Five recent FDA-compliant thermoeplastic elastomers (TPEs) provide more choices for designing cleaner and more eco-conscious medical tubing. The material...
There is a burgeoning market for antimicrobial protected tubing in the medical industry in response to hospital-acquired infections (HAI), and Loveland-Colo.-based...
The Ministry of Information Industry Order 39 went into effect March 1. It's China's RoHS (Reduction of Hazardous Substances) regulation, and like most state issued edicts, it is ambiguous, unclear, and incomplete. But get ready to memorize every bit of it if you want to sell electronic information products, as Order 39 calls them, in China....
Green Engineering
When it comes to saving energy and using resources more efficiently and sustainably, today’s engineers and bean counters alike know that green is the new black. This special report on green engineering takes a look at some of the latest tools and tactics for greening up your next design....
Going Green
Sustainability. Carbon footprint. Corporate social responsibility. Are you wondering how today’s green jargon applies to engineering? Companies that have signed on to the green revolution — optimizing manufacturing processes and using resources more efficiently — are saving energy, reducing waste, and building healthier bottom lines. Here are some tips and tools to help your green efforts get growing. ...
Garbage in, Methane Out
With this issue’s focus on green and sustainability topics, it seems like a good time to review what happens to the refuse left over despite our best efforts at being efficient users of resources.
For that we can turn to the results of a long-term study called the Garbage Project. ...
Success Through Simplification
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My company develops, manufactures, and markets specialty and generic injectable pharmaceuticals and medication-delivery systems. About three years ago, we spun off from Abbott Laboratories to become an independent, publicly traded company. Yet to survive and thrive as a separate entity, we had to look at every area of business and make changes to ensure sustainability....
Leland Teschler's Editorial: Garbage in, Methane Out
With this issue’s focus on green and sustainability topics, it seems like a good time to review what happens to the refuse left over despite our best efforts at being efficient users of resources....
Sustainable design for medical devices
Medical products account for an enormous amount of the solid, industrial, and chemical waste in developed countries throughout the world. In the U.S. alone, hospitals produce more than 6,600 tons of waste per day, including 800 tons of non-hazardous, and potentially recyclable, plastic parts....
What is Green Engineering?
Green engineering is the design and development of products and processes that bring environmental and economic benefits. That said, green engineering is fundamentally no different than any other type of engineering innovation....
Giant fans of wind energy
Windmills aren't what they used to be but then neither is the search for renewable energy sources. ...
Thinner is better in solar cells
Thin films and slimmed-down cell structures look like the next big step in shrinking the cost per watt of solar power. ...
Appliance motors turn green
Through legislative and social pressures, public attention is focusing more on the energy used to perform basic domestic functions such as food preparation, cleaning, and climate control. Government-developed energy guidelines now influence consumer preferences....
Design Goes Green
In a maximum-security prison in Michigan, inmates tear office furniture apart. But the warden won't call out the National Guard. That's because the inmates are only doing their jobs — recycling obsolete and broken furniture. ...
