Significance of precision in medical CNC
Perhaps one of the most common medical CNC procedures undergone by most patients is hip replacement surgery. According to reports, most of the surgical procedures regarding this surgery have been successful. However, there is an increasing issue regarding the breakdown of materials overtime because of the poor manufacture process of the devices. Ever since Themistocles Gluck invented the implantable hip replacement, those who patronized the produces have started to enjoy better and long lives. Through the years, implantable hip replacement has been improved and developed but the patient still need to endure the surgical procedure as well as the long period of recovery. This is not really a procedure that a patient wants to repeat since the implant is not manufactured correctly and has been broken down through the years. The slightest machining may even cause the entire body to reject the implant particularly if the metal which is used does not have any right composition and grade. It is for this reason that CNC machining is used. It ensures that the medical components and parts have the precision as well as quality to save lives.
Laser machining for medical applications
The advances in the technological world have resulted into new surgical equipments, medical tools, surgical implantable devices and diagnostic devices. The medical industry has really created major challenge for the producers of state of the art medical devices. In order to overcome these challenges, the manufacturers make use of medical CNC machining which produce consistent precise parts which are of high quality. Additionally, there is also laser technology which offers the potential for another level of precision, consistency, part quality and increased throughput. However, laser technology will only be successful if it will be used in conjunction with high accuracy and high repeatability motion control of equipment.
Even before the miniaturization of medical equipments or devices, it was already deemed critical to control mechanical and thermal stresses on the material. The lasers offer unique ability in processing extremely small medical components with precise accuracy and speed since it has a great precision and repeatability. Lasers can also be found in numerous applications ranging from bone saws and cutting stents, batteries, welding endoscopes and components of pacemaker or in marking surgical tools as well as implantable devices. The carbon dioxide lasers are critical tools for processing materials since most of the surgical tools are cut from large sheets of metals as well as expensive alloys.