When the world's leading trade fair for industrial metalworking opens its doors, a central question arises: How can component manufacturers produce efficiently, precisely, and future-proof even under difficult conditions? Okamoto, one of the world's largest manufacturers of grinding machines, will provide answers at EMO 2025 in Hall 11, Stand C38, for all segments of grinding technology: Something with the MAP Grinding Software, the Quick Touch measuring system, and the intuitive iQ control. With this, Okamoto presents forward-looking automation technologies for grinding. The focus is on productivity despite skilled labor shortages and achieving the highest precision, quality, and sustainability goals.
Volatile markets, rising cost pressure, and a shortage of skilled workers are posing ever greater challenges for industrial manufacturing. For Okamoto, a technology leader in grinding technology, it is clear: The future of production lies in sustainable high precision, intelligent automation, and maximum user-friendliness.
To this end, the grinding machine manufacturer will demonstrate at EMO how high-precision grinding can be made more efficient and sustainable with intelligent systems. The focus of the trade fair appearance is on three particularly forward-looking technologies: the PRG series with iQ control, the flat grinding machine ACC SA1 with Quick Touch measuring system, and the MAP Grinding System on the ACC 126 CAiQ.
MAP Grinding Software – Air grinding is a thing of the past
With the MAP Grinding System (Measuring highest point for Air-cut less Productivity), Okamoto takes process automation to a new level. The software measures the workpiece surface using a tactile measuring probe, automatically creates an optimized NC grinding program, and starts the material removal at the highest point – all without air grinding. This drastically reduces cycle times and saves valuable machine runtime. Even complex workpiece geometries are reliably recognized thanks to DXF import – holes or cavities are automatically excluded.
The optional automatic compensation also enables the achievement of the exact finished dimension in a continuous processing cycle, including direct
Protocol output. Thomas Loscher, Technical Manager at
Okamoto: “This feature is a real game changer for low-manpower layers and economical series production with the highest quality requirements.”
ACC SA1 with Quick Touch – Measuring directly in the process
The new ACC SA1 series impresses with its combination of precision, durability, and process reliability. The integrated Quick Touch measuring system allows the determination of the workpiece height directly on the machine – without re-clamping or manual intervention. Thanks to precise servo drives, hand-scraped guides, and intelligent dressing cycles, the machine achieves outstanding surface quality with minimal operator dependence.
PRG with iQ control – Grinding without specialized knowledge
Often, the programming of complex tasks in precision grinding heavily depends on the operator's experience. The development of the Okamoto iQ touchscreen control and its easy-to-use software, combined with the inherent mechanical accuracy of the column movement design, enables less trained operators to use the machine with maximum efficiency.
The rotary table flat grinding machines of the PRG series with the user-friendly iQ control also open the door to high-precision machining for less experienced operators: An intuitive touchscreen interface, smart grinding cycles, and an automated parameter suggestion function make setup faster, easier, and error-free. Whether single production or series production – the PRG iQ offers maximum flexibility with minimal training effort.
Thomas Loscher: “With these solutions, Okamoto impressively demonstrates how grinding processes can be fully automated or in the future implemented without expert knowledge, but with maximum efficiency and resource conservation – a real added value for all industries from automotive to mechanical engineering to tool and mold making.”
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