Mitutoyo – Tooling

Mitutoyo was founded in 1934 by Yehan Numata with one product, the micrometer. Mitutoyo’s philosophy at that time was to make high-quality micrometers, but also to produce them in quantities that made them affordable and available to all of manufacturing. This philosophy was expanded in the next several decades to include a wider product offering focused on mechanical, dimensional gaging products, such as calipers, dial indicators, and other measuring tools.

As electronic technology became more widespread in the 1970s, Mitutoyo applied electronics to its line of dimensional gaging equipment to include electronic, or digital, measuring tools. During this time it also began to offer larger, more complex and more sensitive measuring instruments, including optical comparators, form measuring equipment, and coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). As statistical process control (SPC) was introduced, Mitutoyo led the world in the development of output gages, interfaces, data collectors and analysis software to take advantage of this new metrological science.

When the computer made its way into the field of metrology, Mitutoyo again shifted its focus to include this technology into its product offering and push measuring accuracies into the sub-micrometre range. Today, Mitutoyo presents its 6,000+ products as integrated, computer-based metrology systems, where they can be interconnected to form closed-loop-measuring networks.

Mitutoyo America Corporation was formed in 1963 and is headquartered in Aurora, Illinois (just outside of Chicago). Mitutoyo America offers the full product line of precision measuring tools, instruments and equipment with a distribution network, training and education classes, software development, and service support to provide a comprehensive metrology organization.

Dr. Yehan Numata is also the founder of Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (BDK), the Society for the Promotion of Buddhism, which sponsors the Buddhist Canon Translation Project.

Swiss Precision Instruments

For nearly 50 years, Swiss Precision Instruments, Inc. has continuously introduced exciting new products to the metalworking industry. Since 1956 the SPI family of products has always offered customers Quality, Value and fast Delivery. Today the tradition continues.

Mitutoyo – Gaging

Mitutoyo was founded in 1934 by Yehan Numata with one product, the micrometer. Mitutoyo’s philosophy at that time was to make high-quality micrometers, but also to produce them in quantities that made them affordable and available to all of manufacturing. This philosophy was expanded in the next several decades to include a wider product offering focused on mechanical, dimensional gaging products, such as calipers, dial indicators, and other measuring tools.

As electronic technology became more widespread in the 1970s, Mitutoyo applied electronics to its line of dimensional gaging equipment to include electronic, or digital, measuring tools. During this time it also began to offer larger, more complex and more sensitive measuring instruments, including optical comparators, form measuring equipment, and coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). As statistical process control (SPC) was introduced, Mitutoyo led the world in the development of output gages, interfaces, data collectors and analysis software to take advantage of this new metrological science.

When the computer made its way into the field of metrology, Mitutoyo again shifted its focus to include this technology into its product offering and push measuring accuracies into the sub-micrometre range. Today, Mitutoyo presents its 6,000+ products as integrated, computer-based metrology systems, where they can be interconnected to form closed-loop-measuring networks.

Mitutoyo America Corporation was formed in 1963 and is headquartered in Aurora, Illinois (just outside of Chicago). Mitutoyo America offers the full product line of precision measuring tools, instruments and equipment with a distribution network, training and education classes, software development, and service support to provide a comprehensive metrology organization.

Mahr Federal

In today’s increasingly competitive environment, the ability to monitor and control variations in the manufacturing process is crucial. Established over 85 years ago in Providence, Rhode Island, Mahr Federal Inc. is recognized worldwide for expertise in providing dimensional measurement solutions and meeting the measurement needs of precision manufacturers in a variety of industries such as automotive, defense, aerospace, job shops, machinery, bearings, pumps, engines, computers, can manufacture, plastics and medical devices.

Mahr Federal employs over 300 people; measurement professionals, who have dedicated themselves to developing and producing innovative and imaginative dimensional gaging instruments to improve measuring efficiency. Skilled applications engineers in Providence draw upon experience in identifying and meeting customers’ measurement requirements. We have delivered the right answers to hundreds of thousands of satisfied customers around the world — whether the solution be as simple as a dial indicator, one of a selection of hundreds of hand-held indicator gages, a digital readout air fork for outside diameter measurements, high precision form or surface finish analysis instruments or a specially designed gage for such applications as high-speed measuring, sorting and classifying of wrist pins. Our laboratory gages for calibrating gage blocks, master rings and discs have set a standard of performance for millionths accuracy size determination, and are clearly in a class by themselves as basic instruments for the surveillance of primary and secondary standards.

Customer Resource Centers in Providence, Cincinnati and Los Angeles form the core of our extensive network of sales personnel and distributors supporting customers in the United States and Canada. Mahr Corp. de serves our costumers in Mexico.

