Sugino Corp

10/19/2026

The old way: a horizontal skiving and burnishing machine, a floor plan built around it, and chips that have to be flushed or pushed out of the bore before they can be dealt with.

The Sugino way: a vertical machine that uses gravity instead of fighting it.

⬇️ Chips drop down and out in front of the tool, no flushing required
⬇️ Roughly half the footprint of a horizontal setup
⬇️ More stable tool positioning, which shows up as better accuracy and finish
⬇️ An optional chip shredder cuts down on the handling risk that comes with hot metal chips

Sugino is currently the only manufacturer building this vertical configuration. If your hydraulic cylinder finishing process still relies on a horizontal machine, it may be worth seeing what changes when gravity does some of the work for you.

Read the full breakdown of vertical vs. horizontal skiving → https://hubs.ly/Q04B9vdv0

Skiving or Roller Burnishing vs. Grinding & Honing For hydraulic applications in demanding industries like construction, agriculture, and mining, pipe

10/15/2026

Formulating electrode slurries shouldn’t feel like walking a tightrope, but it often does. You need high solids, smooth texture, stable dispersion… and one small ingredient can make or break the entire mix.

Sugino’s new dry CMC fiber material gives battery developers a much easier way to build slurries that are both higher in solids and more uniform overall.

Here’s the simple version:
When you pair our dry CMC fibers with the Star Burst wet jet milling system, a 5 wt.% MWCNT slurry comes together beautifully - smooth, even, and stable. The same formulation made with conventional CMC powder usually stalls around 4 wt.%, and you can literally see the difference in the texture.

What makes the fibers work so well?
Their small size (about 10 microns) and soft, fibrous structure help them blend quickly and naturally into the mixture. Instead of fighting clumps or uneven spots, the fibers help the C**s spread out and form a more connected network. That means higher solid loading without the usual struggle, and better performance down the line.

Why this matters:
A more uniform slurry leads to stronger, denser electrodes. That supports better conductivity and better overall electrochemical performance, exactly what next‑generation batteries demand.

If you’re looking to push your electrode formulations further, our new dry CMC fibers, combined with Star Burst, may be the extra boost your process has been missing.

Today is the last day of The Battery Show at Huntington Place in Detroit. Stop by and talk; we’d love to show you what this material can do.

👀 Check out more battery material processing results here: https://hubs.ly/Q04zNd_n0

Sugino's dry Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC) fibers enable 5 wt.% MWCNT dispersions for advanced battery electrodes — outperforming conventional CMC powders. Star Burst wet jet milling delivers superior slurry homogeneity.

10/14/2026

Manual deburring solves one problem but creates others.

Inconsistent edges. Skilled operators stuck on repetitive work. A process that slows everything downstream. But adding automation can feel like a big disruption.

The RDM-S is designed to take over the most manual parts of the job: handling surface variation, reaching multiple faces, and delivering consistent results in a very small footprint. It's a compact robotic deburring cell that helps you go from manual ➡️ automated without a headache.

The goal isn’t to replace people.

It’s to remove the bottleneck.

✔ Less time spent on hand finishing
✔ More consistent quality, shift to shift
✔ Automation that fits into existing areas

If deburring is still done by hand in your operation, it might be worth asking: Is it adding value or just consuming it?

To explore the RDM-S, see the link in the comments.

10/13/2026

Keeping batteries cool and safe is one of the biggest challenges in energy storage today.

That’s why hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has become such a standout material. It’s electrically insulating, highly thermally conductive, and plays a major role in preventing dangerous thermal runaway events in EV and high‑performance batteries.

With Star Burst, exfoliating hBN becomes a simple, contamination‑free process that preserves the material’s structure while unlocking its full performance potential:

⚡ Enhances thermal conductivity
🛡️ Improves electrical insulation
💧 Processes in water or solvents
🧩 Maintains aspect ratio

For teams working on EV safety, thermal management, or next‑generation energy storage systems, the right materials - and the right processing - make all the difference.

🔋 Join Sugino Corp. at The Battery Show this week in Detroit to see how Star Burst can elevate your advanced material development. And learn more here in the meantime: https://hubs.ly/Q04zK-QM0

Sugino takes a look at producing exfoliated hBN with increased aspect ratio while preserving intrinsic electrical insulation properties and improving thermal conductivity performance.

10/13/2026

The failure didn’t start in the field.

It started months earlier during production, when a small chip stayed lodged in an internal passage no one could see.

It passed visual inspection.
It shipped.
It performed, until it didn’t.

Now it’s a failed unit, and a much more expensive problem.

This is the kind of issue that originates in deep cross-holes, oil passages, and blind internal features, places most conventional deburring and cleaning processes struggle to access or validate.

If you could go back, you wouldn’t rely on assumptions. You’d test it.

That’s exactly what we offer.

