 Malaysia :)

Hi ! We met again ! This week I wanna share about my first industrial visit which is the most excited week for Introduction to Electronic System class. We were brought for an industrial visit to Canon Opto Malaysia ( COM ) which is located at Shah Alam. All of us , 2nd batch of Elecsys joined this trip. Early morning on 7.30 am, we had to gather at Cafeteria while waiting for our lecturer. They are Dr Redzuan , lecturer for Introduction to Elecsys subject and another one is Dr Muzahidul Islam, lecturer Programming for Engineers program for section two.

       

We're provided two buses. Before enter the bus, we had to sign the attendance first. We got into bus at 8.00 am.We were told that this Canon Opto Malaysia were located 30 minutes away from KSJ. But, our journey almost take 2 hours. 30 minutes yeah? -_-" It take a long time to arrive there due to traffic jam and the driver have some trouble finding an exact rode to COM. We're lost at first ! but be grateful we arrived there safely

The condition in the bus was very cold since it have been raining since the early morning, so I was shivering on that bus and hoping that we will quickly arrived ! 

Once we got off from the bus, we were greeted by some of the COM staffs with great pleasure ! They even asked us for a picture as a memorial for 2nd batch Elecsys student . We snap a picture together infront of a Canon building

After the picture were taken, we're invited to enter the company ! I am really excited . hehe. We need to wait for a while at the lobby for the people in-charge to leading us throughout this visit to come. Then, almost all of us use this time to snap several pictures for memorial 

Next, we were placed into a room for a short briefing. We were welcomed by Puan Zarina and they showed us a slide of the agenda of the day.Then we have a short briefing about background of COM by Mr Huzaini. The speaker also gave a briefing about safety and rules that we have take to enter the factory later.

After briefing session, we went outside to look at the surrounding. 

Water Treatment Plant

First, we were brought to the Water Treatment Plant . The main purpose for this place is to produce distilled water. It also have another four purposes. At this place there are four phase involved to do treatment on the water <2000m²> and about 80% is use for production. They also use the water to clean the lens of the cameras. Mr Huzaini told us the COM main policy about its environment activity which is : "To reduce adverse impacts of the company operation towards protection of environment by necessary means and actions for a better and harmonious environment."

Waste Minimisation Centre

We  then walked to the Waste Minimisation Centre. This place is used to filter and reduced waste as much as they can. Mr Huzaini explained that all waste chemical from production come here.They use vacuum as the distiller, not heater.

New Recycle Waste Yard/Bin Centre

Next, we moved to New Recycle Waste Yard/Bin Centre which is a collection centre of solid waste. The uniqueness in this centre is it has carbonizer machine that use to transform the general waste into carbonized form.

 

Tube Well Treatment Plant

At last, we were brought at Tube Well Treatment Plant before return to the briefing room. 

We went back to the briefing room to have a briefing about the assemble division. We were given a pair of shoes cover that we have to use in the Camera Assembly Area where they assemble the latest digital camera product and also lens for DSLR camera. We were divided into 3 groups. Mr Hamid was the person incharge to guide my group touring the factory. Before that, we were informed that taking picture in this area is prohibited. So, there's no picture for this activity.

This is to prevent any dust or fine particles from sticking on their clothes. Dusts are lenses number ONE enemy!

We were told that there are 1100 workers on that floor alone! Almost 98 percent of the worker is women, they work very hard assembling the camera component since everyday management already set a production target. They were divided for some department which is receiving, assembling, testing, and packaging. In Canon Opto Malaysia. 

After finish visiting the manufacturing factory, all of us gather in the briefing room for final speech between both MJIIT representative and COM officer. This trip is conclude with the closing ceremony which is Canon give a souvenirs to the lecturers & students.

Finally, it's a lunch time! Before we went back to KSJ, meal have been served for us from COM ! They served us chicken rice. It was delicious because I'm hungry. haha 

  

After finish eating, we moved to the bus. It's time to go back to KSJ. It was fun activity and memorable experience. I got many knowledge from this visit. All of us feel so exhausted and because of that, all of us sleep in the bus. We arrived at KSJ around 2.00 pm.

By the way, Canon opto Malaysia had give us a cute mug for each student and it was blessing for us. Thank you Canon ! :)