New Abacus From China

Q: What's new in the new KEY ABACUS with double states stabilization Techniques? 
A: The double states stabilization enables abacus can be operated in any angles of stance, even on a vehicle or boat, and with more sharp display and free way reset bar.

Q: Does the new abacus fit to the traditional formula and fingering?

A: Yes, it simply fits all of the traditional formulas and fingerings without additional notes.

Q: What matter does the new KEY ABACUS made of?

A: The new KEY ABACUS made of fine ABS plastic, it has a fine characteristics in many manners, even within the temperature of -20 ~ +40 degrees centigrade .

Q: Does the Shengtian KEY ABACUS have a reset bar?

A: Shengtian KEY ABACUS has a direct reset bar, without any difficult structure, it directly resets the ABACUS's KEYs dependability, and can be operated at any position on the reset bar.

Q: How many parts does a Shengtian KEY ABACUS have?

A: A Shengtian KEY ABACUS consist with 218 parts excluding the nameplate and the package, it's more than a 17 columns traditional abacus has. (124)

Q: Has a quality standard about the Shengtian KEY ABACUS?

A: Since the new characteristics the new abacus has, the old abacus quality standard will not be adapt to the new kind of abacus. According to the new quality standards that established by Shengtian Co., Shengtian KEY ABACUS manufactured with a new design.

Q: Has Shengtian KEY ABACUS passed the agreement of the Teaching System.

A: Shengtian KEY ABACUS had been identified by the Shanxi Educational Administration and the Department of Shanxi Educational Technical Equip as a teaching aid to popularize, especially in educational area.

Q: How long does a Shengtian KEY ABACUS can use?

A: Every key on a Shengtian KEY ABACUS can use over 100,000 times in the normal case of temperature and conditions, the reset bar can be used over 20,000 times without failures. And is passed identification of (89) quality (Shanxi Province.)(Z0116)/Q.C. 001. Reports Number: W98.11.395 /W98.11.412.

Q: What does a Shengtian KEY ABACUS look like?

A: Unlike the traditional abacus, the Shengtian KEY ABACUS looks like a special computer's keyboard. It has ramp plate, is very fit to use.

Q: Can some papers through under a Shengtian KEY ABACUS?

A: According the design, the papers that width 236 mm, 2.8mm thick can through under the abacus, it corresponded to 23 sheets of papers (B5 or A4 70g) can passed easily.

Q: Which structure does the Shengtian KEY ABACUS adopted, 5 "beads" or 7 "beads" ?

A: Shengtian KEY ABACUS adopted the 5 "beads" structure.

Q: What are the different between 5 "beads" or 7 "beads" structure?

A: The old traditional abacus uses the 7 "beads" structure, the 7 "beads" structure used in hexadecimal system and the 5 "beads" used in decimal system. Most abacus uses the 5 "beads" structure and decimal system recent  days.

Q: How about the speed to using the Shengtian KEY ABACUS?

A: Since the Shengtian KEY ABACUS is more easy to operate, the speed is more faster to use it for a beginner, may increase 20%(finish 30 seconds lesson in 24 seconds). For a old abacus user, it's better to take 10-20 minutes practice to customize it, then the speed can reach or beyond the normal traditional abacus.

Q: How about the probability that make mistakes to use the Shengtian KEY ABACUS?

A: The reliability is high, the probability that make mistakes is the 1/6 to use the normal traditional abacus. The kind of mistakes are: Involuntary embroil the beads, bead kick-back error, bead floating, error operation.

Q: How about the handle of the Shengtian KEY ABACUS?

A: From the double states stabilization of techniques, when push/pull over the half distance of it's journey , the key can reaches the end position automatically. The key has a buffer and accelerate capabilities, can efficiency depress the shock or hazards to fingers for long time operation.

Q: What are the secrets to perform such excellence?

A: Science, actually we operate a normal traditional abacus use our fingers in a flat plane, the effective operate space take 23% of the whole space, but would be 50% for a Shengtian KEY ABACUS. The more effective operate space means more finger effective touch, help to improve operate speed, decrease misplay operation. Otherwise, the harmful bead's turning makes more mistakes.

Q: Who are the Shengtian KEY ABACUS future user?

A: Children, primary school students, accountants, statisticians, tax, bank, etc. It fits all abacus teaching and studying, especially for Mental Arithmetic study, It can observably improve to setup "Brain Bead Image" , immediately.

