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Buyer’s Guide 2010 Update: Manufacturing Equipment

An ultra-short-pulse laser from Rofin-Sinar is offered to minimize the need for postprocessing of medical implants laser-machined from tubular semifinished nitinol stock. The laser not only saves processing costs; it also reduces the percentage of rejected parts, a common problem with the sensitive shape-memory alloy.

The FTNet 6-axis force/momentum sensor from Schunk has many uses. The versatile sensor features high-speed data output, four communication protocol options, remote monitoring via local-area network (LAN), and configuration through an Internet interface. Its 14 available frame sizes together cover load ranges between 12 and 40,000 N.

MRW develops and produces customer-specific optoelectronic infeed and testing systems for product assembly applications. The company’s Robo-Potsystem is a fully automated complete solution for the flexible infeeding, shape inspection and sorting of bulk small parts 2 to 300 mm long and measuring 0.5 to 60 mm in diameter.

Buyer’s Guide 2010 Update: Manufacturing Services

Unitec-series housings from Odenwald-based Odenwälder Kunststoffwerke Gehäusesystem GmbH (OKW) feature two perpendicular operating panels at ergonomic inclinations of 72° and 18°. The panels can be used by two people simultaneously operating equipment and/or reading results, as, for example, a doctor and patient.

Dispensers, valves for microdosing, pumps used in medical technology and biotechnology, and power generation for imprinting procedures are examples of equipment applications in which force or power has to be finely adjusted. Physik Instrumente (PI) offers numerous lever-type actuators in its PiezoMove series to serve this purpose.

Buyer’s Guide 2010 Update: Consulting Services

Medizinprodukterecht (Medical Device Law), the reference book published by BVMed, has been issued in an updated new edition reflecting the status of regulations as of September 2010. A softcover volume of 520 pages, it presents statutory texts having relevance for German medical device manufacturers today.