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We will inform you that Syntek will have year-end through New Year holiday breaks from Saturday 28th of December 2023 to Sunday 5th of January 2025. During this shutdown period, we will be unable to receive any deliveries for goods and services to us, Syntek. We will start both our office and factory again from Monday 6th of January.

As we explained previously, we have 12 different zodiac signs that are based in Chinese history here in Japan.
The animal symbol will be changed from Dragon to Snake in 2025.
If you were born in 1941, ’53, ’65, ’77, ’89, 2001 or ’13, your zodiac is the “Snake!”
Snake is symbolized as “rebirth”, “infinite potential”, “perpetual youth and longevity” and “economic fortune.”
Many people are still not sure what’s going on around the world right now and where we are going exactly.
Even so, let’s conquer all difficulties and go up higher from our current position.
We really believe the best is yet to come with you.
We hope you will have a lot of good times next year, but take head the snake in the grass.
Talk to you soon and have wonderful holidays!
Very best wishes from Tokyo,

We will inform you of our new techniques for making tiny edges of the diamonds. If you have stylus profilers for measuring surface roughness or tracing the desired path of materials, our technology is suitable to you. We will probably create the stylus for the top following your demands.

The measurements always need to be repeatable, reliable and accurate, as you know. Of course, the measurement quality depends on the hardware’s specifications, on the other hand, stylus, especially the top diamond part, is also a key point at the same time.
As you can see in the left photo, we are able to create that sensitive part by ourselves.
We would say the edge radius will be 2 micron or 5 micron.
If you use a good stylus on your equipment, your capability will be widened.  Don’t you think so?

We got useful information for you. Now we have some stock of our knives as below. If you order any model(s), we will finish it(them) just 1 week. If you need a knife urgently or you have some budget that you have to consume at the end of fiscal year, it might be a good opportunity to get products without waiting time. If you have some demands, please let us know.

As you might know, every model is limited in number.
We provide those items on a “first-come-first-served basis.”
Means, they are subject to prior sales.
There is a possibility when you ask for a knife, it is already sold out.  Sorry in that case.

We started to produce a rough cutter again from many customers’ requests. As you might imagine, nobody uses a Polishmaster anymore for more than 10 years here in Japan. That’s why our business was also extinguished at the same time. Nevertheless, there are many engraving companies still making cylinders by Polishmaster in other countries.

If you are not satisfied with your current use of a rough cutter by its quality, price, delivery time or other reasons, why don’t you try our model one time?
It might be a good opportunity to compare different models.
In our case, we do a “secret method” on the finishing.
You will probably get more beautiful surface roughness and longevity at the same time.

As you might know, we moved our office from Yokohama to Tokyo last October. Syntek was established originally in Shinagawa, Tokyo in 1978. Our office and factory were there until 2008. Now we are right back where we started. We just made a short video introducing our company.

Once you watch it you will probably know what we are doing.If you have any questions, please contact us.Our factory is open from Monday to Friday.  If you have any opportunities to come to Tokyo, why don’t you visit us to see our processing lines? Luckily, we are close to Tokyo Haneda International Airport(HND).
You are always very welcome!

Introduction video is here

When you exchange the used(dull) burr cutter to the new one, sometimes it takes time to set it up. Especially if you try to arrange the right and left parallelism correctly, you may screw up again and again. The setting time depends on the skills of operators. We would say the approximate exchange time is between 15 minutes to 90 minutes.

Some people are OK to wait for the term, however some others are not acceptable if it takes more than 1 hour.
You cannot run the machine during that period as you might know.
That is the reason we developed this detachable burr cutter.
Once you use it, you just remove the blade part. You will never arrange the parallelism anymore.
We would say, the changing time is no more than 2 minutes.
If you would like to engrave more cylinders, why don’t you try this cutter?

If you need more information…

Are you satisfied with the current width of diamond knives? Especially if you prefer to use “ULTRA” for ultrathin sectioning, 4mm was the maximum so far. It seems this record was broken by a knife manufacturer such as 8mm ultra 45-degree. We were very surprised when we heard that news. This is a marvelous revolution in this ultra-knife field.

Someone says “Records are made to be broken.”  We totally agree with this message.
This is our turn, isn’t this?  Can we win this time?  Why not?
Syntek sets a new record for the above 8mm.
We will provide you 10mm Ultra: both 35-degree and 45-degree.
That’s more like it, isn’t it?
5mm, 6mm or 8mm Ultra? Needless to say, we do it!
In the meantime, this “10mm knife” is the build-to-order item.  Ask us the details.

If you would like to cut hard materials, there is no reason to choose diamond knives every time. As you might know, the edge of a diamond is very sharp but fragile because of its sharpness. Some people, maybe you too, refrain from using diamond knives to observe certain materials. There should be alternative methods to get good results, we have been considering.

We may solve your concerns if you have some due to the reasons above.
Our metallic, non-diamond, knife seems to cut hard samples or compounded(soft and hard) ones.
This knife is not only superior to get a good block surface but also get nice semi-thin sections between 1 micron to 20 micron thickness.
Blade width have 3 types that are 10mm, 20mm and 30mm!
If you have hesitated to cut some samples before, you will get totally different results with this “SYM Metalica.” 

We will exhibit at The 41st International Conference of the　Microscopy Society of Thailand (MST41) in Chiang Mai in early June. The conference will take place from Tuesday 4th to Saturday 8th. As you might know, Chiang Mai is formally known as the capital of Thailand in the old days. You will see many historic buildings and areas there. You must find new things and get wonderful experiences as different as Bangkok and the other tiny islands you’ve ever been.

Thailand is one of the biggest places that is growing EM observations around the world.
This is the biggest reason for us to choose to be there at this hottest moment.
Syntek will prepare all new knives at our booth. Noventa, Quadra, Cuesta and more!
Why don’t you see those ones for yourself? We look forward to seeing you in Chiang Mai.

After you hike up a steep hill, the wonderful view is waiting for you on the top. If you don’t get any treats, you may not want to climb up the slope. Even in the city, the situation is similar; You see people’s faces who pass each other on the sloping path. On the other hand, you don’t see everyone’s face on level ground.

Sometimes the slope has unexpected drama that flat areas don’t have.
We would say that is the same as section collection. Slope makes it dramatic.
We produced this new gadget “SYM Cuesta” for the above reasons.
Once you use this one, you will see new scenery you’ve never seen.