Mahr Federal supports its customers with factory repair and calibration services and responsive field service. The company maintains a metrology laboratory in Providence that is ranked as one of the world’s finest. This highly controlled laboratory environment assures protection against the effects of vibration, temperature and humidity variations. Mahr Federal’s calibration system is certified to ISO-9001 and ISO-17025. All procedures for measuring and reporting size are equivalent to those of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and conform to U.S. Specification GGG-G-15C.

Fowler

Industry Served
The Fred V. Fowler Company is globally recognized as one of today’s leading suppliers of quality control and inspection equipment.
Founded in 1946, we have dedicated our 62 year history to supplying the most innovative measuring products possible.
Innovation in Measuring
As industry moves more in the direction of computer-aided manufacturing, Fowler continues to introduce important new tools designed to lead the way in inspection and measuring. Familiar items—including calipers, micrometers, indicators, height gages and bore gages — have been redesigned and now feature state of the art electronics to ensure compatibility with the latest in computer integrated manufacturing and statistical process control (SPC).
Customer Focused
In order to reliably meet customer expectations, Fowler’s technical sales team is in the field. We are customer focused and customer driven. “Downsized” American manufacturing is time poor and demand rich. Manufacturers increasingly rely on their key supply chain partners to make critical product decisions.
At Fowler, we are absolutely committed to providing our customers total support. What Fowler brings to a customer is a partnership in the ability to satisfy your requirements in terms of quality, cost and service.
After Sales Support
Using a team approach, we will demonstrate to your you that working harder with fewer people does not have to mean that quality is in any way compromised…on the contrary, quality is the key to sustained growth in a downsized manufacturing environment.
Sales support should never start and stop with an introductory sales meeting. Fowler sales support means a different approach to our customers needs. We have direct field support, and a full staff of technical and knowledgeable personnel ready to help you.
Product Support
Your customers want it now: service support and stock availability are the name of the game. Well, as a supplier of instruments we back that up.
Fowler ships 95% of all orders every day. We have an extensive inventory and a fast and professional service department backed by the industry’s best warranty program.
Quality
Quality is our passion. Quality in management, quality in sales, service and support and most of all, quality in products sold.
Let’s face it, ultimately you choose instrument providers based on what they can bring to the table. When you own Fowler products, you own value, solid experience, innovation, a get-it-done spirit and the best precision instruments in the world.
History
The Fred V. Fowler Company incorporated in 1946, has grown nationwide and across North America to include offices in Boston, Chicago and Ontario, Canada. Fowler is also now available in Mexico, with four regional locations. By exclusively distributing products manufactured by world leaders in measuring, Fowler has become a major force in the field of precision electronic tools.
Each of our offices have demonstration centers to familiarize our customers with our products. In addition, our national network of select distributors are well-trained, stocked and ready to help you with your measuring needs.
Product Line
The Fowler Company’s product line includes precision tools, electronic measuring instruments, optical measuring instruments, gage calibration equipment, and hardness testers.

With an emphasis on “user-friendly” electronics, we offer primarily industry standard RS232 output for data collection and SPC (Statistical Process Control), not some proprietary signal requiring additional interfaces. We even offer several leading software packages, including ” SPC Express”, and “Software Wedge”.
As always, we continue to offer our popular lines of non-electronic tools, including high-quality micrometers, vernier and dial calipers, dial and test indicators, rules, gage blocks, stands, magnetic bases, squares, parallels and hundreds of other fine measuring tools essential to industry.

Flexbar

Through the years we at Flexbar have led the way in offering unique and innovative products ranging from our metrology grade replica and casting materials, Facsimile® and Reprorubber®, to our growing line of precision measuring instruments, optical and video inspection systems, machine tool accessories, and the state-of-the-art Flexbar Safety Guard System. The vast majority of products contained within our catalog are designed and manufactured by Flexbar or are Quality Manufactured in the U.S.A. In addition, we are proud to represent some of the world’s finest manufacturers of precision industrial products.

Dorsey Metrology

In 1955 Dorsey Gage Company was incorporated in New York State by its founder, Theodore F. Luty Sr., and his wife Helen Luty. The company began in Hyde Park, New York as a machine shop specializing in the manufacture of simple inspection gages and subcontract machining. From the very beginning, the company aim was to provide precision craftsmanship and customer satisfaction. As the company grew, it began to design and build equipment, which addressed the specific needs of its customers. This exposure in turn provided the basis for the continuing development of Dorsey Gage Company’s standard inspection products.

In 1975 Dorsey purchased the instrument division of the Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This acquisition added the well-known and respected Hamilton-Datcon dial indicator instruments to the Company’s products. During 1976 Dorsey relocated to the 35,000 square foot building at 253 Mansion Street in the City of Poughkeepsie, New York.

