Automation & Controls

Automation & Controls

Learn about the growing surgical robot market. See examples of surgical robots, including autonomous and computer-assisted technologies.

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White Papers: Medical
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Selecting the Appropriate Linear Motor
To ensure reliable operation and a long service life for your application, it is important to select the linear motor that best suits and ideally fulfills your requirements. This tutorial will help you to...

White Papers: Motion Control
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Read Our In-Depth Guide to Designing and Specifying Linear Multi-Axis Automation Systems
From desktop-sized pick-and-place solutions to large manufacturing systems, linear multi-axis systems play an important role in a wide range of industrial...

Products: Motion Control
See where the video spotlight is this month: on CNC machining; micro linear actuators; a lab tube cutting machine; the 601 series Air Turbine Spindle® mills at 90,000 RPM; MD® multipurpose adhesives; and much more.
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White Papers: Robotics, Automation & Control
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A Faster Route to Custom-Design Molecular Diagnostic Instruments
This whitepaper delves into developing molecular diagnostics instruments, emphasizing the advantages of collaboration with experienced OEMs using platforms like Cavro® Omni Flex...

Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Listen to our medical podcasts, including one on 3D printing in healthcare; one on robotics and cobots in medical device production; one on the challenges of achieving biocompatibility, meeting medical-grade standards, and navigating the regulatory landscape for 3D printed devices; and one taking a look at how printed health is transforming medicine.
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Podcasts: Design
How robotics and cobots are providing increased efficiency and quality in the medical device production process.
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Features: Medical
By embracing advanced robotic machine-tending automation, SpiTrex unlocked new levels of precision, capacity, utilization, and profitability. The successful deployment of robot-driven manufacturing with autonomous process control using Flexxbotics marks a transformative milestone for SpiTrex Orthopedics’ smart factory operations.
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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
IME West is hosting a never-before-seen dive into advanced manufacturing with its featured News and Brews Studio. Designed as a unique in-person news broadcast encompassing the...
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Products: Materials
Supercapacitor Modules Double-layer, series-connected electrochemical supercapacitor modules are now available from Kyocera AVX, Fountain Inn, SC. The new SCM Series modules can be used by themselves or in conjunction...
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News: Medical
During an eventful week, manufacturing experts from across the globe congregated at the Alfândega Congress Center, a unique venue nearby Douro river, for Critical...
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Blog: Connectivity
Industry 4.0 is bringing about a fundamental shift in manufacturing, offering numerous opportunities for efficiency, customization, and innovation. This Fourth...
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
A collaboration between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, is working to break through drug-delivery bottlenecks by designing...
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Quiz: Wearables
The sport of golf continues to evolve as technology enables golfers to increase distance and accuracy and improved overall performance. Take this quiz to learn more about the impact of medical technology on the sport and the players.
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Inside Story: Manufacturing & Prototyping
To find out more about selecting and implementing automation solutions, MDB recently spoke with Dave McMorrow, Technical Director, MMT Automation and Michael Wall, Technical Director, Somex Automation, an MMT company.
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Podcasts: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Biotricity’s continuous heart rhythm monitor uses advanced technology to deliver unlimited heart data insights.
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News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Medical Manufacturing Technologies (MMT), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management and a global provider of medical device manufacturing solutions, has...
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
ABB Robotics has developed an automated neutralizing antibody testing system with UTMB. With the use of ABB robots, UTMB can radically increase the number of such tests performed, from 15 per day to more than 1,000.
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News: Robotics, Automation & Control
Bosch Rexroth has opened a new customer innovation center near Austin, TX. The company says the facility will provide a unique technology development experience for Bosch...
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Briefs: Materials
The medical packaging market has quickly embraced the use of automation for the thermoforming process. Automation has enabled adherence to stringent quality requirements and has...
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Applications: Robotics, Automation & Control
As the cost of shrink tubing used in the production of catheters has increased, and supply chain issues caused delivery delays, FEP shrink tubing, for example, has become a very expensive...
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INSIDER: AR/AI
The all-new IM Engineering South is dubbed the “six-in-one advanced design and manufacturing expo,” which includes MD&M South. The event, which takes place June 14–16, is designed to give...
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Special Reports: Motion Control
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Medical Robotics - April 2022
Novel biosensors set to revolutionize brain-controlled robotics...micro-robots propelled by air bubbles...a smart artificial hand...major advances in exoskeleton technology. These are just a few of the medical...

Products: Software
Metal additive manufacturing, high-performance grease, filters, and more.
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Features: Design
Despite the growth in MIS advancements over the last two decades, these techniques are still in their adolescence. There is much room for growth.
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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Medical Robotics - September 2021
Self-propelled nanobots that deliver drugs inside the human body...novel sensors that improve the safety and precision of industrial robots...a dynamic hydrogel material that makes building soft robotic devices...

Products: Tubing & Extrusion
Touchless switches, biocompatible adhesives, 3D-printing materials, and more.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Automation removes the possibility of human error in high-precision or repetitive processes.
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Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control
In this episode of Here’s an Idea, we speak to three researchers who are finding ways to automate surgical tasks, from suturing,to spotting tumors.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Barcode readers, risk-management software, servo drives, and more.
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Ask the Expert

Dan Sanchez on How to Improve Extruded Components
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Improving extruded components requires careful attention to a number of factors, including dimensional tolerance, material selection, and processing. Trelleborg’s Dan Sanchez provides detailed insights into each of these considerations to help you advance your device innovations while reducing costs and speeding time to market.

Inside Story

Inside Story: Establishing Safe EO Sterilization for Medical Devices
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To find out more about the expertise required to establish a safe and effective EO Sterilization for medical devices, MDB recently spoke with Elizabeth Sydnor, director of microbiology for Eurofins Medical Device Testing (Lancaster, PA).

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