Subcontract machining with surgical precision from Dawson

The specialist medical part for surgery went outside the company's own extensive manufacturing expertise, so to ensure their high standards were maintained, they enlisted the help of local business DPC. The first order for 200 parts came in on a Friday at the start of July with a request that they be completed by the following Monday. The nature of the instruments meant extremely high precision was required, with some of the parts being as small as 0.8 mm in diameter. DPC responded to the request, utilising their built in machine capacity, and working through the weekend to complete the order on time and to specification. This was followed by further orders, taking the total up to 3,000 screws, 10,000 pins and 10,000 rivets over the following few weeks. The parts were manufactured on Citizen multi-axis turning centres, particularly suited for the batches of 50 plus and capable of turning both ends of a component up to 32 mm diameter, as well as drilling and milling in a single cycle. Jane Spencer, production and procurement manager at Surgical Innovations, said: "We were extremely impressed by Dawson Precision Components. Right from the start they understood our requirement, gave us prompt, honest deadlines for production and stuck to them. All the precision parts were delivered to the very high quality we require to produce instruments used in laparoscopic surgery."