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Founded in 1933, Kitamura’s concentration in the machining center business as well as its unprecedented commitment to Research and Development has led to industrial growth with the procurement of over 200 patents and patents pending in machining center design.
The company motto “Limitless Creativity” lends itself to our commitment to consistent product development, allowing us to provide the most technologically advanced and reliable machining centers on the market today.
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1933 |
Kitamura was established by Mr. Genji Kitamura at Kanyamachi, Takaoka-City, Toyama
Pref. under the name of Kitamura Manufacturing Company. Started to manufacture under
a sub-contract with Komatsu, Ltd. for the manufacture of paper pulp machines. |
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1947 |
Name was changed to Kitamura Iron Works, Ltd. |
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1956 |
Developed LK Type Planer, prototype of the conventions ED Type Planer |
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1960 |
Opened branch office in Tokyo. Qualified for membership in the Japanese Machine
Tool Builder’s Association. |
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1963 |
Completed first major export. Exported Planing Mill to Indian machine tool manufacturer. |
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1966 |
Imported Machine tools into U.S.A. through Marubeni America, Corp. |
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1970 |
Completed new head office and plant at Toide, Takaoka-City, Toyama Pref. Completed
vibrating Grinding Machine for ultra-fine machining operations. |
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1971 |
Using the statue of the 1000 arm Buda as inspiration, Development began on the T-12 Vertical Machining Center with 12 station automatic tool changer. Applied for patent on automatic tool change design. |
| 1972 |
Developed the Bridge Style Double Column Vertical Machining Center, later called the Bridgecenter-8. |
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1973 |
Changed company name to Kitamura Machinery Co., Ltd. |
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1974 |
S-12, S-15, T-15 and T-20 Vertical Machining Centers are all in full production. New advanced rotary style high speed ATC with a 2.5 second tool change time is designed and patented in 24 different countries.
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1980 |
Entered into the field of fully automated machines with the introduction of the
Mycenter-2. |
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1981 |
Began production of the Mycenter-H300 Horizontal Machining Center and introduced
the world’s first standard 10,000 rpm spindle on the Mycenter-1. |
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1984 |
Commence production of the Mycenter-3W Twin Spindle Machining Center and Mycenter-H600
large capacity Horizontal Machining Center |
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1985 |
Opened European office in Germany – Kitamura Machinery GmbH. |
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1986 |
Constructed new showroom and electronic center at head office. Opened 20,000 sq.
ft. facility in Chicago, Illinois. |
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1987 |
Introduced high speed pallet changers
(8 second pallet change time). |
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1989 |
Expanded main factory at Takaoka City by 37,000 sq. ft., meeting a quota of 200
machining centers per month. Introduced 25,000rpm spindle. |
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1991 |
Opened East Coast Technical Center for added service support for U.S. customers. |
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1997 |
In joint venture with Tokyo University and the Physical and Chemistry Institution,
Kitamura developed the world’s fastest machining center capable of cutting speeds
of 3,939 inches per minute and acceleration of 2.0G. |
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1999 |
Introduction of the HX Series Horizontal Machining Centers with 1,969 inch per minute
federates on solid box guideways. |
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2002-2003 |
Introduction of the “F” and “H” Series High Precision Horizontal and Vertical Machining
Centers with accuracies up to +/-0.00004” / full stroke and repeatability of +/-0.00002”. |
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2004 |
Introduction of the NanoMycenter with spindle speeds of 45,000rpm and positioning
accuracy of +/-0.1 micrometers. |
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2005 |
Production begins on the Dimystar concept multi-head, multi-axis mold processing
machine. With up to 40 axes controllable, the Dimystar dramatically reduces part
processing time of large sized metal molds.
Building upon previous experience with out Supercell-Series in 1985, Kitamura introduced
the new Supercell-400 5-axis horizontal Machining center with the ability to run
long hours of unmanned operation in the machining of highly mixed production components.
Kitamura introduces its first 5-axis vertical machining center - the MyTrunnion.
With ultra high positioning accuract of +/-0.00004"/Full Stroke, and repeatability
of +/- 0.00002", the MyTrunnion was awarded the 33rd annual prize for machining
industrial design. |
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2006 |
Experiencing success with the MyTrunnion introduction in 2005, Kitamura introduces
the compact MyTrunnion-1 5-axis vertical machining center offering simultaneous
5-axis machining of smaller lot parts. Produced and marketed specifically for the
medical device market. |
| 2007 |
With R & D complete, the Mycenter-HX1000i, goes into production. Kitamura’s largest Horizontal Machining Center, the HX1000i weighs 126,000Lbs with High Speed, High Precision features necessary for today’s large part machining. |
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