New Update for 540 and ink bottle
The 540 and Vac 700 had some issues during mass production that we needed to find solutions, therefore the delay. But we solved all the issues already. Sorry for the delay, but the 540 should be ready for sale in 2 to 3 weeks.
One of the main issue was lacquering of the PC barrels. PC is a very strong material but soft on the surface, you need coating to make the surface hard. To achieve this was not as easy as we thought before. Details we learned become part of the trade secret that I can say in public here. I lost more than 12,000 sets of pen parts this time to pay for the lesson. NOW the good news, after testing different lacquering, we found the solution, next Monday my RD and QA will be on site to see the 540 lacquering go through, then we can start assembly the 540.
The seal material also gave us some trouble, that’s why some seals has leaking issue. We now enforce a quality test after we receive the batch to make sure every seal is working to perfection.
Ink Bottle: yes, it seemed every parts was ready, but why the delay? because on mass production the polishing guy could not get the finish done correctly. After 5 months, and several changes on the polishing guy, it seems good to go from the first test batch we got from him. I was told by the polisher, in one week he will be able make a delivery of 3K bottle to us.
There are retractable pens and old style pens w/ modern heart projects all coming down the pipline, but I did not want to talk too much about them until you start getting 540, vac 700, ink bottle…
On 530 we faced parts cracking, seal leaking, tight cap thread… On the 540 and future products, these issues will be gone, lets cross our fingers
Cheers and have a nice weekend
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Can’t wait to see the new pen and get one of the bottles.
I really like the design, I would actually pay extra just to have one of the “bad finish” bottles just as a milestone marker.
I would actually pay just to have one of the “bad finish” bottles just as a mile stone marker to what I believe will be a market changing product.
I think I’ll buy this as soon as it comes out! The bottle is beautiful.
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It’s July 27, dp we know when the 540s will be on sale, Speedy?
we are still working on it, should be ready in Taiwan next week then ship to US… so, around two weeks more.
sorry for all the delay, but just try to finish it the best we can.
Have the issues with the 530 production that you mentioned been resolved for the currently available stock?
Any update that you con provide for the 540? I know a lot of us on FPN would love to have an update.
The pen will be shipping out from Taiwan on Aug. 3rd then within about a week will be available on ebay and amazon.
thanks for our support.
we don’t have any stock of 530 anymore. 540 is coming out and we tried to resolve all the known issue on 530 as we can.
cheers
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I acquired a Diamond 540 on August 12. I have been using it for
a week. It is a wonderful writing instrument. I have ordered three
more >> one for myself and two for giving.
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Thank you.
This is exciting!!!
Can’t wait to get a 540 and an ink bottle….
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