The Essential Resource for the Medical Design Engineering Community
Compact Drive
September 7, 2006 5:43 am | Maxon Precision Motors, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThis line of compact drives feature controllers, sensors, and motors in an aluminum casing, that, when combined with the company’s existing products, produce robust, space-saving, and high power density drive solutions.
Piezo Motor (3357)
September 7, 2006 5:43 am | Elliptec Resonant Actuator Ag | Product Releases | CommentsThe Elliptecmotor is a low-cost piezo motor that weights 1.2 g. With a few microns step size, motion speeds from several microns per minute up to several hundred millimeters per second are achievable. The direct driving forces of 0.3 – 0.5 N can be increased up to 5 N with simple levers or gears.
Printer Systems Resource
September 7, 2006 5:12 am | News | Product Releases | CommentsSystems integrators and value-added resellers of product ID labeling equipment can now find essential software programs and useful product information at this Avery Dennison Printer Systems web site.
Plastics White Paper
September 7, 2006 5:12 am | News | Product Releases | CommentsNovachem, a leading provider of safe and effective purging solutions for plastics processors, offers a free industry white paper that tackles head-on various purging issues and dilemmas facing today’s plastics processing managers.
Sensor Selector Guide
September 7, 2006 5:12 am | News | Product Releases | CommentsBaumer Electric offers a one-page, easy-to-use Sensor Selector Guide designed to allow end users to quickly choose the appropriate sensor technology for their specific applications. The guide focuses on inductive, capacitive, photoelectric, laser, ultrasonic, encoder, and My-Com sensor technologies.
Central/Eastern European Report
September 7, 2006 5:12 am | News | Product Releases | CommentsThe medical device market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is growing fast—the region as a whole is expected to grow annually by 6%, reaching $5.8 billion in 2010. The rapid growth is fueled by EU accession.
Pneumatic Products Catalog
September 7, 2006 5:12 am | News | Product Releases | CommentsMFD Pneumatics offers this 20-page pneumatic products catalog, focusing on product lines specific to the OEM’s low cost, quality component requirements.
Manufacturing Capabilities Brochure
September 7, 2006 5:12 am | News | Product Releases | CommentsGauthier Biomedical, a leading provider of orthopedic and spinal instrumentation, has introduced a new brochure featuring the company’s capabilities, manufacturing and prototyping services, and ISO certification.
Plastics Replace Metal in Digital Display Cart
September 7, 2006 5:12 am | News | Product Releases | CommentsErgotron, a leading digital display mount manufacturer, used long fiber and wear compounds from RTP Company to improve the efficiency of its new LX Large Display Cart.
Coordinate Measuring Machine (3341)
September 6, 2006 7:11 am | Carl Zeiss | Product Releases | CommentsThe Contura G2 coordinate measuring machine provides a particularly affordable means of entering the world of scanning technology for production and progress inspection of single processing stages.
Machine Vision Illuminator (3337)
September 6, 2006 7:10 am | Dolan-Jenner Industries | Product Releases | CommentsThe Fiber-Lite DC950 machine vision fiber optic illuminator for machine vision integrators is a 150-watt quartz halogen regulated illuminator.
Telecentric Measuring Lenses
September 6, 2006 7:10 am | Edmund Optics | Product Releases | CommentsTML-HP (high power) telecentric measuring lenses correct perspective errors that yield variations in magnification through the depth of field. Therefore, these lenses are ideal for both on-line and off-line production environments that require accurate measurements.
Choosing a Vent Membrane for a Medical Device
September 5, 2006 7:16 am | Millipore Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsHydrophobic polymeric membranes are widely used in medical devices to sterilize gases which pass through them or to provide sterile barriers between the atmosphere and device interiors.
The Art and Science of Rapid Prototyping
September 5, 2006 7:16 am | Np Medical Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsSpeed is the name of the game in getting a product to market before the competition. One technique medical device manufacturers are employing to help achieve faster design cycles for their products is rapid prototyping.
Critical Questions of Outsourcing
September 1, 2006 4:56 am | Medical Design Technology | Product Releases | CommentsMedical device manufacturers’ interest in outsourcing is growing and with it come many misconceptions and questions.
