Through the development of the FX Series, Matsuura addressed accuracy improvements alongisde the pursuit of high speed technology. However, the conventional rotary motor-driven ball screw imposed limits on the machine’s responsiveness, and as a result, the pursuit of increased accuracy was limited as well. Matsuura addressed this problem in 1999 with the development of our very first linear motor machine, the LX-1. By adopting the linear motor drive, the axis feed mechanism could be simplified, and the machine’s responsiveness improved remarkabley over that of the ball screw drive. Additionally, with a linear drive on all axes, the machine could achieve a rapid feedrate of 90m/min and a max. acceleration of 1.5G.