Netronics R&D, Ltd.
Providing Innovation For Industry Since 1974
Netronics R&D, Ltd. is located at 333 Litchfield Road (Route 202), New Milford, Connecticut
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Metrotech, founded in 1969 by Mr Meyerle and several prominent investors, had been in the business of manufacturing products developed by Mr Meyerle to fill wholesale orders from companies such as Radio Shack. Metrotech's factory in Mexico eventually turned out tens of thousands of Meyerle innovations including an electronic auto ignition system (which had been reviewed by Robert Bosch for possible use in the Mercedes Benz), an award winning smoke detector, an auto alarm system and finally the first 5-band stereo equalizer available to consumers, a tremendous hit for Radio Shack! Metrotech was sold to BSR (USA) in 1971.
Netronics, founded by Mr Meyerle in 1974, began to put together a new string of successful product innovations. First there was an electronic calculator kit, at a time when electronic calculators were still rare. This was followed by an adjustable speed turntable which allowed the owner to read out the actual speed of rotation. But the greatest success in the early years of Netronics was the ELF II personal computer training system.
Developed around the RCA 1802 COSMAC microprocessor, ELF II was designed to give users -- who eventually included tens of thousands of novices and students ... and a handful of industrial and military developers (who sought it out for its small size, low cost and flexible design) -- access to the fullest possible range of the 1802's functions. Also available with the ELF II was Tom Pittman's A Short Course In Programming.
Over the years the ELF II expanded from a simple, single board micro computer into an advanced micro computer system featuring ASCII keyboard, video monitor, tape backup and a wide range of peripherals which included voice generation, color graphics, A/D-D/A interfaces — all developed by Mr Meyerle.
Over the years, a programming cult developed around the ELF II, much in the same way later programmers squeezed amazing feats of performance out of the Palm Pilot. Stories have been told of how the ELF II was used for Disneyland animation and for an application developed for the Peruvian Navy.
As the age of the IBM-PC dawned, the ELF era quickly faded. But it was at this time that discoveries made while repairing ELF's came to the attention of a new group of investors. Soon technology which had originated at Netronics because the heart of a multi-million dollar investment by INI, the Spanish government technical office.
The next technical challenge to Mr Meyerle and Netronics came from an old friend and fellow investor in Metrotech. It was this challenge and the solutions Mr Meyerle devised that led to the development of the Netronics High Velocity Electromagnetic Bullet Press.
The result of Mr Meyerle's work was the dramatic redesign of the original Lourdes Press (and the WinSet Presses which followed) which are, today, unmatched for their precision and reliability.
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Netronics (30-ton press motor mounted on medium press frame.)High Speed Electromagnetic Bullet Press. |
But even in its new configuration, the Lourdes Press still had one major shortcoming. The original design philosophy of the Lourdes Press was that it would be dedicated to a single use. Press, tooling and application were all part of a single package. When you purchased a Lourdes Press, you purchased a tool for a particular application. If your needs changed, you would be expected to purchase another Lourdes Press. In a world where manufacturing needs can change overnight, this was a large disadvantage.
The new Netronics Electromagnetic Bullet Press can be configured and reconfigured with any appropriate tooling for any appropriate use.
Quite simply, the Netronics Electromagnetic Bullet Press allows the manufacturer, machinist or systems integrator to pull it off the shelf, build it into an application, run the application, then return it to the shelf to await another task.
The Netronics lets you build your own press, according to your own needs, for in-line or stand alone use.
