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Saga co. ltd. was established as a startup digital technology company that supports local industries. The company manufactures and sells Katanobu (wooden doorknobs) and Wagahai (cups), highly customized products that are specially molded to fit a customer’s own hand.
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I was born and raised here in Iwate and always wanted to make a contribution to my home town. So our company remains committed to using local materials including the wood from 70 to 100-year-old trees grown locally. We also purchase local lacquer, and Nambu ironware fittings for our products.
Another one of our goals is to serve each customer’s individual needs. Accordingly, every Katanobu and Wagahai we produce is uniquely fitted to the customer we are serving. Production begins with a special handprint molding kit we send to each customer that places an order. For the customer, taking the handprint itself is easy. Translating that data into a finished product is more complicated. When we first started out, we had no idea how to convert handprint molds into milling data. So I searched for solutions online. One of my hobbies is music and I happened to learn that Roland Corporation, the electronic musical instrument maker, was affiliated with Roland DG Corporation, a provider of output devices including 3D milling technologies. When I saw the LPX scanner and MODELA milling machine, I knew that they were exactly what we needed.
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- Accurately reproducing each hand model
In terms of both area and precision, the LPX is well suited for reproducing our customers' handprints. Production speed is important to our business and the process takes relatively little time because the LPX scans with a laser. Also, the LPX is very compact and inexpensive. We thought it must have been developed just for us.
We first intended to use a milling machine to actually carve out each handprint. The results needed to be as accurate as possible since our products are molded to the customer’s hand. Automating this process was also key because creating models manually would have prevented us from producing in volume. We chose the MDX-40 because it had just the right processing range and it was affordable.
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- From image to form, the LPX scanner and MDX subtractive RP machine perform flawlessly
With the LPX and MDX-40, I can take a concept that only exists in my mind and make it real. Since we started selling our products, the volume of orders continues to grow every day. We've received orders from a wide range of professionals including accomplished musicians and writers. In the future, we plan to apply our skills and technologies to new applications in the medical care and social services fields. We will also continue to produce our core products, Katanobu and Wagahai. |
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