Mitutoyo America Corporation Expands Custom Solutions Offerings

AURORA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitutoyo America Corporation is pleased to announce the expansion of its Custom Solutions offerings. Mitutoyo will now offer “end-to-end solutions” for all its customers’ needs and have the ability to customize products and advanced technology for specific applications.

“Mitutoyo has always been a leader in providing world-class customer service and customized solutions. Our newly expanded offering further shows our commitment and dedication in providing support to our business partners and meet today’s demanding technology needs during the entire lifetime of their equipment,” states Matt Dye, president, Mitutoyo America Corporation.

Custom Solutions engineers offer a variety of services and capabilities including sensor customization and inline inspection, designing and building custom fixtures, sensors, part loading/holding systems, optics, algorithms, firmware, user software and fully-automated, closed-loop solutions to incorporate precision measurement and inspection into a company’s manufacturing process. Additionally, Custom Solutions offers custom calibration with the broadest scope commercial lab available in the United States, providing the highest accuracy and lowest measurement uncertainty for custom equipment.

Customers interested in an evaluation will participate in a five-step process with a Mitutoyo Custom Solutions Engineer to determine how to best integrate the right approach:

• Discover: An experienced Mitutoyo Custom Solutions Engineer will evaluate specific business measuring and quality needs and manufacturing applications.
• Define: Existing Mitutoyo products, algorithms and software will be identified (along with non-Mitutoyo parts if necessary) to best suit a businesses’ needs and set requirements and specifications for custom equipment.
• Develop: The team will construct the custom mechanical components, optical and electrical components, and optimized embedded software and firmware elements—providing 3D CAD drawings or prototypes as a proof of concept.
• Deliver: Custom Solutions Group installs and integrates a tailor-made solution into the customer’s facility and existing production process.
• Support: The team provides continuous support once the custom solution is implemented, including training, troubleshooting to calibration and ongoing service.

Currently, Mitutoyo has nine Custom Solutions Centers located throughout the United States. For more information on Mitutoyo’s Custom Solutions offerings, go to Mitutoyo.com/CustomSolutions or call [phone] and then select option #2.

Mitutoyo Corporation is the world's largest global provider of measurement and inspection solutions offering the most complete selection of machines, sensors, systems and services with a line encompassing CMM (coordinate measuring machines), vision, form and finish measuring machines, as well as precision tools and instruments, and metrology data management software. Mitutoyo's nationwide network of Metrology Centers and support operations provides application, calibration, service, repair and educational programs to ensure that our 8,500+ metrology products will deliver measurement solutions for our global customers throughout their lifetime.