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C-Axis uses PartMaker software!

C-Axis uses PartMaker Software

PartMaker Software Helps Medical Device ManufacturerC-Axis & PartMaker

Using Delcam's PartMaker CAM software has given medical divice manufacturer C-Axis the ability to manufacture complex, high-quality medical parts very efficiently. The company uses a range of six multi-axis CNC mills and Swiss-type lathes, the most complex of which is a twelve-axis Star ECAS-20T. Of course, when programming such sophisticated parts on such complex machines, being able to quote, program and set jobs up efficiently is paramount.

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Machining in Paradise

Reprint articleArticle from Production Machining Magazine

One medical parts job shop is taking its business to the next level in Puerto Rico with the right CAM system.

Puerto Rico brings to mind visages of relaxation and vacation—cruise ships, baseball, and Piña Colada. High-tech multi-axis lathes and cutting edge CAD/CAM technology fall pretty low on the list of images that sing "Caribbean paradise". As it turns out, Puerto Rico is a world leader for medical device manufacturing, shipping well over $2 billion worth of medical devices per year. The tiny island U.S. commonwealth is eighth on the world list of medical device shipments.

Jeff Haley, founder and CEO of C-Axis Inc., a Minnesota-based job shop, recognized the unique opportunity for contract manufacturing of medical devices in Puerto Rico and took the plunge by opening a plant there in 2003, just six years after starting his company in Hamel, Minnesota. Since then, C-Axis’s Puerto Rican operation has flourished, grow- ing to upwards of 50 employees to serve a number of the leading medical device companies with major operations there.

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Hosts Govenor Luis Fortuno!

PR Govenor and C-Axis Team

C-Axis Puerto Rico, Inc. will expand its presence in Caguas to supply medical devices industries with high precision components and contract manufacturing - $2.8 million investment will create 32 jobs.

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