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

Lean Initiatives Improve Medical Manufacturing Quality
A lean initiatives program, undertaken over a period of years to improve quality and on-time delivery, has been a boon to the company's ability to meet medical device makers' needs.

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