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We will share productive information for you. Now we have some stock of our knives as below. If you order any model(s), we will finish it(them) in a week. If you need any items immediately or you have some budget that you have to consume at the end of fiscal year, it may be a good opportunity to get products without waiting time.

We provide those items on a “first-come-first-served” basis.
There is a possibility when you ask for a knife, it is already sold out.  We are sorry in that case.
Ask the details to Mikio Yamazaki who is a knife specialist at our unit.

We are planning to display our knives at XIV CONGRESO NACIONAL DE MICROSCOPÍA in Texcoco in Mexico from Mon. 19th to Fri. 23rd of Oct., 2026. Yes, we will exhibit the booth with our local distributor Instruments Nanotech.

You may not be so familiar with Texcoco, but it is just 25km(15mi) to East of Mexico City.
This is the first time to introduce our products at the Mexican market and we are very excited about being Texcoco.
We are showing several new items at the venue.  You will see and also touch them.
One more topic; if you like lamb meat, one of the most famous things there is “Barbacoa de borrego” and “Consomé soup”.
It might be a very good opportunity to try local yummy cuisine with cerveza after the conference.
Saludos!

We will exhibit at the National Conference of Electron Microscopy in Nanjing, China in the middle of October. The name is 2026 National Conference on Electron Microscopy(2026年全国电子显微学学术年会). It starts on Fri. Oct. 16th and ends on Tue. Oct. 20th. We will be there with our local official distributor Ultravision who is based in Shanghai.

Even if you don’t live in China, don’t miss this opportunity to be at this event, because we will display several new items at our booth.
Of course, you will check them on our website, however if you pick them up by your hands, it is definitely better to know what those knives are.
Sometimes your image doesn’t match reality, especially if they are unfamiliar products.
You can expect to stop by our place to discuss your current and future projects.
In the meantime, Nanjing is one of the historic old capitals and very famous for ducks’ cuisines.
As you might realize, this conference will take place just after Chinese National Holidays.
It is definitely a good and calm time to travel around China in that period.

Sometimes it might be difficult to make a beautiful mirror finish on the tapered hole. Especially if it is on the Tungsten Carbide, some people are still struggling.

Generally those seats are  used for base components for metal and non-metal processing molds and reference bases for measuring instruments.
In our case, most customers use those WC seats for diamond anvil cells.
As you can see in the left photo, you know the difference between before and after.
*The taper size of the seat is φ6mm x φ1.5mm x 5mm(t) x 55°(angle)
Even if you require any other sizes, we will do whatever you need.

We have a good laser system for processing 3D machining. We normally use this laser for diamonds but sometimes do it for metals, because of customer’s requirements. These photos are aluminum plates for example.

If you would like to try other ones like Tungsten Carbide or stainless steel, that would be possible, too.
Processing size would be up to 100mm(X) x 100mm(Y).
If you give us CAD data, thing’s going to be done quickly.
Even if you don’t have any data, no worries.
Just give us your ideas and we will make it from the beginning.

As you might know, a chip breaker is a groove or projection on the rake face of a cutting tip (insert) that is used to bend or break up metal or resin chips generated during machining.

This chip breaker has 3 big advantages below.
1. Chip fragmentation: Long, elongated chips are broken down into smaller pieces to prevent them from getting tangled in or damaging the workpiece.
2. Trouble prevention: Avoiding machining defects caused by chip clogging.
3. Workplace safely: Reduces the risk of machine operators being injured by flying debris.

Generally, this kind of tool’s cutting part is made of diamond.
We don’t make this cutting tool itself, however we will do post-processing on this diamond part.
If you give us certain ideas or designs, we will arrange the top part as you wish.

Some people say, it is not so difficult to cut a glass slide (0.8mm to 1.2mm thickness / plate) with pen-style cutter by hand. You may not need any support equipment in that case. You are probably right at a certain size of cutting if you are skillful with your fingers.

How about the situation of 2 layered glass slides’ situation?
Can you also do it by hand? Maybe yes, but probably no. You don’t have reproducibility, we guess. Especially the surface of the section, sometimes 1 plate looks OK, but another side is no good.
If you have 2-tier glass plates, you can cut them together with our Karate Groover.
Even if you can put “something” between those plates, you will get a beautiful cross-section again and again.
When it comes to sandwiches, this Karate Groover helps you a lot, for sure!

We will exhibit the polymer conference with our local distributor SIMS in Daejeon(대전광역시) in the midwest in South Korea in April. The meeting will be held from Wed. 8th to Fri. 10th. Daejeon is the 5th largest city in Korea.  There are many government agencies and research institutes. You could also see a lot of nature there!

We are planning to display a “Japanese” rotary microtome and several different types of knives.
This microtome is made for cutting hard materials samples and stronger than Leica and RMC microtomes for sure.
If you have any samples that you gave up to cut by microtomes before, you may use ion milling or polishing machines now, we suppose.
On the other hand, sometimes those methods take time to prepare but results are not so good. That is the reality.
If you can cut your samples by microtome, that is easier, faster and wider space you can see. Plus, the microtome doesn’t make heat during the processing.
If you have never seen this Japanese equipment, this event might be a very good opportunity to open your eyes.
Yes, it is possible to cut your own samples on site, if you want. Why don’t you bring it and do it by yourself.
Look forward to seeing you in Daejeon very soon!

We have never made an ultra knife with a big boat, however we had the requirements several times recently. That’s the reason we make this “SYM Grande” for fulfilling that kind of request.

This knife is probably suitable for the ATUMtome unit, if you have that system.
We have both 35-degree and 45-degree with 2mm, 3mm  and 4mm blades.
The big advantage of our Grande compared to the existing Maxi boat is our boat is bigger than the existing one.
The boat size: Length is 1mm longer and width is 2mm wider than Maxi.
If you can put more water into the boat, you will get more benefits for sure.