Delcam to demonstrate unique medical machining solutions at OrthoTec 2010

Delcam’s Healthcare Division will demonstrate its market-leading technology for medical device manufacture at OrthoTec 2010 in Warsaw, Indiana, on 12th and 13th May. The products to be spotlighted on booth 303 are the most recent releases of Delcam’s PowerMILL and PartMaker CAM systems.

PowerMILL is Delcam’s solution for the machining of complex shapes, while PartMaker is Delcam’s solution for automating the programming of the complex multi-axis, turn-mill centres and Swiss-type lathes often found in the medical device sector. Also on display will be PowerINSPECT, Delcam’s software for automating the inspection process across a variety of metrology hardware platforms.

Delcam established a dedicated Healthcare Division in 2009, to provide a greater focus on this increasingly important part of its business. The new Division helps companies across the medical, dental and associated industries to apply Delcam’s expertise and experience in taking advantage of the latest design and manufacturing techniques.

"Companies in the healthcare industry face the same demands from their patients that our traditional engineering clients see from their customers for faster delivery of better and cheaper products,” explained Delcam’s Managing Director, Clive Martell. "Patients want to receive higher quality products and services, and they want to complete their treatment in the shortest-possible time. At the same time, healthcare companies are under pressure to provide this higher quality at lower cost and to increase their productivity to meet the growing demand. These requirements can only be met through the application of more advanced and more automated technology.”

Multi-tasking machines are being used increasingly in the medical and dental industries, to the extent that over 70% of Delcam’s PartMaker software, the company’s dedicated system for this class of equipment, is sold into the sector. Applications include the manufacture of all types of medical and dental screw, prosthetics, and components for medical equipment.

The area in and around Warsaw, where the OrthoTec show is to be held, represents a large segment of Delcam’s medical device business, with a number of PartMaker users based in the region. Of particular focus at Orthotec will be the integration between PartMaker and PowerMILL introduced in PartMaker Version 2010. The integrated PartMaker-PowerMILL solution provides the most powerful system on the market for automating the programming of complex multi-axis turn-mill equipment and Swiss-type lathes. Each system, on its own, provides best-in-class support for the applications which they target. The combination provides medical device manufacturers with an unlimited range of machining capability.