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ing with blanking, thanks to the com- pany’s laser lab.
“As fast as we can adjust the CAD file, we can cut a new blank,” Verwys says. “That’s one of the keys to unlocking development time and helping us streamline time to market. We can run a job on the prototype platform using as many as four die stations, and stamp as many as a few thousand parts/week, or just a few, depending on how many the customer needs for surgical trials. While we’re doing all of that, and getting our customers through early develop- ment, we can start building a progressive die to prepare for a production launch.”
Depending on part complexity, Ver- wys and his team often can deliver a surgical part in as little as 8 to 10 weeks, compared to 16-20 weeks on a full pro- gressive die.
“We brought these technologies together—press and tool, and laser blanking—to deliver a prototype part that has the same fidelity of a prog- die stamped part, but within a much
shorter timeframe,” explains executive vice president Weissenrieder-Bennis. “The customer then takes these pro- totype parts and runs surgical trials, and they can be confident that the results they experience with the pro- totype instruments will mirror those they’ll see with a production tool made here in a progressive die.”
The Press
In 2018 when Verwys and his team began investigating servo presses on
the market, they started by looking at a 35-ton model—more than enough tonnage to form the 0.010 to 0.025-in.- thick stainless-steel sheet (300 and 400 series, as well as 17-7PH) they typically stamp. But to gain a larger press bed, they opted for the Komatsu H1F-60, a 60-ton press with a 35.4 by 21.7-in. bol- ster, 4.7-in. stroke and 11.8-in. shut height. It added a second identical press in 2019 when one of its prototype jobs immediately moved to production and the shop needed a second press.
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Surgical Products Division
The Weiss-Aug Surgical Products division is an ISO 13485:2016-registered med- ical-device and drug-delivery contract manufacturer, meeting the precise requirements of surgical devices and medical instruments. Among its product mix:
• Disposable safety products
• Drug-delivery products
• Orthodontics
• Ophthalmic disposables and devices • Electrosurgery products.
The division also provides engineering development support to help shorten project lead times, and features a laser lab technology center that contributes to quick turn- around times for prototyping, putting parts in the hands of customers in hours, not days or weeks.
