I Chin Machinery Co., which makes textile machines and has been working with the mechanical engineering department at Cheng Kung in developing a variable lead screw for use in shuttleless textile machines, applied for a grant only after they had been working together for a year.
生產、製造紡織機的益進機械公司與成大機械系合作研發應用在無梭織布機上的「變導程螺桿」就是合作一年後，才向國科會申請研發補助。