Send us your part, and we’ll return:
✔ Before/after cleanliness data
✔ Deburring effectiveness documentation
✔ Process parameters
✔ Visual evidence
✔ Clear summaries for your team

Talk to us about testing to uncover new options for your deburring process.

https://hubs.ly/Q04zL1kN0

Explore JCC parts testing for effective high-pressure water jet deburring and cleaning of complex internal geometries like cross-holes and blind passages. If your current process can't prove cleanliness, send us your parts. Free testing, full report, no capital commitment.

10/12/2026

Application Highlight: Battery Electrode Mixture Homogenization

When it comes to making better batteries, sometimes the smallest materials make the biggest difference. Active materials (Lithium metal oxide, graphite, silicon, etc.), conductive materials (CNT, CB, etc.), and binders (CMC, PVDF, etc.) all help boost electrode performance, but only if they’re dispersed just right. That’s where Star Burst and Dry Burst come in.

Both our wet-jet and dry milling technologies can homogenize materials in a single step. No harsh mixing. No damaged material structures. Just a clean, uniform network where all materials are evenly distributed, exactly what high‑performance electrodes need.

The result?
✔️ More reliable conductivity at the structural level
✔️ Fewer processing steps (and fewer headaches)
✔️ Shorter production times and lower overall cost
✔️ A smoother path to consistent, scalable electrode formulations

🔋 Visit Sugino Corp. at The Battery Show this week to see how wet‑jet milling can simplify and strengthen your battery material processing & learn more about this application: https://hubs.ly/Q04zK-1p0

Explore the benefits of homogenization or carbon black and CNT CMC for enhancing cell electrode performance and conductivity.

10/09/2026

Complex medical device components often contain internal passages, intricate geometries, and hard-to-reach features that are difficult to finish with conventional methods.

Sugino's Cavitation Abrasive Surface Finishing (CASF) technology uses the energy generated by collapsing cavitation bubbles combined with environmentally friendly abrasives to improve surface quality throughout complex parts.

With CASF, manufacturers can:
💧 Finish internal and external surfaces simultaneously
💧Access non-line-of-sight features and channels
💧Reduce surface roughness on complex metal components
💧Eliminate the need for harsh chemical finishing processes

For medical device manufacturers, this means greater flexibility when producing components with demanding geometries and performance requirements.

We'll be discussing CASF and showcasing examples at &M Midwest, October 28-29 in Minneapolis.

10/08/2026

Still thinking about that 600 mm footprint?

Many International Manufacturing Technology Show visitors were surprised by how much cleaning capability could fit into such a compact system.

The JCC Module combines targeted cleaning technology with an automation-friendly design, making it an attractive option for manufacturers when floor space is at a premium.

Learn more and explore the specifications through the link in the comments.

10/07/2026

When it comes to processing layered crystalline materials like mica, conventional methods often fall short, leading to incomplete delamination or damage to particle form. But Sugino’s Star Burst system changes the game.

💡 Application Highlight: Mica Delamination
Mica plays a vital role in industries ranging from electronics (for insulation and conductivity) to cosmetics (as a pearlescent pigment). Its performance depends heavily on how well its layered structure is delaminated, without compromising its aspect ratio.

✨ Star Burst Advantages:
Efficient nano- to microscale delamination
Preserves particle morphology and aspect ratio
Overcomes limitations of traditional methods

Beyond mica, Star Burst has shown similar effectiveness with other layered materials like graphite, montmorillonite, and boron nitride (hBN), opening doors to enhanced material performance across multiple sectors.

📍 We’re at The Advanced Materials Show (USA) this week in Columbus. Stop by to see how we’re solving tomorrow’s challenges today.

10/06/2026

Next-gen devices are only as good as the particles inside them.

When silica, graphite, C**s, and rare metals clump together instead of dispersing evenly, the results are poor conductivity, heat buildup, and inconsistent performance. In batteries, electronics, and semiconductors, that means lower efficiency, shorter lifespan, and real safety risks.

Conventional milling and grinding can't reliably fix this. They struggle to reach true nano-scale uniformity, and the grinding media itself can contaminate the material.

Sugino's Star Burst takes a different approach. Using media-free, high-pressure liquid collision, it breaks materials down into highly uniform, nano-sized particles, with no grinding media and no added contamination.

🔋 Solid-state batteries: Uneven dispersion of oxide and sulfide solid electrolytes creates hotspots that lead to overheating and failure. Star Burst delivers nano-level dispersion for safer, more efficient, longer-lasting cells.

✨ Semiconductor wafer prep: Traditional polishing slurries can introduce contaminants and leave uneven finishes. Star Burst produces ultra-fine, clean dispersions built for high-precision CMP.

📍 See it for yourself. Visit the Sugino booth at Advanced Materials Show (USA) in Pittsburgh this week to explore how Star Burst is driving breakthroughs in energy storage, and materials processing.