Q: How about the opinion from the users?

A: The Shengtian KEY ABACUS can be use directly without any other practice, leading the abacus to a good future, it becomes the name of NEW ABACUS, some specialists says, the Shengtian KEY ABACUS is THE REVOLUTION OF ABACUS IN THE WORLD.

Q: What special function does the Shengtian KEY ABACUS have?

A: High operate speed, sharpness reading, shock-proof, and shaped fits cosmetology needs.

Q: What kinds of the Shengtian KEY ABACUS are there?

A: The Shengtian KEY ABACUS including normal purpose abacus and teaching aid abacus.

Q: How to design the Shengtian KEY ABACUS?

A: Through CAD and modeling.

Q: How about the price of the Shengtian KEY ABACUS?

A: Normal price.

Q: What serials the Shengtian KEY ABACUS would have?

A: Financial Abacus, normal purpose Abacus, teaching aid, children and special abacus.

Q: How about the force to operate the key of a Shengtian KEY ABACUS?

A: The key of a Shengtian KEY ABACUS uses low fraction structure, a small force is enough for one finger to operate 4 keys to move together, even a child operate a teaching aid abacus, special operation is net needed.

Q: Why the distance of a teaching aid abacus bead's journey is shorter than a old one?

A: For a good clearly display, the old abacus uses a long distance of bead's journey. The teaching aid Shengtian KEY ABACUS uses color marks to display the key's position properly, that is no necessary to use a long distance of key's journey, and a short distance makes operate the key faster possible.

Q: How many columns does the teaching aid Abacus have?

A: From 7 digits to 19 digits, the representative is 19 digits, the model is BS1419J.

Q: What is the material that made the teaching aid KEY ABACUS?

A: Plastic covered aluminous, never be rusted.

Q: Is the Shengtian KEY ABACUS a patented product?

A: The Shengtian KEY ABACUS is a patented product, No:ZL97111060.3, ZL97223711.9.

Q: How many plants produce the Shengtian KEY ABACUS?

A: Only Shanxi Shengtian Co. design and produce the Shengtian KEY ABACUS in the world.

Q: Can the Shengtian KEY ABACUS found in the market.

A: The Shengtian KEY ABACUS can be found in the local market.

Q: Who invented the Shengtian KEY ABACUS?

A: Mr. Fu Xiaoyou invented and designed the Shengtian KEY ABACUS in 1997.

Q: How to invent the Shengtian KEY ABACUS?

A: A invention comes from a elicitation or a inspiration, the Abacus invention comes from the resolves  to the old abacus's shortcomings.

Q: Has the Shengtian KEY ABACUS been certificated by the China Zhusuan Association?

A: The Shengtian KEY ABACUS had been certificated by the China Zhusuan Association in November 1998, and regarded the Shengtian KEY ABACUS as a recommended abacus in China.

Q: How about the estimate of the Shengtian KEY ABACUS from the related specialists.

A: The secretary-general Mr. Xiang of the China Zhusuan Association said: "The Shengtian KEY ABACUS is a representative abacus, it will take place of the traditional abacus, is the REVOLUTION OF ABACUS IN THE WORLD." And is promised by the famous Mental Arithmetic teacher Mr. Wang Weida(Wu Han, China), Mr. Li Weibing (Ji Ling, China), Mr. Sheng Sunnian (Shanghai, China), the abacus-collector Professor. Chen Baoding (Shanghai, China), so make more hope on it.

Q: What's the signification of the Shengtian KEY ABACUS to abacus's development?

A: The beads on a traditional abacus can stop in any position, but the "KEY" on the Shengtian KEY ABACUS can only stop on the tow position of stabilization, and have a high reliability etc. good characteristics, just like the electronic product jump from the analog circuits to the digital circuits, the Shengtian KEY ABACUS's appearance announced that the abacus going to a digital generation.

Introduction:

This new patented Shengtian KEY ABACUS is very different from the traditional abacus, it has flip-flop keys instead of beads, and has their colored display on them. it can be used in any angle, and has a new direct reset bar. Now we have 13 digits personal abacus for commonly use, and have 7~27 digits abacus for teaching aid. Anti-kick-back , Shock-proof , Strikingly number read , Auto Color Change Display, Anti bead floating, May slantways use, Keyboard Looking ...
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