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Firstek Ltd

Automotive Design & Production, April, 2004

Firstek Ltd. is a prototype part manufacturer in Basildon, Essex, U.K., that employs two five-axis laser-cutting machines--a Prima Optimo and a Prima Rapidio--to produce parts for customers including Visteon, GKN, and Federal Mogul. It has replaced the programming package that it had been using since 1997 with PEPS SolidCutLaser software from Camtek Ltd.

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(Malvern, Worcestershire, U.K.; www.peps.com). Speaking of the change, Rob Blackwell, technical manager at Firstek observes, "Programming was at least 50% quicker than the previous system, mainly because PEPS is solids-based and can utilize the solid information stored against the part." He adds, "A part that might have taken 5-6 hours to take from a drawing to code can now be done in two or three hours, which, over the course of a week, saves me about a day."

Automotive Industry

Firstek Ltd

Automotive Design & Production, April, 2004

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