LISI MEDICAL's plant in Miribel, a French town just outside the city of Lyon, specialises in the outsourcing of surgical implants and ancillary items. Consisting primarily of plates and screws, these parts require precision manufacturing and are inspected by the plant's metrology department. The typical tolerances are in the order of 0.1 to 0.05 mm.
Thanks to Keyence's IM Series image measurement system, SPPF's operators measure the dimensions of extrusions without any risk of variability. As a result, the company has optimised the quality of its products and established processes for analysing production deviations.
Norgren, an international market leader in pneumatic motion and fluid control technology, is expanding its offer for the PET bottle manufacturing sector, with a brand new blowing block for linear stretch blow moulding machines.