"The main company that produces those devices has changed its way of doing things and is no longer making or supporting them." "Some of the products we were servicing at that time have gone away," explains Tate Parham, director of engineering. However, within a few years, the company faced a precipitous drop in part volume on these jobs, and the screw machine became impractical. To efficiently handle large volumes of these components, the shop invested in a multi-axis screw machine. Many of these surgical instruments incorporate internal parts that are custom-built by the OEM, so replacements can’t be bought off-shelf. In addition to manufacturing work, the company is heavily involved in the service and repair of ophthalmic components.
As it is emulsified, the cataract is sucked through a small hole in the phaco tip. The tip vibrates between 20,000 and 40,000 times per second to emulsify the cataract. An example of one such component is a phaco tip, a small titanium needle that is inserted into a minute surgical incision in the eye. Components and accessories for phacoemulsification instruments, which doctors use to extract cataracts from patients’ eyes, comprise the bulk of the company’s products. DMG’s CTX 310 ECO V3 turn-mill with live tools and a C axis enabled the shop to operate with less labor and improved productivity and part quality in a lights-out environment.įounded in 1992, American Optisurgical focuses primarily on equipment for cataract eye surgery, although it also performs contract machining for a variety of industries to fill out extra capacity.
When changes in the industry forced the company to alter its focus toward lower-quantity jobs, it sought to replace its multiple-machine process with a more efficient manufacturing method. American Optisurgical, a manufacturer of ophthalmic instruments in Lake Forest, California, is no exception. Achieving and maintaining maximum flexibility is often cited as a strategy employed by successful machine shops to stay ahead of the curve.
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