When the manufacturing engineering team at medical device manufacturer ConMed, needed to find a way to pull significant costs out of production, he saw an opportunity to bring bone drill holemaking in house
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Sep

Drilling Down to the Smallest Diameters | Case Study

Industry: Medical

Customer Product: Surgical Tooling

UNISIG Solution: UNE6 Gundrilling Machine

drilled medical part being measured
When the manufacturing engineering team at an international surgical equipment manufacturer needed to find a way to pull significant costs out of production, they saw an opportunity to bring bone drill holemaking in house. The parts, however, presented a significant challenge, with small diameters, thin part walls, and approaching depth-to-diameter hole ratios of 100:1. The department manager and his team weren’t sure that gundrilling could hold their required tolerances and give them the control of accuracy that they needed. Continue reading ““Drilling Down to the Smallest Diameters | Case Study”“

UNISIG introduced a solution that would consolidate multiple gundrilling machines into a UNI25HD multi-spindle machine, replacing several decades-old pieces of equipment to free up floor space,
10

Apr

Modernized High Volume Receiver Production | Case Study

High powered gundrilling production is performed on the UNI25HD automated cell.

Industry: Firearms

Customer Product: Rifle Receivers

UNISIG Solution: UNI25HD with Automation

Rifle barrel receivers go on every rifle that is manufactured, and a growing firearms industry has affected the demands of manufacturers. Continue reading ““Modernized High Volume Receiver Production | Case Study”“