Royal Master Grinders got its start in the medical device industry in a very unique way. Back in the early 1960's cat gut sutures were ground on our machines. Many thousands of patients were stitched up with suture ground on a Royal Master.

Known for grinding small diameters we began grinding single taper wires on our TG Series of machines. These single taper wires were done by thrufeeding the wire in tapered wheels, then quickly pulling it out creating a taper. Things have progressed rapidly since that time. With the owner John Memmelaar Sr developing the fingerblade design, it allowed for grinding more than ½ the diameter of the part in a single operation. This revolutionary development paved the way for CNC guidewire grinding as we know it. Making the first multiple taper CNC wire machines in 1985, these machines were quickly adopted as the industry standard. Our first and second generation machines sold hundreds of units and are still being used today almost 30 years later.

We progressed up to 5 Generations of the machine through 2006 and then introduced our Generation X. This advance in technology which eliminated the regulating wheel has also become widely popular in grinding wires as well as micromachining different products. Shipping over 150 units worldwide, many are running completely unattended grinding wires in 15 seconds part to part, 24 hours per day 7 days a week.