- Company name
- OKS Company Limited
- Date of initiation
- March 1935
- Date of establishment
- August 1955
- Headquarters
- 2-21-2, Adachi, Adachi-ku, Tokyo 120-0015 Japan
- TEL
- +81-3-3889-6616 (Main line)
- FAX
- +81-3-3889-6690
- URL
- https://www.o-k-s.com
OFFICES & FACTRIES
- JAPAN
- OKS Company Limited
System engineering of machine tools / Sales and after-sales service / Design / Parts manufacturing / Quality assurance / Assembly
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Head office and plant
2-21-2, Adachi, Adachi-ku, Tokyo 120-0015 Japan
TEL:+81-3-3889-6616(Mainline) FAX:+81-3-3889-6690
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Yashio plant
664, Kizone, Yashio-shi, Saitama-ken 340-0813 Japan
TEL:+81-48-994-2212 FAX:+81-48-994-2213
- PHILIPPINES
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OKS DesignTech Inc.
Design / 3D modeling
Unit 1B-104 GESTDAN CENTRUM, #80 Bokawkan Road, P.Burgos Barangay,
Baguio City 2600, Philippines
TEL/FAX: +63-74-620-3916
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESSES
- System integration of machine tools.
- Manufacture and sales of fixtures(attachments) for machining centers.
- Development, design, and manufacturing of fixture systems.
- Machining center operation support services.
- Development, design and manufacture of machining systems and The Baby Kangaroo System®.
- Creation of 3D models.
DESCRIPTION OF EQUIPMENT
- MACHINES
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CNC Horizontal boring machine (BTD200QF): 1
Horizontal boring machine (BZ-8): 2
For Vertical Machining center: 4
Turning center (NLX2500/700): 1
Turning center (HICELL): 1
Milling machine: 4
Fixture milling machine: 1
Surface grinding machine (PSG126DX, PSG63DX) : 3
Cylindrical grinding machine (OGM390EX): 1
Internal grinding machine (IGM2MB) : 1
Radial drilling machine (1400): 1
Handheld probe coordinate measuring machine (XM-1000): 1
One-shot 3D measurement microscope (VR-3100): 1
CNC 3D measuring instrument (CRYSTA-APEX 910): 1
Roundness & cylindricity measuring instrument (EC5100): 1
- CAD SYSTEM
- Pro/E, SOLID WORKS, MICRO CADAM, AUTO CAD
- CAM SYSTEM
- MY PAC SUPER CAM
GRANTED PATENTS
- Preload support®
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United States: No.US7,462,093,B2 Workpiece support method and workpiece support device
Japan: No.4490227 Workpiece support device (air-type preload support device)
Japan: No.4572083 Preload support and ultra-precision machining method for thin-wall materials using this support (Joint patent with RIKEN, Japan)
Japan: No.4914652 Preload support application for 4 points balanced datum
Japan: No.5002646 Clamping device
- Baby Kangaroo System®
- Japan: No.5155854
United States: No.US 7,640,642
Europe DE/GB/IT/CH/LI: No.2025452
China: No.ZL 2006 8 0054527.6
Hong Kong: No.HK1126719
HISTORY
- 1935.3
- The first president Sadae Okanda established Okanda Tool Manufacturing under private management and started the manufacture and sales of measurement tools.
- 1955.7
- Established Okanda Manufacturing to produce OKS-marked thickness gauges, taper gauges, and angle gauges as core products.
- 1961.7
- Reorganized as Okanda Mfg. Co., Ltd., with Kenji Okanda as the president. Advanced into the production of fixtures and dedicated machine tools.
- 1973.9
- Additionally established Hokima Plant as an assembly plant.
- 1986.12
- Introduced MC and NC machines.
- 1990.8
- Changed the company name from Okanda Mfg. Co., Ltd., to OKS Co., Ltd.
- 1996.10
- Satoshi Okanda was appointed the president.
- 1998.10
- Introduced 3D CAD.
- 2002.6
- Started the international sales of products.
- 2002.12
- Developed preload support.
- 2004.3
- Developed the Baby Kangaroo System® as a quick fixture change method.
- 2004.11
- Developed air preload support.
- 2005.1
- Established a CAD/CAM cooperative system.
- 2005.1
- Developed preload support and ultra-precision machining technology
for thin materials (collaborative development with Riken, Japan).
- 2007.10
- Established OKS Design Tech Inc. in the Philippines.
- 2008.11
- Started the sales of Baby Kangaroo System® Front Slide Package.
- 2008.12
- Obtained a US patent for preload support.
- 2009.1
- Obtained a domestic patent for preload support.
- 2009.4
- Designated the first Adachi-city work life balance company.
- 2010.1
- Obtained a US patent for the Baby Kangaroo System®.
- 2010.4
- Obtained a domestic patent for air preload support.
- 2010.8
- Obtained a domestic patent for preload support and the ultra-precision machining method for thin materials using it (collaborative development with Riken, Japan).
- 2010.11
- Established OKS Guangzhou Co., Ltd., in China.
- 2011.7
- Obtained patents five countries in Europe for the Baby Kangaroo System®.
- 2012.1
- Obtained a domestic patent of the Preload support application for 4 points balanced datum.
- 2012.2
- Obtained a China patent for the Baby Kangaroo System®.
- 2012.5
- Obtained a domestic patent for Clamping device.
- 2012.12
- Established OKS Yashio Branch Factory.
- 2012.12
- Obtained a domestic patent for the Baby Kangaroo System®.
- 2017.1
- OKS Design Tech Inc. in the Philippines relocated the office.