Notice of Office Closure during the year-end through New Year holidays

December, 2017


We wish to inform our customers that we will be closed during the year-end through New Year holidays on the following dates:
December 30th (Sat.) – January 4th (Thurs.)
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

 


We have been financed by the “Shogin Chiiki Kyosoh Fund Tohshi Jigyo Kumiai” (Shonai Bank Regional Concerted Fund Investment Partnership)

November, 2017


We have been financed by the Shonai Bank Regional Concerted Fund Investment Partnership for 6.5 million yen.
Please see below for the related articles.

 

November 21st, Yamagata Shimbun daily press, “6.5 million yen of Shogin Fund financed for Plant Yonezawa. Inc.”

 

 

November 21st, Nikkei Shimbun daily press, “6.5 million yen for a local company in Yonezwa—Shonai Bank Fund”

 


Notice: Change of office closings

November, 2017


Please be advised that the office closings of our Sales Engineering Department will be changed as below:

 

Before change (until December 29th, 2017)
Sundays, National holidays

 

After change (from January 5th, 2018)
Saturdays, Sundays

 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding. 

We published two promotional videos on our test production.

November, 2017

We are happy to announce that, as part of our PR activities, we published two promotional videos on our test production.

 

 

Here are the equipment/machines to be installed in 2017

AUGUST.2017

October, 2017 AG40LP (Sodick) 1 unit
Axis stroke X×Y×Z (mm): 400×300×270

High-speed/high-performance die-sinker EDM
Screw-less drive
The 3 axis linear motor drive is an ideal driving method which maintains a high-speed and high-response performance almost permanently.
Equipped with LP2 power supply
The processing speed and processing accuracy are improved with the electric discharge stable machining system "Arc-less Plus." Furthermore, "SVC Nano" and "SN-Plus" abundantly satisfy the variations in the machining surface quality


Here are the equipment/machines installed from 2015 to 2017

AUGUST.2017

September, 2017 GX350 Amada 1 unit
Processes workpieces up to φ 350 mm × height 250 mm
A processing machine that combines 5-axis milling, turn-milling, and grinding. It is larger processing machine than the formerly introduced MX150.

September, 2017 MEISTER V3 (Amada) 1 unit
Maximum chuck size X×Y×Z (mm): 350×150×100
Travel distance X×Y×Z (mm): 500/200/400

February, 2015 MX150 (Amada) 1 unit
NOVEMBER, 2016 MX150 (Amada) 1 unit
Travel distance X×Y×Z (mm): 350x300x400 mm 
Processes workpieces up to φ 350×250   Max. Workpiece Mass (kg): 10
Max. Spindle Speed (min-1): 42000

A processing machine that combines 5-axis milling, turn-milling, and grinding. 

We were able to successfully manufacture a product with position-accuracy tolerance of ±0.5µ that met our client's high expectations for quality. 


February, 2017 AP1L (Sodick) 1 unit
Ultra-precision die-sinking EDM
Travel distance X×Y×Z (mm): 200×120×200 
Screw-less driving and highly rigid structure

February, 2017 TF-H1 (Amada) 1 unit
Maximum chuck size X×Y×Z (mm): 450×150×70
High-speed reciprocating grinding machine. It is used to fulfill higher precision and to shorten lead-times in the form grinding process.

April, 2017 MM-800/T(NIKON) 2 units
Dimensions/weight: 380(W) ×735(D) ×725(H) mm, approx. 72kg
These make it possible for us to improve the precision of products in measuring each workpiece between manufacturing processes as well as to measure both R and taper and to observe processing conditions with a 100x magnifying camera.

May, 2017 MB-46VA(Okuma) 1 unit
Travel distance X×Y×Z (mm): 560/460/460
Spindle speed: 15,000rpm
Guaranteed accuracy of ±0.003

August, 2017 MV2400R (Mitsubishi Electric) 1 unit.
Wire-cut EDM (Electric Discharge Machine) using water as a machining fluid.
Travel distance X×Y×Z (mm): 600/400/310
We can handle big-size and/or high-precision processing.

