The Starrag Bumotec machine that will be delivered to Smithstown immediately after the Manufacturing Ireland exhibitionIreland is the epicentre of the medical industry, and on 11 and 12 June, this will be showcased at the
Manufacturing Solutions Ireland exhibition, which takes place at the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), Coonagh Cross Campus, Ennis Road, Limerick.
Starrag will be presenting its latest innovations with the Starrag Bumotec 191neo taking centre stage (Stand T7).
The Starrag Bumotec 191 will be delivered to
Smithstown Light Engineering Ltd immediately after the show. Shannon-based Smithstown opened its doors for business 50 years ago with just four toolmakers and fast-forward to today and it now has three manufacturing sites and over 285 employees. With two sites in Shannon and another in Rzeszow, Poland, the company is on an aggressive growth trajectory, a fact underpinned by the Rzeszow division recently moving into a new 50,000ft
2 factory. Working with the world’s leading medical device and orthopaedic companies, Smithstown has invested in the Bumotec 191 to streamline its throughput and maximise efficiency.
Smithstown transitioned to medical manufacturing in 1990, and it continually invests in the very latest technology. This sees the company work with renowned leading clients such as Stryker, Boston Scientific, Zimmer Biomet, and Cook Medical. With over 14 million components manufactured annually, the Irish manufacturer adopts stringent quality measures that are a necessity for ultra-precision medical device parts used in life-saving surgery. It is here that the Bumotec 191neo will create an impact.
Right opportunitySmithstown Light Engineering CEO Gerard Henn, said: “We have been interested in the Starrag machines for several years, and it was a case of finding the right opportunity for our business. The Bumotec 191 is perfect for small intricate mill/turn parts, and we have bought this machine for a number of reasons. Primarily, it will support our NPI (New Product Introduction) team that supports our customers from RFQ (request for quote) through product development and iterations into production. Over any two- to three-month period, our NPI (new product introduction) team will be working on 10 to 15 development projects that will range from prototypes to small batch runs.
“This development work will eventually dovetail into production. We see the Bumotec 191 as both a highly flexible machine that will support the NPI team and as an extremely productive machine for high-volume manufacturing. So, we expect the Bumotec 191 to be the first of many to arrive at Smithstown, as it works perfectly with orthopaedic and medical device components from development through to production.”
Starrag is also renowned for its more extensive and more robust machine tools for the general manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, offshore and power generation sectors. To this end, Starrag experts attending the show will be keen to discuss the merits of the Heckert H Compact Series, the impressive STC series of horizontal machining centres, the new Droop+Rein FOGS HD, a six-axis overhead gantry-type machining centre.