MISUMI, the global mechanical components supplier, have adopted a revolutionary way of ordering configurable components form a catalogue. Within their Factory Automation catalogue you can find a range of standard shapes, with maximum and minimum limitations generally used within industry standard machines, and allowed the range to be configurable in steps of up to 0.01mm.

As you will understand, the nature of the automation industry means that producing precision mechanical components is very expensive. All components required for your designs are unique and ‘bespoke’, all required in low volumes only - this is where costs can be dramatically reduced using MISUMI.

Over 50% of total costs and 30% of design time can be saved.

Customers across the world are realizing the dramatic cost savings that can be implemented when adopting the Misumi system.

Mike Baljak, CAD support specialist of ATS Automation, says: “It’s as simple as logging onto their CAD website – where you have direct access to a number of parts – inputting the parameters and downloading the 3-D models. It makes designing more efficient, which saves time and money, and allows time to be focused on more important aspects of the design, increasing quality.”