High Precision Rotary Stroke Bearings
December 14, 2012 9:49 am | Mahr Federal Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsA full line of Rotary Stroke Bearings is now available from Mahr Federal. Suitable for a wide range of applications where linear, rotary, and combined movements are required, MarMotion high precision linear or Rotary Stroke Bearings are frequently specified...
LISTED UNDER: Bearings | Laser Welding | Transducers
IDE-Based Software Development Tool
December 7, 2012 9:33 am | Mouser Electronics, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMouser Electronics, Inc. is stocking and shipping the NXP Semiconductors’ LPC800 LPCXpresso Board, based on the new 32-bit LPC800 microcontroller family designed for the 8-bit microcontroller market.
LISTED UNDER: PCBs/Embedded Computer Boards | Product Design
Design and Rapid Prototyping Services
December 6, 2012 9:14 am | Graphicast, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsGraphicast, Inc., a contract casting house, now offers design and rapid prototyping services to assist engineers in designing parts as castings from the start, maximizing as-cast features to shorten time-to-market and reduce the costs of development, machining, and production.
LISTED UNDER: Conceptual Design & Visualization | Design Services | Product DesignStratasys and Objet Complete Merger
December 3, 2012 10:17 am | News | CommentsStratasys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSYS) and Objet Ltd. today announced the completion of their merger, forming a leader in 3D printing and direct digital manufacturing. The combined company will trade on the NASDAQ stock exchange as Stratasys Ltd. ("Stratasys") under the symbol SSYS beginning December 3, 2012.
LISTED UNDER: Product Design | Prototyping | Rapid Prototyping
Single Module, Pick-and-Place HP 140 Series
November 29, 2012 10:52 am | Product Releases | CommentsIndustry leading specialist for rotary tables and automation WEISS North America, Inc. (Willoughby, OH), continues to evolve its HP 140 Pick-and-Place series with a myriad of superior performance capabilities vs. traditional pneumatic systems.
LISTED UNDER: Automation Equipment | Robotic Systems | Cleanroom Assembly
NVision Increases its Medical CT Scanning Projects
November 27, 2012 11:25 am | Nvision Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsNVision reports that an increasing number of its contract scanning services now involve CT scanning for reverse engineering, and inspection and measurement of medical components and surgical tools.
LISTED UNDER: Design Services | Component Testing | Other Testing Services
Cyclo Olefin Polymer Syringes
November 15, 2012 11:32 am | Qosina | Product Releases | CommentsQosina now stocks Medallion syringes (#C1116 – #C1126) made from Cyclo Olefin Polymer (COP). Offered with either an ABS or PC plunger, the 20 ml syringes are available in an array of colors...
LISTED UNDER: Cannulae/Needles/Trocars | Transfer Devices | Silicone
ISO 3 Cleanroom Robots
November 15, 2012 10:35 am | Denso Robotics | Product Releases | CommentsDENSO announced new ISO 3 (class 1) cleanroom versions of its VS-Series six-axis articulated robots, adding to its previously released ISO 5 (class 100) versions.
LISTED UNDER: Robotic Systems | Injection Molding | Cleanroom AssemblyMedical Murray, Inc. Opens New Design and Development Facility in Charlotte, NC
November 8, 2012 11:57 am | by Medical Murray | News | CommentsMedical Murray proudly announces the opening of its new design and development facility located in Charlotte, North Carolina. “We are excited to move forward with our plans to open a new Charlotte facility, which will allow us to better service our new and existing customers in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic,” said Phillip Leopold, President of Medical Murray.
LISTED UNDER: Full Service Contract ManufacturingRedbird Medical Introduces All-Encompassing Medical Contract Manufacturing Services
October 31, 2012 12:33 pm | News | CommentsRedbird Medical, a contract manufacturer for the life science and health care industries, today announces the launch of its robust, customizable services benefiting companies in need of manufacturing, assembly, packaging, and supply chain management. As an affiliate company of The Phoenix Group with world-class infrastructure already in place, Redbird Medical’s processes...
LISTED UNDER: Full Service Contract Manufacturing
EMS Capabilities for Medical Devices
October 26, 2012 10:45 am | Suntron Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsSuntron Corporation, a leader in integrated electronics manufacturing systems (EMS) and embedded computing solutions, announces that it will showcase its capabilities for the medical industry...
LISTED UNDER: Electromedical Contract Manufacturing | Full Service Contract Manufacturing | Product Design
Microstructure Engineering: An Alternative to Coatings
October 25, 2012 3:23 pm | by Andrew Cannon and Sarah Hulseman | Hoowaki Llc | Articles | CommentsWhile coatings can offer an array of benefits to medical device components, in certain cases, they can also come with adverse effects that impact the overall efficacy of the product. An innovative technique—microstructure engineering—enables a surface treatment to be accomplished during the component fabrication process, providing an alternative to coatings.
LISTED UNDER: Surface Modification | Complex | Fluoroplastic
Bluetooth Wireless Connectivity
October 25, 2012 11:37 am | Texas Instruments Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsTexas Instruments Incorporated (TI), leading the industry with the most complete wireless connectivity portfolio for embedded applications, today announced that its Bluetooth® v4.0 technology-based CC2560 and CC2564...
LISTED UNDER: Integrated Circuits | Bluetooth Modems | Prototyping
ISO 3 Cleanroom Robots
October 25, 2012 10:41 am | Denso Robotics | Product Releases | CommentsDENSO announced new ISO 3 (class 10) cleanroom versions of its VS-Series six-axis articulated robots, adding to its previously released ISO 5 (class 100) versions. The VS-Series robots offer the world’s highest speed...
LISTED UNDER: Automation Equipment | Robotic Systems | Assembly Equipment
Perspectives on Supplier Differentiator, Part II
October 19, 2012 2:10 pm | by Deborah Kacera, Daniel Rudolf, Dan Walsh, Christine Forcier, and Bill Leverich | Pilgrim Software, Inc. | Articles | CommentsThe next evolution is the focus on the supply chain and ensuring the detailed processes are in place and that products/processes provided by downstream suppliers are validated and real. With globalization as the post facto now, it will require more stringent supplier controls from the initial selection of suppliers through the monitoring phases. How will suppliers select and monitor their supplier base?
LISTED UNDER: Supply Chain Management
