CAM Solution in the Medical Industry

PartMaker CAM software products are in use at six of the world's 10 largest medical device manufacturers (ranked by revenue by Reuters Group Plc), including such companies as Medtronic and Zimmer, as well as other industry leaders like Smith & Nephew, Biomet and Johnson & Johnson. Many of the leading contract manufacturers serving the medical device industry also rely on PartMaker CAM software. Such leading manufacturers typically use PartMaker CAM software to automate the programming of their multi-axis lathes and Swiss-type lathes, machines which are ideal for the manufacture of bone screws and dental implants, and instrumentation for use in surgical procedures.

Medical devices are ideal for manufacture on multi-axis lathes and Swiss-type because they are typically small and have very tight tolerance requirements that may not be obtained by less precise equipment. Additionally, because humans come in all shapes in sizes, lot sizes can tend to be smaller in the medical device arena than other industries that use multi-axis lathes and Swiss-type lathes. Many different sizes of components are required; therefore, the need for CAM software to speed programming time and reduce machine set-up time is that much more acute.

"PartMaker's leadership in the medical device field stems directly from its pioneering of the market for programming multi-axis lathes and Swiss-type lathes," says Par tMaker President Hanan Fishman. "Medical devices tend to be geometrically complex and have tight tolerances, which make their manufacture an ideal application for PartMaker."