Nippon Resibon's inventions revolutionise grinding wheel industry
Drawing on its wealth of knowledge and experience, Japan's No 1 abrasive grinding wheel manufacturer, Nippon Resibon, has changed the way industries cut, grind and polish metals and concrete.
Drawing on its wealth of knowledge and experience, Japan's No 1 abrasive grinding wheel manufacturer, Nippon Resibon, has changed the way industries cut, grind and polish metals and concrete.
"Innovation sets us apart from the competition," says Koichi Imadate, chairman of Nippon Resibon. "We've engineered the perfect balance between speed and strength to ensure customer satisfaction."
On the ground floor of its Osaka headquarters, a disc framed on the wall encapsulates one of Nippon Resibon's legacies. Invented by the company in the 1960s, Best Touch is the world's first flexible abrasive grinding wheel. The innovation was the company's answer to requests from shop workers and clients for a bendable grinding wheel. Because of its flexibility, Best Touch delivers more grinding surface upon contact for faster job completion. Flexibility also enables a closer fit between the grinding wheel and the metal or concrete for a smoother finish, while less vibration minimises operator fatigue.
Nippon Resibon is also behind many other innovations. The company's Super Series line, for example, has raised the abrasion and grinding performance of conventional tools about threefold.
Such products have helped the company capture more than half of the Asian market for expendable grinding wheels. With three production facilities in Thailand, Nippon Resibon is set to capture the growing demand worldwide for its products, especially from Asia, which is undergoing robust infrastructure development. The company started exporting from Thailand 26 years ago and has plans of expanding capacity to meet increased demand.
"We're raising economies of scale to further share Japanese technology and our culture of quality and safety with the developing world," Imadate says.
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