Founded in 1961 in Yamagata, Japan, Micron Machinery produces centerless and precision internal grinders. With over 5000 worldwide installations, Micron is the #1 producer of precision centerless grinders. Micron manufactures over 30 different models and specializes in difficult processes that require ultra close tolerances. Micron produces precision grinders for fuel injector and precision hydraulic component industries, as well as many others. In 1986, Micron Machinery expanded into the U.S. market and 2 years later formed a joint venture to develop the market for precision centerless grinders. Today, Micron-U.S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Micron Machinery, enjoys a high reputation for quality and has an installed base of over 230 machines in the United States. Micron-U.S.A. serves the U.S. market with local engineering, service and parts on a 24 hour basis, 7 days a week. In order to meet the high level of performance required by Micron’s customers, Micron engineers their products in house, builds all of the equipment in house including material handling, assembles and demonstrates the process under one roof. This success is exemplified through Micron-U.S.A.’s accomplishments in the fuel injection marketplace. This industry requires very complex processes and material handling, as well as tolerances down to 0.2 microns. Based upon customer demands for ever tighter tolerances, Micron has been encouraged to build a new facility to test grind, develop new processes and machinery, and assemble the most precision components in a completely environmentally controlled facility. In today’s world, customers are looking for equipment to grind to size tolerance of 0.2 micron which means that all other tolerances would have to be in the area of 0.1 micron. To accept this challenge, a facility must be built that controls temperature, humidity, and environmental issues to laboratory conditions.
Micron’s mission statement is to continually improve roundness, straightness, and size on cylindrical parts to meet whatever requirements the customers have now and in the future. To do this Micron believes that processes and equipment must change. No grinding paradigms can be allowed to influence the design of new equipment. Micron is determined to push technology to a new plateau to meet the opportunities that exist today and throughout the 21st century. For more information about Micron grinders or discuss a possible application, please contact Crotts & Saunders Engineering today!
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