In 1986 Dorsey Gage acquired Pexit, an English company known throughout Europe and Asia for their high quality, precision optical comparators. The design and facilities of Pexit were relocated to Poughkeepsie, New York, where it became the Optical Metrology Division of Dorsey Gage. Since its inception, the Optical Metrology Division has adapted the Dorsey philosophy of providing a top quality inspection instrument that exactly matches the customers’ requirements.

Throughout this entire development of the Dorsey family of inspection products, the company also continued the sale of their craftsman services. These services included; instrumentation, contract machining, inspection, automation and the manufacture of special tooling and equipment. While catering to a variety of companies, their most prominent customer was IBM Corporation; the area’s largest. It was through these efforts that Dorsey Gage Company became involved in a project known as the electrostatic chuck program.

On March 1, 2001, Dorsey Gage Company was sold. Prior to the closing the shareholders spun off the Metrology Division of the Company to the division’s management. The new company, Dorsey Metrology International, consists of all the employees and assets of the former Metrology Division and continues the manufacture and distribution of inspection instruments, gages and optical comparators. Following Brown & Sharpe’s closure of the Standard Gage plant also in Poughkeepsie New York, Dorsey Metrology International announced their intention to manufacture and support many of the products that were previously manufactured by Standard Gage prior to the plant closure.

On April 18, 2002 Dorsey acquired much of Standard Gage’s specialized tooling and machinery at auction and subsequently hired key former Standard Gage employees to continue manufacturing many of the core products. Key products include the Standard style of bore and snap gages that have been the long established industry standard. It is Dorsey’s intention to provide Standard’s customers with the same high quality replacement gages, interchangeable replacement parts, modifications and specials to meet their current and future demands.

The precision gage-making legacy of the Dorsey Gage Company, founded in 1955 by Theodore Luty, Sr., continues in this millennium as Dorsey Metrology International. At Dorsey Metrology International, we are committed to excellence in every aspect of our organization, from outstanding customer relations to the highest quality product service and support. Service to you, our customer, is Dorsey Metrology International’s aim and purpose. The privilege of allowing us to service you and win your good will is our most effective advertisement and outstanding achievement. Let Dorsey be your Precision Problem Solver.
•    We shall be attentive to our customers’ needs
•    We shall maintain foresight essential to promotion of continued excellence in design and manufacturing
•    We shall apply available resources to continually improve our products and organization
•    We shall strive to gain and maintain our industry leadership built on innovation

We have learned from our customers that quality and attention to detail DOES matter. In Optical Metrology while our competition is increasing profits by redesigning their products using plastic and aluminum, we have redesigned our new instruments on a foundation of cast iron
While our competition is focusing on electronic and optical gimmickry to compensate their instruments, we are tightening manufacturing tolerances to maintain uncompensated absolute inherent accuracy. While our competition is importing parts and sub-assemblies, we have pumped money into our manufacturing areas and we have developed new tooling and solutions to enhance our internal manufacturing.

In Precision Measurement Instruments: Dorsey is proud to offer an unparalleled variety of hand-held and bench-top precision dimensional inspection products. As you review our catalogs you will see immediately that our assortment of measuring instruments is quite well rounded, with many application alternatives and include unique items not available elsewhere. In addition, we modify catalog items to meet customer’s specific requirements. Special Projects: In addition to providing our catalog items, our company is ready to be of service by suggesting gages for any application, whether standard or special. As an organization we value our reputation as problem solvers. To take advantage of our service simply forward a part print with the dimensions you wish to check circled. We will return a quotation listing gages we suggest, complete with approach sketches of any special or semi-special applications.

As we look to the future, we will not forget the lessons of our past and we will continue to maintain our high quality standards. We will continuously improve our products to help our company and our customers remain competitive and successful. The new millennium looks very promising indeed for Dorsey Metrology International.

Brown & Sharpe

The Brown & Sharpe brand name has been synonymous with quality for more than 150 years. Once a stand-alone company, today Brown & Sharpe is a flagship brand of the Hexagon Metrology group. Brown & Sharpe brand Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs), optical measuring systems, 1D, 2D and 3D benchtop measuring machines and precision hand tools represent the highest quality in design, construction and performance.

Brown & Sharpe brand coordinate measuring machines including the Global and ONE CMM series are manufactured in North Kingstown, Rhode Island by Hexagon Metrology, Inc., the U.S. based entity of the global Hexagon Metrology group. Measuring Machines built in the United States are bound for both North American and export markets.

Brown & Sharpe brand CMMs are also manufactured by Hexagon Metrology Qingdao Company, Ltd. , in Qingdao, China, for the local Chinese and Asian markets.

Brown & Sharpe brand equipment, plus DEA, Leitz, TESA and Sheffield branded measurement products are serviced and supported locally in North America by Hexagon Metrology, Inc.

Please note: Brown & Sharpe machine tools and screw machines are no longer sold, serviced or supported in any way by Hexagon Metrology, Inc.