Scaling O&P While Honoring Craft: Automation with Integrity—How ORTIS™ Helped Tillges Protect What Matters Most

The Bottleneck Before the Breakthrough Tillges Orthotics & Prosthetics and Tillges Technologies were outgrowing its traditional fabrication process. The team was working nights and weekends just to meet demand—manual labor couldn’t keep pace, and a skilled workforce was increasingly hard to find. Growth was exciting—but it was stretching their people too thin. A Smart Shift to Scalable Automation They needed automation, but not at the cost of control, quality, or team culture. ORTIS™ delivered. With intuitive ARPP software, 7-axis precision, and overnight autonomy, Tillges saw turnaround times plummet—from 2 hours to 30 minutes for rush work. ORTIS™ carved, cut, and drilled—freeing up the team to focus on higher-value design and patient-facing work. A Better Way to Work—and Live Today, ORTIS™ runs overnight, refines complex custom pieces, and helps the Tillges team deliver more without burning out. Production is up, stress is down, and employees are going home on time. “Most of us have young kids and families at home. I’m sure our spouses appreciate it, and our children appreciate it—that we’re not here till sunset.” Thomas Tillges, Operations Officer at Tillges Orthotics and Prosthetics

The Bottleneck Before the Breakthrough Tillges Orthotics & Prosthetics and Tillges Technologies were outgrowing its traditional fabrication process. The team was working nights and weekends just to meet demand—manual labor couldn’t keep pace, and a skilled workforce was increasingly hard to find. Growth was exciting—but it was stretching their people too thin. A Smart Shift to Scalable Automation They needed automation, but not at the cost of control, quality, or team culture. ORTIS™ delivered. With intuitive ARPP software, 7-axis precision, and overnight autonomy, Tillges saw turnaround times plummet—from 2 hours to 30 minutes for rush work. ORTIS™ carved, cut, and drilled—freeing up the team to focus on higher-value design and patient-facing work. A Better Way to Work—and Live Today, ORTIS™ runs overnight, refines complex custom pieces, and helps the Tillges team deliver more without burning out. Production is up, stress is down, and employees are going home on time. “Most of us have young kids and families at home. I’m sure our spouses appreciate it, and our children appreciate it—that we’re not here till sunset.” Thomas Tillges, Operations Officer at Tillges Orthotics and Prosthetics