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Medical Contract Manufacturer Proves Business Case for Robotic Gauging of Machined Parts

Q-Span Gauging Systems improve efficiency, capacity, and real-time reporting of quality departments

Tue, 08/02/2022 - 11:59
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(New Scale Robotics: Victor, NY) -- New Scale Robotics has released a new case study video with Orchid Orthopedic Solutions, a medical contractor manufacturer in Bridgeport, Michigan. Orchid uses New Scale’s Q-Span Robotic Gauging System to automate QC inspection of its machined surgical drills.

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In the video, Joe Farinella, quality director at Orchid, explains the business benefits of the Q-Span System. These include:
• Realizing immediate savings of more than 50 hours per week of inspection time
• Achieving total gauge repeatability and reproducibility (GR&R) of less than 10 percent
• Deployment in less than a month
• Ability to reassign quality control personnel to higher-value tasks

The Q-Span System meets the strict quality requirements of Orchid Orthopedic Solutions’ customers and regulatory agencies.

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