OIRI was established within the prefecture's Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labor for the purpose of "promoting industries in the prefecture centered on commerce and industry." The institute supports companies in the prefecture as a technical support organization for manufacturers of various products, including medical devices, mechatronics, and aircraft. As a person in charge of machinery, I measure workpieces brought in by companies in Oita. In addition, we lease our equipment to Oita companies.

When we were considering updating our equipment, we became aware that ACCRETECH’s measuring machines offered submicron measurement accuracy and high versatility, so made the decision to introduce them. We used the subsidy project of JKA (KEIRIN) to purchase this equipment. In the past, OIRI has used subsidies for the installation of expensive equipment that was difficult to purchase within the Oita Prefectural Government’s budget, and there have been many such purchases utilizing subsidies in the past. Speaking of measuring machines made by ACCRETECH, our institute introduced the roundness and cylindricity profile measuring machines at the time of our establishment also through a subsidization program.

We knew that the performance of your measuring equipment was very good from the time we were considering it, but thanks to the submicron-level measurement accuracy, the reliability of measurement results has increased even further. Compared to the previous equipment, I feel that your equipment really harbors a lot of potential as it can be used in many more ways on top of its basic usage. Moreover, your service personnel have come to IORI several times since we began using your machines to teach how to use them, and this has really helped us.

Yes, we ran the course in March after introducing our new CMM from ACCRETECH. The course consisted of both theoretical and practical training to teach people from companies without a measuring machine or who are anxious about measuring with their own equipment about the basics of measuring equipment and become more familiar by actually operating the measuring equipment themselves. In order to achieve highly reliable manufacturing, not only advanced processing technology but also basic knowledge and accurate measurement technology for evaluating and guaranteeing product accuracy are essential. From the standpoint of OIRI as a technical support organization, we would like to let people know about the importance of measurement and the value of measuring machines. We were happy that this course enabled participants to learn how to use CMMs and realize their worth. The course was very well-received.

As a technical support organization, OIRI strives to contribute to local companies. Specifically, in the future, we will establish an organization specializing in CMM-based measurement called the "CMM Club" to provide a place for local companies to share information. In the future, we plan to offer a rotating measurement service for workpieces with difficult-to-measure shapes. I think that the discussion with the members will become really lively even just by seeing the change that occurs when the same workpiece is rotated around various locations and measured in different environments. I'm looking forward to it already.

We want to offer a comprehensive support to the manufacturing industry, which includes local companies, however, this is difficult to achieve. We’d like to use our advantages of being a technical support organization to the fullest and have various people make good use of us.

Please continue to promote world-class monozukuri. I am very happy with the support ACCRETECH provides, so I hope our good relationship continues on into the future.