HIGASHIDA MACHINERY CO., LTD.

	President name		Hayato Higashida
	Address		2-3-3 Takaida-hondori, Higashiosaka-city, Osaka, 577-0066, Japan
	TEL		+81-6-6783-3001
	FAX		+81-6-6783-1417
	Foundation		1922
	Capital		10,000,000 yen
	Number of employees		11
	Company URL		http://www.netapple.ne.jp/higashida/ (Japanese only)
	Major lines of business		Flat die-type rolling machines, various industrial machines, flat dies
	Top market share products		Flat die-type horizontal rolling machines

From micron size to M24, pursuing the potential of flat die-type rolling machines

Higashida Machinery Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells industrial machines and tools such as flat die-type rolling machines for the production of screws, pins, etc., in addition to other kinds of machines.

The company’s machines and dies come in a variety of sizes and are capable of forming high-precision products as small as micron size and as large as M24 size. This allows them to produce parts for a wide range of manufacturing industries including precision equipment such as digital cameras, video equipment and computers as well as for the automotive sector. Moreover, by combining excellent precision, hardness, durability, operability and special product compatibility, the company’s machine products make important contributions to supporting its customers’ in their high-grade, high value-added manufacturing activities.

In particular, Higashida Machinery’s flat die-type horizontal high-precision rolling machine (HR-CW) is a high-performance machine that excels in high-precision screw rolling and is also capable of highly complex form rolling production with high precision and stability.

The secret behind the high levels of precision and durability of these machines lies in the high-precision sliding-surface finishing of the sliding sections, which is achieved by means of a scraper. This produces a pool of fine oil that coats the sliding surfaces in an oil film in order to reduce frictional resistance while also helping to keep the sliding surfaces in a precisely flat condition.

When participating in exhibitions, etc., Higashida Machinery always brings along its actual machines and examples of the products they can produce. Demonstrating that “with this machine, using this material, such and such an item can be produced in one second” is a good way of gaining an audience’s interest and trust. And the fact that the company can perform such high-precision machining outside the factory under the spotlight in front of a large group of visitors also helps to secure customer confidence in its products.

By adeptly integrating what has so far been regarded as traditional technology, centered on scraping, with leading-edge functions developed based on customer needs, the company succeeds in making its customers, not so much happy as genuinely surprised. According to its president, Higashida Machinery is aiming not only at “customer satisfaction” but at “customer amazement”.