Unique Business Coincides With Unique Customers

摘要

Because the metalworking industry produces a countless variety of parts and serves a plethora of customers, there's no doubt that machine shops get their fair share of unusual part production requests. However, there aren't many companies that can say they've had a request to create a cutting tool that is capable of producing a harness for a fruit fly. Though in Dave Burton's experience, he has faced this exact request. His company, Performance Micro Tool (Janesville, Wisconsin), is ready and willing to fulfill these types of requests from customers because it can. Using Rollomatic grinding machines, as well as other grinding machines, the company manufactures micro-cutting tools ranging in size from 0.0002 inch to 0.125 inch. Its tool production list includes end mills (its strength), drills, reamers and specialty tools. "Right now, we are making tools 25 times smaller than our best competitor," says Mr. Burton, president. "We are making, by far, the smallest tools in the world."