Hexagon Pre-Loads Star Cutter Grinders with CAM Software
The packaged solution is aimed at assisting manufacturers of complex medical tooling, such as hip rasps, rotary files, bone files and drills.
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Star Cutter Company and Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence have established a partnership that enables the Star Cutter NXT five-axis grinders to be sold with a seat of pre-loaded Espirit CAM software. This packaged solution is aimed at assisting manufacturers of complex medical tooling, such as hip rasps, rotary files, bone files and drills.
The NXT grinder is a five-axis CNC machine with a small footprint, large grind zone and a modular design. Espirit uses a digital twin of the manufacturing envelope to simplify the programming process and deliver G code. Customers that already have Espirit can reportedly add the Star Cutter NXT’s digital machine package to their existing license and program the NXT using the software they already own.
“This is our first formalized partnership with a grinding company,” says Vytas Cijunelis, Espirit’s Midwest operations manager. “And Star Cutter was the right choice for us given the NXT’s grinding capability and their team’s process knowledge in producing medical tooling. We look forward to expanding our footprint in this market.”
Star Cutter will feature an NXT running Espirit software for demonstration at its Elk Rapids, Mich. facility. Video and remote demonstrations are also available.
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