Design/Manufacturing Services
Sponsored Products
Engineering Services
SSF’s engineering resources support production and engineering services. For production projects...
Contract Manufacturing
SSF can support all stages of manufacturing operations: from manual assembly to fully automated...
Extrusion
At SSF, our extrusion process is unrivaled. We can vary the inside and outside to your exact...
New Michigan-Based Medical Product Manufacturing Effort Provides Solutions for Innovators
May 22, 2013 5:27 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe University of Michigan Pediatric Medical Device Consortium (M-PED) is launching a new medical product manufacturing video on Vimeo. This 28-minute video: "Innovative Pediatric Manufacturing: Strategies & Solutions - A Guide To Bringing Your Device To Market" features critical...
LISTED UNDER: Business Services | Contract Manufacturing | Design & R&D
3D PRINTING WITH FDM: How it Works
May 22, 2013 3:13 pm | by Stratasys | White PapersA 3D printer is a machine that creates objects from plastic or other materials using an additive manufacturing process. Additive manufacturing produces objects in a succession of layers from the bottom, up. This is the opposite of traditional subtractive manufacturing processes, which produce objects by cutting material away from a block to create the shape desired.
LISTED UNDER: Prototyping | Rapid PrototypingACRO Joins Coalition of Small Business Innovators
May 21, 2013 11:09 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2013--The Association of Clinical Research Organizations announced today it has joined the Coalition of Small Business Innovators (CSBI). CSBI is a national, non-partisan coalition of organizations dedicated to stimulating sustained, private investment in...
LISTED UNDER: Business ServicesBIO Joins Coalition of Small Business Innovators
May 21, 2013 10:30 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2013--The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced today it has joined the Coalition of Small Business Innovators (CSBI). CSBI is a national, non-partisan coalition of organizations dedicated to stimulating sustained, private investment in small,...
LISTED UNDER: Business ServicesCoalition of Small Business Innovators Launches to Encourage a Tax Code that Creates Jobs and Promotes Long-Term Economic Growth
May 21, 2013 10:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2013--The Coalition of Small Business Innovators (CSBI) launches today with 15 organizations representing thousands of pre-revenue small businesses that employ millions of Americans in all 50 states. The Coalition aims to promote small business advancement as...
LISTED UNDER: Business Services
Single Mode Fiber Laser Markers Offer Processing Advantages
May 20, 2013 4:12 pm | by Dr. Geoff Shannon, Laser Technology Manager, Miyachi Unitek | Miyachi Unitek Corp. | Articles | CommentsThe fiber laser marker has become commonplace for mainstream marking applications, providing excellent high speed contrast marking of steels and plastics, as well as materials micromachining, including cutting, drilling, scribing, and ablation. Lasers with better beam quality can mark or machine faster, and provide better feature resolution and improved process quality.
LISTED UNDER: Laser Micro-Machining | Machining Equipment & Tools | Laser Marking
Where Has All the Training Gone?
May 14, 2013 11:41 am | by Kathy Bellemare, Director of Human Resources, and Robert Allen, Director of Engineering, Tooling, and Metal Form, Connecticut Spring & Stamping | Connecticut Spring & Stamping | Blogs | CommentsTraining is extremely important to the future of manufacturing in the United States, yet in many states, it has fallen by the wayside. Training for skilled manufacturing positions has been hit by a perfect storm of budget cuts and the mistaken idea that all young workers should go to college. What training exists has a near-exclusive focus on non-manufacturing skills.
LISTED UNDER: Coiling | Die-Cutting | Machining
Managing Medical Product Development Effectively: A Systems Engineering Approach
May 10, 2013 3:24 pm | by Jennifer Vondran and Richard Moroney, PA Consulting Group | Blogs | CommentsFor companies involved in designing and developing medical devices and diagnostic instruments, adhering to design control principles at every stage is critical. This begins with the identification of user requirements (voice of the customer) and continues through verification and validation testing.
LISTED UNDER: Design Services | Product Design | Technology Development
5 Ways to Turn a Medical Supply Chain into a Competitive Advantage
May 9, 2013 2:25 pm | by Greg Thompson, Vice President of Engineering, Sanmina | Blogs | CommentsDesign engineers are charged with creating reliable, high quality, safe medical devices that easily (and quickly) pass U.S. FDA and other geographies’ regulatory requirements. Because of the unique challenges that a medical device OEM must overcome to stay competitive, more and more OEMs are choosing to outsource manufacturing.
LISTED UNDER: Supply Chain Management | Electromedical Contract Manufacturing | Full Service Contract ManufacturingGHX Delivers Industry’s First Implantable Devices Supply Chain Solutions for Healthcare
May 7, 2013 11:09 am | by GHX | News | CommentsGHX has announced Case Xpert and Order Intelligence, the healthcare industry’s first end-to-end supply chain solutions for managing and tracking implantable medical devices, including the physician preference items (PPI) used in operating rooms.
LISTED UNDER: Supply Chain Management
Make Two Models and Call Me in the Morning
May 2, 2013 2:47 pm | by Joe Hiemenz, Technical Communications Manager, Stratasys Inc. | Stratasys Inc. | Articles | CommentsA prototype lab is tasked with inventing solutions to design challenges presented to them by surgeons with medical device ideas. Utilizing a fused-deposition modeling machine and design software, engineers are able to create physical prototypes of medical devices that are able to be put through functional testing.
LISTED UNDER: Design Services | Product Design | Prototyping
Beyond 'Glocalization': Securing the Future for Medical Technology Innovation
May 1, 2013 3:08 pm | by Milind Purandare, Industry Principal, Medical Devices, Infosys | Blogs | CommentsIt is a well-known fact that innovation is the true lifeblood of a medical device company. In an industry where approximately 80 percent of revenue for a medical device company comes from products introduced in the last five years, strategic growth requires continuous and efficient innovation.
LISTED UNDER: Conceptual Design & Visualization | Design Services | Product Design
The Value of 5S Workplace Organization Methodology Programs
April 30, 2013 3:42 pm | by Jim Norton, President, Custom Products & Services, Inc. | Blogs | CommentsMany manufacturing facilities have opted to follow the path toward a “5S” workplace organizational and housekeeping methodology as part of continuous improvement or lean manufacturing processes. 5S is a system to reduce waste and optimize productivity through maintaining an orderly workplace and using visual cues to achieve more consistent operational results.
LISTED UNDER: Facility Design | Strategic Planning | Supply Chain Management
Cut to the Bone
April 30, 2013 2:54 pm | by Gus Breiland, Customer Service Engineer Manager, Proto Labs Inc. | Proto Labs, Inc. | Articles | CommentsAs material costs rise, designers are attempting to use as little as possible for their components without sacrificing the functionality or durability of a part. While this is the goal for virtually every designer across every industry, accomplishing it can be a challenging task. Using rapid injection molding for prototype parts, designers can get a much better handle on achieving this task.
LISTED UNDER: Rapid Prototyping Equipment | Injection Molding | Molding
Making a Name for Yourself in the Industry
April 25, 2013 10:27 am | by Jonathan Gosberg, Principal, Gosberg Public Relations, LLC | Blogs | Comments2012 was a year marked by a great deal of uncertainty for medical device manufacturers in the U.S. with several key issues up in the air, including proposed changes to the FDA’s device review and approval process, healthcare reforms, and the medical device excise tax. That said, analysts are still predicting growth in the medical device market, moving forward.
LISTED UNDER: Business Planning | Strategic Planning
