OMC Precision Products, a maker of spinal implant, first line of attack for smoothness is machining to minimize cusps or scallops left behind by machine tool cutters. In finishing passes, the cusps are diminished by minimizing stepovers, the distance the tool moves into the new path. OMC focuses on making implants for correcting spinal deformities. OMC has three lines of implants, all machined from stainless steel or titanium. It makes plates and screws for spines that are degenerating or have undergone trauma; hooks and rods for deformities such as scoliosis; and cages to replace damaged vertebrae. First-article inspections are done on a Primus coordinate measuring machine from Mycrona Inc. of Plymouth, Michigan. The unit is equipped with a touch probe system from Renishaw Inc. of Schaumburg, Illinois. OMC also produces 2 alternatives to plates, a spine straightening system based on titanium or stainless-steel rods several inches long. The rods are locked in place with diverse types of bone screws or spinal hooks.

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