Advanced CNC Machining Allows for Dramatic Improvements in R & D and Production Output for Surgical Toolmaker
August 25, 2010 8:58 am | by Stryker | Articles | CommentsThe Stryker Corporation’s highly specialized System 6 power tools, which include high-precision handheld devices such as oscillating bone saws, demand frequent manufacturing requirements for low quantities of these devices. This presents an ongoing challenge for the Production Group’s management team at the company’s main manufacturing location in Kalamazoo. The location is also home to the company’s Experimental Group, which investigates new technologies, advanced materials, and various manufacturing protocols in an effort to maintain optimal productivity for the company. Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) protocols are strategized here as well.
LISTED UNDER: Laser Micro-Machining | Laser Machining | Precision MachiningCeramic Substrate Machining
June 23, 2010 7:43 am | by Synchron Laser Services | Articles | CommentsSynchron Laser Services, Inc. presents its fiber lasers as a more accurate and precise alternative to CO2 lasers. Fiber lasers are proving to be a disruptive enabling technology in the scribing, drilling and cutting of ceramic substrates in an industry
LISTED UNDER: Laser Micro-Machining | Laser Machining | Precision Machining
Precision Tube and Finishing
June 7, 2010 8:33 pm | Laserage Technology Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsLaserage Technology Corp. (MD&M East Booth 2372) partners with medical OEMs by providing extensive laser processing capabilities and custom cable assembly services.
LISTED UNDER: Precision | Laser Machining | SiliconeWhy a Customer Would Choose a 100W Fiber Laser
April 30, 2010 7:51 am | by A-1 Laser | Articles | CommentsThere comes a time when a technology changes the way we think about applications or the approach to a problem. Fiber lasers have changed the laser world in just that way.
LISTED UNDER: Prototyping | CNC Machining | Micro-machining
High Performance Medical Tubing Offers Many Advantages
February 2, 2010 4:23 am | Microlumen, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMicroLumen (MD&M West Booth 2532) manufactures custom tubing for critical applications and low-invasive medical devices. Polyimide is a thermo-set plastic and has excellent mechanical, thermal, and chemical properties.
LISTED UNDER: Polyimide | Micro-machining | Laser MachiningLaser Micromachining Technology Lowers Manufacturing Costs of Polymer-Based Medical Devices
October 22, 2009 5:43 am | Resonetics, LLC | Product Releases | CommentsResonetics (Booth 1553) offers the drilling of micro holes; both circular and complex non-circular holes; stripping of polymer insulation from wires, cables, and coils; and cutting of polymer sheets down to 1.
LISTED UNDER: Laser Machining | Micro-machining | Laser Micro-Machining
Polymide Indicated for Critical Applications
October 21, 2009 5:32 am | Microlumen, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsOffered by MicroLumen Inc. (Booth 1224), polyimide is ideal for critical applications and low-invasive medical devices. Polyimide is a thermoset plastic that has excellent mechanical, thermal, and chemical properties.
LISTED UNDER: Polymers | Micro-machining | Laser MachiningNorman Noble Launches Next Generation Noble UltraLight Lasermachining Technology
October 15, 2009 6:37 am | Norman Noble, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMedical device contract manufacturer Norman Noble Inc. (Booth 1113) has launched Noble UltraLight,
LISTED UNDER: Laser Machining | Laser Machining | Nitinol
Data-Matrix Marking Services Allow for Data Storage in a Small Space
August 5, 2009 10:45 am | Avicenna Technology, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsLaser machining capabilities include data-matrix marking, allowing for a significant amount of data to be stored in a very small space. This process is typically used for marking small and difficult surfaces.
LISTED UNDER: Laser Marking | Laser MachiningLasers Focus on Tubing
May 8, 2009 12:19 pm | by Jim McCormick and Chad Carson | Microlumen, Inc. | Articles | CommentsMedical device manufacturers have realized a number of benefits from the use of polyimide tubing. However, due to the obstacles in fabricating components from it, the challenge lies in successfully manipulating the tubing without negatively impacting the end product.
LISTED UNDER: Laser Machining | Prototyping | Rapid Prototyping
Integrated Linear/Rotary Laser Machining Platforms
March 17, 2009 11:15 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe LaserTurn 1 is an integrated linear-rotary motion subsystem that combines automated material handling with high performance direct-drive linear and rotary motion to provide the highest throughput, highest accuracy, cylindrical laser processing system available.
LISTED UNDER: Laser Micro-Machining | Laser Machining8 Keys to Success for an Outsourced Design
April 4, 2008 7:18 am | Helix Medical | Articles | CommentsFrom critical design errors to poor communication, outsourcing solution providers have experienced the gamut of problems from working with medical device clients who don't always know the best route to take to ensure a product's success.
LISTED UNDER: Design Services | Prototyping | Injection MoldingCutting to the Point of Fiber Lasers
May 8, 2007 11:31 am | Articles | CommentsPrecision is of paramount importance in the manufacture of medical devices. Few technologies demonstrate the ability to achieve the necessary degree of accuracy more effectively than laser solutions.
LISTED UNDER: Laser Machining | Nitinol | Laser Welding
Laser Marking
May 8, 2007 11:29 am | Universal Laser Systems Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe Professional Laser Series is a line of CO 2 laser systems that provides an impressive combination of high power (up to 120 watts using dual lasers), three popular work table sizes, and an advanced, materials-based print driver that delivers consistently good cutting and engraving results.
LISTED UNDER: Laser Machining
Laser Processing
August 8, 2006 12:51 pm | Avicenna Technology, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe laser processing of PEEK and Hytrel tubing is available. This offering is in addition to the company’s established ability to process another hard polymer, polyimide, and compliments its processing of soft polymers such as Pellethane and Pebax.
LISTED UNDER: Laser Machining
