Manufacturing Today Issue - 217 October 2023 | Page 153

______________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragon Implant
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manufacturing cutting and inspection tools and gauges enables us to complement our state-of-the-art quality department . Our Swiss machines are monitored by the cuttingedge Caron process monitoring system , allowing us to run our machines continuously with minimal human intervention . This enables us to operate for 24 hours a day , six days a week , while keeping costs down . Thanks to these cost savings and the savings we make in marketing due to my 40-year reputation for producing high-quality and innovative implants , Paragon can offer our basic implants at a price equivalent to what they were in 1986 . This competitive pricing is a true advantage that sets us apart from other top implant companies , some of which have significantly higher prices ,” he affirms .
With decades of industry experience , Gerald has dedicated significant time and effort to enhance the manufacturing facilities that are used by Paragon today . “ The Paragon plant was originally developed with dental
Paragon can offer our basic implants at a price equivalent to what they were in 1986
implant manufacturing in mind . We have trenches for all the electrical and compressed air lines , which have been arranged for the exact equipment that we use . Currently , our factory can accommodate a total of 36 CNC machines . Each machine is set up with Edge automatic bar feeders , a fire suppressant system , and a Caron monitoring system . Our Caron technology is very efficient in surveilling the cutting process of our implants as it automatically shuts down any machine that fails to cut the parts to our precise specifications . Supporting our manufacturing operations is our tooling department , equipped with ANCA tool
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