Established by career macro machine tool designers for the purpose of creating appropriately scaled production micro machining centers, the Atometric team, used to building huge machining systems, knew that controlling micron level tolerances is best done with stiff structures scaled to the task. Atometric's product line of micro machining centers provide a 100 mm x 100 mm x 100 mm 5-axis contouring work envelop in a machine within a 1 m x 1 m footprint, drawing less than 1 kW power. The fifth generation product platform, introduced in 2011, can be packaged in three, four, or five axis configurations, with full contouring machining, sub-micron positioning, 2G acceleration, and high speed turn milling capability. Systems are backed by Atometric's extensive micro machining processing capability.