Instruments such as clamps for arthroscopic surgery have a variety of critical surfaces that must meet tolerance requirements to function correctly. PHOTO courtesy GF Machining Solutions.
GF Machining Solutions is planning to intensify its support of North American medical manufacturers with the opening of a new Medical Center of Competence at its Lincolnshire, Illinois, facility.
The new center will provide manufacturers supplying the medical industry with applications support along with production technologies that include precision milling, EDM, laser texturing, micromachining and automation.
GF Machining Solutions will celebrate the grand opening of the new center with free special events on April 19-20 at the nearby GF Machining Solutions Microlution facility. At the Medical Center of Competence event, visitors will have the opportunity to tour the over 50,000 square-foot facility and experience firsthand some of the most advanced technologies producing key medical components, the company says. In addition to special guest presentations, the event will showcase the company’s fully automated order to production system and specialized control demonstrations.
Also as part of the grand opening celebration, GF Machining Solutions Microlution will conduct factory tours and product demonstrations in its facility at 6629 West Irvine Park Road, Chicago, on April 20th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm (lunch included). Highlighted technologies include femto laser solutions that allow medical manufacturers to tackle their toughest high-precision machining applications.
At the new center, manufacturers will have access to the GF Machining Solutions industry-leading medical application support teams as well as sales and service representatives. With extensive experience in the manufacture of complex, high-precision parts, the company will provide strategies and technologies for improving the production of medical instruments, orthopedic and trauma implants, consumables, dental parts, packaging and more.
Register for the GF Machining Solutions Medical Center of Competence event here: https://forms.office.com/e/nE10N0YJ1k
