New Technology Advancements in Plastic Welding Equipment to Support Medical Device Manufacturers

In recent decades, plastics have made healthcare simpler, less difficult, and make new techniques and prostheses possible. Therefore, it is more...

CAM Programming vs. Manual Programming in Medical Machining

The manufacture of medical devices involves some of the most sophisticated machining processes found in industry today. From a machining perspective, the machine tools that make up the...

Milling Tooling Developments Increase Quality and Productivity in the Machining of Orthopedic Replacement Components

The manufacturing of medical components must meet standards of accuracy, reliability, quality, and traceability that equal and...

Improving the Design of Medical Device Components with Rolled Threads

Fasteners and threaded parts are among the many small, precision-machined components found in medical devices. Because threaded parts can play a critical role in the...

Forming Nanobridges with Electron Beam Writing

A team of mechanical engineers at Georgia Tech say that they have demonstrated a new process to rapidly fabricate complex three-dimensional nanostructures from a variety of materials, including...

Workshops for Warriors Trains Veterans in Machining/Welding

While manufacturers bemoan a lack of skilled potential employees, and returning veterans experience frustration at being able to find employment, one organization— Workshop for...

Metallic Glue May Replace Soldering/Welding

Northeastern University’s Hanchen Huang, a professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and two of his PhD students say they have come up with a better way of...

Testing & Quality Control for Nanomanufacturing

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) say that manufacturers may soon have a speedy and nondestructive way to test a wide array of materials under real-world...

Product of the Month: Miniature Proportional Valve VSO LowPro

Parker Hannifin Precision Fluidics Division, Hollis, NH, announces its newest miniature proportional valve VSO® LowPro for OEMs looking for innovation in portability, comfort, and...

Laser Welding System

Dukane, St. Charles, IL, introduces a new Laser Welding System that allows clear-to-clear plastic welding without laser absorbing additives. The system incorporates a 2-micron laser with a greatly increased absorption by...

Series 320 Electronic Weld Head System

Amada Miyachi America, Monrovia, CA, announces the release of its Series 320 Electronic Weld Head System, designed specifically for applications requiring precise position and force control. Typical...

PANELBuilder Software and PanelPrinter

AXYZ International, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, is launching a new version of its PANELBuilder software along with a new optional printing device called PanelPrinter, which combines an advanced,...

FactoryLogix R3 Software

Aegis Software, Horsham, PA, announces that the third release of its FactoryLogix R3 software embraces the principles of Industry 4.0 and IoM including resource scheduling, configure to order, and a standardized...

Axiom 2 Dual Head Professional 3D Printer

Airwolf 3D, Costa, Mesa, CA, unveiled the AXIOM 2, a new dual extruder 3D printer featuring an easy feed filament load system, an enclosed print environment for heat containment, and an end-user...

Custom Grinding Wheel Arbor

Briney Tooling Systems, Bad Axe, MI, recently developed a custom HSK50E balanceable grinding wheel arbor for a CNC grinding machine to shape bone fragments for surgical grafting. Briney has comprehensive in-house...

Agility™ Series Slotless Motors

Celera Motion, Bedford, MA, offers the Agility™ series of slotless motors, ideal for scanning, pointing, measuring, and cutting applications that require extremely smooth velocity control and highly accurate...

PartMaker 2016 for Production Machining

Delcam Ltd., Birmingham, UK, has released the latest version of its PartMaker software for programming CNC mills, lathes, wire EDMs, turn-mill centers, and Swiss-type lathes. PartMaker 2016 includes...

CT-350 Vertical Machining Center

Absolute Machine Tools, Inc., Lorain, OH, introduces the new CT-350 five-axis Vertical Machining Center from Tongtai, which boasts high-end machine construction at an affordable price. The CT-350 is a “C”...

Mikron MILL P 800 U ST

GF Machining Solutions, Lincolnshire, IL, introduces the Mikron MILL P 800 U ST (Simultaneous Turning) to include milling and turning in a single machine. Highly efficient, the compact machine provides 31.5" of X-axis...

ROMER Absolute Arm PCMM

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, North Kingstown, RI, announces its new, top-of-the-line addition to the ROMER Absolute Arm portable coordinate measuring machine product line. The most accurate ROMER Absolute Arm to...

Solutions for Spindle Centering and Work-Holding

Toolnet International Inc., Phoenix, AZ, introduces the Mowidec-TT non-contact spindle-centering system, which can precisely center tooling on Swiss-type automatic lathes without removing either...

Precision Ring Drive Indexer

Nexen Group, Vadnais Heights, MN, introduces the Precision Ring Drive Indexer, a highly flexible, durable, and efficient alternative to direct drive motors capable of 2x faster indexing than competitive options....

3rd Generation 3D AOI Inspection Systems

Saki America, Inc., Fremont, CA, announces its 3rd generation 3D automated optical inspection (AOI) line that accommodates dual lanes, XXL sizes, and increases throughput by 15%. The new BF- 3Di-D (dual...

Quantum Waterjet Pumps

TECHNI Waterjet, LLC, Lenexa, KS, introduces a second line of electric servo pumps (ESPs), the Value Range of Quantum ESPs designed to address the requirements of today’s competitive manufacturing industry. With one of...

Photo Etching Custom EMI Shielding Gaskets

Tech-Etch, Plymouth, MA, announces that it is a leader in custom etching, forming, heat treating, and finishing of beryllium copper EMI/RFI shielding products. Parts are formed, heat treated, and...

New Innovations Supporting Product Development of Next-Generation Structural Heart Devices

Interventional cardiology is one of the most dynamic medical device markets, witnessing a surge in new product development with accompanying mergers,...

Developing a New Type of Polymer

Researchers at Northwestern University’s Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology say that they have developed a polymer that might one day be used in artificial muscles or other lifelike materials; for...

Wireless, Dissolvable Sensors to Monitor Brain

Bioabsorbable sensors negate need for removal surgery. A team of neurosurgeons and scientists at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSTL) in St. Louis and engineers at the University of...

Designing and Testing Blood-Flow Sensor for Vascular Monitoring

Frequent measurement and study of changes in blood flow could be used to improve the ability of health care providers to diagnose and treat patients with vascular conditions, such...