Speed to Market or FDA Compliance? It Must Be Both
November 10, 2008 6:52 am | by Noel Sobelman | Articles | CommentsMedical device manufacturing companies don’t have the luxury of being able to choose between either focusing on speed to market or FDA compliance. Rather, they must address both equally.
LISTED UNDER: FDA Compliance | Medical Device Testing | Product R&DLean Manufacturing Problem Solving Tips
November 10, 2008 6:52 am | Product Releases | CommentsBosch Rexroth has compiled tips for solving daily problems in a lean operation. These tips aim to help organizations solve the everyday problems that they face in order to sustain improvements achieved with lean implementations and prevent backsliding.
LISTED UNDER: Facility Design
Manufacturing Efficiencies Ensure Recovery Speed
November 10, 2008 6:52 am | Product Releases | CommentsMass production of parts usually involves injection molding along with significant time to market. But the time and development involved with injection molding proves prohibitive when only low-volume orders are placed, which is the case for medical pre-production and production of a device.
LISTED UNDER: Prototyping | Injection MoldingConcurrent Engineering & Outsourcing: Ingredients for Success
November 10, 2008 6:52 am | by Stephen C. Cooper | Articles | CommentsOutsourcing using concurrent engineering practices provides the hands-on approach for a company that enables it to gain the most in efficiencies from manufacturing. It can be used by virtually any company of any size and applied to any medical device, product, or component.
LISTED UNDER: Full Service Contract Manufacturing | Fittings | Product Design
Design Talk: Roadblocks to Managing Supplier Quality
November 10, 2008 6:52 am | by Matthew Kopecky, Product Manager, Sparta Systems | Sparta Systems, Inc. | Articles | CommentsIn the medical device industry, designers continue to face unique challenges that stem from the broader manufacturing process. These can include anything from shorter product lifecycles and increased regulatory scrutiny to the need to source materials from a myriad of suppliers across the value chain.
LISTED UNDER: Quality Services | Supply Chain ManagementDesign Talk: Where Will Lean Take Us?
November 10, 2008 6:52 am | Articles | CommentsBy Kevin Duggan Medical device companies have achieved significant improvement using lean techniques. Improvements in quality, productivity, lead time, inventory, on-time delivery, and cost have been obtained and further improvement continues each day.
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Programmable Force Tester Features PC Control
October 13, 2008 12:07 pm | Mark-10 Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsThe Model ESM301 force tester is designed for product integrity testing in quality control, manufacturing, and R&D areas. With a load capacity of 300 lbf (1.
LISTED UNDER: Product-Safety/Performance Testing | Product R&D
Laser Marking Provides Permanent Solution
October 13, 2008 12:07 pm | All-Marks | Product Releases | CommentsLaser marking provides an ideal permanent marking solution on medical devices and equipment, surgical instruments, and orthopedic inserts, as well as in conjunction with high speed packaging and labeling lines.
LISTED UNDER: Laser MarkingPatent Protection 101
October 13, 2008 12:07 pm | Articles | CommentsPatent protection is an aspect of business that concerns many, but truly understood by few. It is a critical piece of any new technology development venture and as such, engineers must be aware of the steps they need to take to safeguard an invention against competitors or counterfeiters.
LISTED UNDER: Patents/Trademarks | Microbiology/Chemical Testing | Medical Device Testing
TPU Enables Disposable Thin-Wall Extruded Tubing
October 9, 2008 6:06 am | New England Urethane | Product Releases | CommentsA phthalate (plasticizer) free, very stretchable thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) alloy promises to offer enhanced product design and application parameters for medical product and other designers and manufacturers.
LISTED UNDER: Thermoplastic Elastomers | Product DesignThe ‘Ins’ and ‘Outs’ of Parylene Coating
October 9, 2008 6:06 am | Articles | CommentsThis article reviews the two process alternatives available to users of protective Parylene conformal coating: relying on an external custom coating provider, or establishing in-house coating capabilities.
LISTED UNDER: Parylene | Biocompatibility Testing | Microbiology/Chemical TestingThe 'Ins' and 'Outs' of Parylene Coating
October 9, 2008 6:06 am | Articles | CommentsThis article reviews the two process alternatives available to users of protective Parylene conformal coating: relying on an external custom coating provider, or establishing in-house coating capabilities.
LISTED UNDER: Parylene | Biocompatibility Testing | Microbiology/Chemical TestingGreenData Site Launched/Company Offers Free BOM Scrub
October 9, 2008 6:05 am | Product Releases | CommentsGreenSoft Technology Inc., a leading provider of environmental compliance content management tools and services for the global electronics industry, has launched GreenData, a searchable database of environmental compliance and component information.
LISTED UNDER: Product Safety Compliance
Coating Enables Higher Speed Machining
September 15, 2008 5:44 am | Sumitomo Electric Carbide, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsFeaturing a Super ZX multi-layered coating, the new grades AC510U and AC520U are perfect for roughing, finishing, and medium cut machining of super alloy materials. The coating consists of ultra-thin layers of TiAlN and AlCrN, alternately stacked up to 1,000 layers.
LISTED UNDER: Machining Equipment & Tools | Device Coating
Tray Handler Is Cleanroom Certified
September 10, 2008 8:33 am | Distech Automated Tray Systems | Product Releases | CommentsThe cleanroom certified DS1100 parts feeding machine is designed for medical and pharmaceutical applications. For cleanrooms, the system is manufactured almost entirely of stainless steel and has the ability to handle thin, thermoplastic trays.
LISTED UNDER: Cleanroom Services
