Case Study: Paragon Medical reduces lathe programming time with Hexagon ESPRIT CAM

Paragon Medical cuts programming time from three days to one with Hexagon

Paragon Medical, a manufacturer of precision components for medical and aerospace industries, faced challenges programming complex parts on their advanced 7-axis lathe with a laser system. Programming manually at the machine control was time-consuming, prone to errors, and made optimizing spindle use and avoiding collisions difficult. To address this, they switched to ESPRIT CAM software from Hexagon for its simulation and advanced machine tool support.

Hexagon's solution involved implementing ESPRIT CAM, which included developing a custom post processor to seamlessly integrate the laser as a standard tool. The software automatically recognized part features from CAD models and generated efficient machining code. This allowed programmers to visually simulate and optimize operations, balancing work between spindles. As a result, Hexagon helped Paragon Medical reduce programming time for complex parts from three days to one, achieve significant cycle time reductions, and greatly decrease machine testing time through accurate simulation.

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