The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public. The reason for this is the poor quality of the Chinese manufacturing, which has led to the breakage of two, the future durability will not be tested again, it is worrying. In this regard, Taichung City Government Transportation Secretary Ye Zhao-fu said that the original factory report to be released to further judgment. The city’s mayor, Lu Hsiu-yen, said that if the completion is delayed, he will seek compensation from the North Jet Bureau.
The Central News Agency reported that Taichung City Councilor Zhang Yaozhong of the Democratic Progressive Party broke the news at the city council’s regular meeting on the 9th that he received information that the “semi-permanent linker traction device shaft” that broke in Taichung MRT was made in China, and the original hardness value required should be between 34 and 41, but the broken shaft was only tested at 29 to 31, which is 15% less.
Zhang Yaozhong pointed out that although the linker shaft from the United States, Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries commissioned the U.S. supplier, but he heard that the U.S. supplier to the Chinese manufacturing, hardness is not enough, whether it is due to poor quality to cause broken axle, the Transportation Bureau should be clarified as soon as possible. When the U.S. company commissioned the Chinese manufacturer, did it violate the contract specifications and was there any negligence?
Zhang Yaozhong said, “The metal hardness is not enough, the risk of fracture is naturally increased. The Transportation Bureau said it would wait for the professional report to come out before knowing the reason, but now the metal hardness is not enough, but not a word is mentioned, is it hiding any major drawbacks? Or are they simply unaware of the authenticity of the report and let the North Jet Bureau report be accepted as it is?”
The North Jet Bureau, which contracted the MRT project, said that the linker shaft was ordered by Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan from Westinghouse Brake (Wabtec) in the United States, assembled in Japan and shipped to Taiwan, with quality control handled by the United States, but Westinghouse Brake is a multinational group, so perhaps some materials are made in other countries, and whether the shaft is made in China must be confirmed with the manufacturer.
According to the Free Times, the Taipei City MRT Bureau is responsible for the contracting and supervision of the Taichung MRT’s Uwon-Henshin Beitun Line (Green Line), which completed the contract with the manufacturer on April 1, 2011, and construction began on April 21, with a contract amount of $10.908 billion (NTD).
On November 16, the line was first opened to the public for free trial operation, but on the 6th day of operation, the semi-permanent coupling shaft between the 33rd and 34th cars of the train broke, and the Bureau immediately requested the manufacturer to urgently purchase 36 shafts and fly them to Taiwan as fast as possible to complete the replacement.
Taipei City MRT Bureau Director Zhang Zexiong said, has asked the Japanese business for the coupling shaft device settings, materials, manufacturing, installation and other issues to put forward a complete inspection report, will also urge manufacturers to find out the causes of failure and improve countermeasures, all to safety, no default time.
He also said that if the completion of the delay, will seek compensation from the Japanese company Kawasaki Heavy Industries, each day of delay can be fined 20 million yuan, the maximum fine of 2.18 billion yuan. However, many Taichung City Councilors believe that the contract is signed by the North Jet Bureau and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, according to the North Jet Bureau, the completion of the next November, or even the year after, worrying that there is no way to seek compensation.
In this regard, Taichung City Mayor Lu Hsiu-yen said that on December 11, the North Jet Bureau to submit a test report with the city government, the Taichung City Government will strictly check, if the report can not pass, resulting in greater losses, will certainly be based on the law and the facts to seek compensation.
The company’s main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers.
Lu Hsiu-yen stressed that “the North Jet Bureau is because it knows that the Taichung City government to seek compensation from them, only to say that then seek compensation with the downstream, but “this is his family’s business”, the contract is signed by Taichung City and the North City government, that is the public power, the object of the claim is the North Jet Bureau.”
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