Focus on: PTFE
PTFE was the first of the family to be discovered and in some property areas still remains the most outstanding of the family. The development of the melt processable fluoropolymers required a move away from the pure structure of PTFE and in some cases led to reductions in the properties of the resulting poly

Selecting a Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Stability Testing
Stability testing is an essential component during the multi-phase drug development process for small and large molecule API's and small and large molecule drug products. This whitepaper discusses the critical aspects to consider when selecting a stability testing laboratory provider.

Beyond Trade-offs: How Medical Device Manufacturers can Balance Innovation, Quality and Compliance While Improving Profit
The medical device industry has always depended on product innovation to drive growth. Industry is poised for a sustained period of extreme growth fueled by a level of innovation that is scheduled to accelerate. Most companies are growing. Nearly all are innovating at an increasing pace. The common challen

Hospital Executive Report, Part 2
2012 began with the rocky start predicted for the US hospital industry, but hospital executives are optimistic regarding the prospects for the rest of the year. Sample Data from this Report:

Get an Early Start on a Successful Packaging Solution
The packaging system is a crucial component to getting a medical device to market on time. Time constraints with new projects can affect the packaging system and may prohibit a proper design. The earlier a manufacturer starts thinking about the packaging of the medical device or system, the better things w

Compromise for Design—Achieving the optimum part design
ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT PART DESIGN FIRE DRILLS…( Smokey the Part designer?) .Fixing the tool and parts after they are completed  may be fun and exciting, but it sure is expensive.  If you understand the constant compromise needed to get

The Rules of X-Ray Micro CT (and When to Break Them)
Offer the term “metrology equipment” to a group of industrial or manufacturing engineers in a word-association test and it’s highly likely CMM (coordinate measuring machine) would be the response. Yet, unlike a probe-based measuring methodology, X-ray mic

FiberStar Micro WeldingArticle
LaserStar Technologies Corp., of Rhode Island, USA, a worldwide supplier of laser micro welding, cutting and marking workstations for industrial applications, premiered it’s first FiberStar

Engineering Metal Stampings and Springs for Manufacturability
Engineering expertise is taking on an ever-more important role in designing for manufacturability in the world of metal stamped parts and springs. Particularly in today’s new medical devices engineering expertise is invaluable in drivi

Stamping Openings, Forming, and Roll-Forming a Tube - A Very Cost-Effective Alternative to Performing Secondary Operations to a Tube
Performing secondary operations to a tube has sometimes been considered the only feasible manufacturing alternative for buyers to source a specific type of medical component. However, with up front discussions, stamping can offer a range of cost-effective alternatives for components that are complex and re

What is Micro-Molding?
There seems to be a lot of talk these days about micro-molding. This reflects the increased interest from designers and manufacturers in producing and procuring high precision, micro-featured plastic parts. The result has been countless articles in the trade magazines addressing this new niche in the injec

The Prototyping Challenges with Micro Molding: A Comparative Study of Prototyping Methods for Micro Molding Applications
The goal of this paper is to discuss the various methods, challenges and variables for prototyping micro-sized and/or micro-featured plastic parts. It is also important to recognize that every part design is different requiring different features, tolerances, materials, etc. Through this discussion you mig

Selecting Computer Systems Integrators for Medical Device Manufacturing Success
The makers of medical devices, ranging from ultrasound machines to diagnostic laboratory equipment, are experts in their technological specialties. But not surprisingly,  many those manufacturers are not, and do not wish to become, experts in PC selection, qualification, support, and integration.

Mechanically Driven Diaphragm Pumps for Use with Gases
Whether in medical technology, environmental protection/analysis, in the laboratory or process engineering, many applications are today unthinkable without the use of mechanically driven diaphragm pumps for gases. Their particular properties such as oil-free, maintenance-free and uncontaminated operation m

Guaranteed Process Control with AirFree Dispensing
Many medical device engineers are finding that the instability of pneumatic dispensing can be addressed by eliminating the air. Exact amounts of adhesives and other fluids can be dispensed without variation in applied pressure, without problems with moisture and changing viscosity and without degradation i