August, 2017 AP250L (Sodick) 1 unit
Travel distance X×Y×Z (mm): 250/150/120
Wire-cut EDM (Electric Discharge Machine) using oil as a machining fluid
We handle requests for high precision processing and high surface roughness.

August, 2017 SH12M (Mitsubishi Electric) 1 unit
Fine-hole processing machine using water as a machining fluid.
Travel distance X×Y×Z (mm): 400/300/380
This is the second unit. This one is without a robot.
Processing available for a range from the minimum size of Φ0.1 up to the maximum size ofΦ3.5
We are capable of responding to your requests for holes of small diameters within a shorter lead-time.

Introduced one unit of Mitsubishi Electric SH12.

AUGUST.2017

Installed an additional fine-hole processing machine using water as a machining fluid.
This is the second unit. This one is without a robot.
Processing available for a range from the minimum size of Φ0.1 up to the maximum size ofΦ3.5
We are capable of responding to your requests for holes of small diameters within a shorter lead-time

Replaced one unit of Sodick AP250L.

AUGUST.2017

Replaced a wire-cut EDM (Electric Discharge Machine) using oil as a machining fluid.
Processing available up to size X250 Y150.
We handle requests for high precision processing and high surface roughness.

Introduced one unit of Mitsubishi Electric MV2400R.

AUGUST.2017

Installed an additional wire-cut EDM (Electric Discharge Machine) using water as a machining fluid.
Processing available up to size X600 Y400.
We can handle big-size and/or high-precision processing

Summer break notice

AUGUST.2017

We wish to inform our customers that we will be closed during the following dates:
Friday, August 11th – Tuesday, August 15th

We obtained “Monodzukuri (manufacturing) Subsidy” for the second time.

JUNE.2017

We expect to install a processing machine in September, following the first adoption of “Monodzukurai Subsidy” in March.

Amada Machine Tools 5-axis processing machine


We plan to renovate equipment to provide high-precision products for our customers within a shorter lead-time.



“Renovated security system,” an article regarding our security system, appeared in Nikkan Kogyo Newspaper.

JUNE.2017

June 22nd
Our security system was introduced in an article.

internship

13th June - 15th, 2017

Three students of Yonezawa Technical High School visited our company for three days as part of their workplace learning. Well done for all of them!

Introduced one unit of Amada Machine Tools TFH1.

MARCH.2017

We introduced a high-speed reciprocating grinding machine to fulfill higher precision and to shorten lead-times in the form grinding process.

Replaced one unit of Okuma MB-46VA.

MARCH.2017

Replaced an equipment of 17 years ago with a new one of the same size but a better specification.

 

Spindle speed 15,000rpm

Guaranteed accuracy of ±0.003

Installed two units of Nikon MM-800/T Measuring microscopes.

MARCH.2017

We introduced two units of measuring microscope to improve the precision of products as well as to shorten lead-times in measuring each workpiece between manufacturing processes.

To keep our customers reassured, we measure both R and taper and observe processing conditions with a 100x magnifying camera before shipping our products.

Installed an additional Amada Machine Tools MX150

MARCH.2017

Installed an additional machine last October.


We were able to successfully manufacture a product of position accuracy tolerance ±0.5µ that met our client's high expectations for quality.

Notice of Office Closure during the Golden Week Holidays

April, 2017

Please be advised that our office will be closed on the following dates:
April 29th (Sat.) - April 30th (Sun.)
May 3rd (Wed.) - May 7th (Sun.)
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

Research Student Graduate Thesis Presentation

March, 2017

As part of an effort to contribute to the society and support education, we offered a research environment in our factory site to students of the Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University, and held a seminar to present their research achievements


We will continue to support mutual cooperation with academic institutions.

Security systems

March, 2017

We have completely renovated our security systems.
We fully recognize the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of our customers' information. In order to do so, we installed vein authentication systems, open/close door and window sensors, and security cameras in each division to monitor the access of people, whether it is from the inside or outside of the factory.
We always require visitors to sign a nondisclosure agreement prior to allowing access to our factory site.


Photographing or videotaping is prohibited inside the factory.
We would appreciate your understanding and cooperation.