Implanting Success

Solutions Provider for Complex Parts
Machines from Willemin-Macodel provide turnkey solutions and include advanced features adapted to meet the most demanding needs. Machines leave the company tailor-made and provided with equipment such as loading and unloading devices, chip management systems, and personalized set-up.

To address the demands of flexibility, company engineers develop the machines with quality as the key factor. Milling and turning capabilities from bars bring very flexible machining without any constraint to hold the parts. The automatic secondary operation unit allows gripping parts on a three-positions turret, simultaneously embarking a counter-spindle and two vices for machining on the second side.

• Complex parts completed in a single cycle
• Changing of up to eight chucks is automatic with a manipulating arm on the secondary operation unit
• Machining of several families of different parts in fully automatic mode
• Tool storage with up to 96 positions associated with a very fast tool changer
• Flexibility and autonomy to the machining area

Willemin-Macodel Inc.
Hawthorne, NY
wmusa.us

QP-1620L Vertical Machining Center

• Structure: Construction of major parts of the machine is of Meehanite cast iron for stability; a small footprint at 100" x 66" x 92"; supported for full travel, the machine’s base enables it to be suitable for high-speed machining; the Z-axis, spindle-head, and air counter-balance system provides smooth 3D contouring with quick movement
• Capacity: The machine has a table load of 550 lb with an overall table dimension of 27.6" x 12.6"; travel on the X, Y, Z axes are 20.5" x 15.8" x 15"; weight is 5,060 lb
• Performance: Provides fast interpolation to maximize machining time with high rapid speed, up to 1,891 ipm; two types of standard tapers are available – 40 taper with a 10,000rpm or 30 taper with a 15,000rpm spindle; delivers quick pick-up speed along with high-speed rigid tapping; tool capacity is 20, with a fast ATC time of T-T 1.8 seconds, C-C of 2 seconds
• Control: Includes a FANUC 0iM, color 8.4" LCD that has a 4-axis simultaneous controller, linear-circular-helical interpolation, and canned cycles for drilling, tapping, and profiling

Chevalier Machinery Inc.
Santa Fe Springs, CA
chevalierusa.com

Reducing Purchase, Maintenance, Fixture Costs
At the start of 2012, manufacturing began of Synova’s Laser MicroJet (LMJ) machines based on Makino machine technology. Commercialization of the new LMJ machines will start in Japan with subsequent worldwide distribution.

The LMJ technology enables substantial reduction of total cost of ownership in material processing. The water-guided laser beam cuts/drills perfectly parallel and clean kerfs or holes with virtually no heat impact. Because of this technology platform, production operates at lower waste rates, there is elimination of operational steps, and the process allows production of parts that are not produceable at the same quality level with other manufacturing processes.

Makino Inc.
Mason, OH
makino.com

Synova SA
Ecublens-Lausanne, Switzerland
synova.ch


Standards for Medical Devices
Hand-held laser are used often in the production of medical device products, in great part due to their flexibility of use. The process validation, as required by the FDA, makes specific demands to manual and semi-automated welding processes. So, there is a need for documentation of all relevant welding parameters and answering this need is the integration of significant functions to support the process validation of the Rofin Select and Integral welding systems. The monitoring of all parameters crucial for welding processes, including gas monitoring, guarantees a reliable and validated process. Combining manual and CNC-controlled welding processes safeguards a highly flexible and yet process-stable production.

In addition, included with Rofin Select and Integral welding systems are realization and documentation of the installation and operational qualification (IQ, OQ), according to the GMP standards for the FDA authorization of medical device products.

Rofin Baasel Lasertech
Plymouth, MI
rofin.com

Non-Invasive Oxygen Analyzer Capability
The OpTech – O2 system is a non-invasive, non-destructive thermoformed blister package testing systems using an optical sensor that fluoresces, or gives off light, directly related to the amount of oxygen present. OpTech – O2 technology is ideal for determining oxygen headspace and ingress in flexible and rigid packaging. Until now, blister-testing alternatives either involved invasive testing or complicated off-line procedures. Other blister testing procedures are labor intensive, or without the degree of accuracy that the OpTech – O2 system provides. The OpTech – O2 system offers a simple method to evaluate, quickly, what is happening inside a closed blister package under real-life conditions.

Mocon Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
mocon.com

Nylon Abrasive Filament Brushes
A complete offering of Burr-Rx deburring tools are all manufactured with an advanced ceramic-grain abrasive filament. Offering a comprehensive line of high aggression, compliant brushing tools, Weiler nylon abrasive filament brushes address practically any automated deburring need.

Co-extrusion with an engineered ceramic abrasive grain, the black nylon filaments of Weiler’s Burr-Rx provide cut rates up to 400% faster than standard silicon carbide or aluminum oxide filaments.

Ceramic grain Burr-Rx brushes are well suited for deburring tough materials such as Inconel, stainless steel, and titanium, but with an assortment of filament configurations and product fill densities, there is a high performance tool available for use on practically any material.

Weiler Corp.
Cresco, PA
weilercorp.com

High-Accuracy 0.1μm Micrometer
The High-Accuracy Digimatic digital micrometer offers 0.1μm resolution measurement in a convenient, hand-held tool, utilizing the Absolute rotary sensor manufactured utilizing Mitutoyo’s own high-precision screw machining technology. This sensor reduces instrument error to ±0.5μm delivering high-accuracy with no trade-off in operability. The Absolute system eliminates the need to reset the origin each time power turns on, therefore enabling measurement immediately upon start-up. In addition, presetting of the measurement origin can be to any value within the display range to reduce set-up time and improve repeatability. Zeroing of the display at any position is possible, making comparison measurement easier. Switching of the display resolution can be to 0.5μm if 0.1μm measurement is not required.

The High-Accuracy Digimatic micrometer features an extremely rigid frame for stable measurement while a constant-force barrel/spindle mechanism eliminates the possibility of overspeed errors. Reduction in transference of body heat to the instrument is through use of a heat shield (removable), minimizing errors attributable to thermal expansion while performing handheld measurements.

Mitutoyo America Corp.
Aurora, IL
mitutoyo.com