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Best of the medical
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No surprise, there is a flourishing community of medical
twitter users. Here are some of the best of the recent tweets.
—Leslie Gordon
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Many applications use a manufacturing process known as thin-film
sputtering deposition. The typical sputtering process uses an ion beam
to impact the surface of a sputter material such as gold, silver, or
other metal or metallic oxide. In so doing, some of the sputter-material
atoms get knocked into free space. The atoms bond with a substrate
material to form a thin coating that may be only a few atoms thick.
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Biomedical Testing Solutions
 Instron® offers a
variety of fixtures designed specifically for the biomedical
industry for test applications involving common medical devices. The
XY-Stage is used to test end products or components, offering travel
ranges in both the X and Y directions. The Syringe Test Fixture allows
for precise friction measurement for syringe plungers and meets the
requirements of ISO 7886-1. The Component Test Plate is a tapped plate
with an array of threaded holes that is useful when testing irregular
pieces or components.
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Engineers developing medical equipment may not have much control
over the hazards inherent in devices they are designing. X-ray imagers
and anesthesiology equipment will always pose some risks to patient
safety. But if a design fails, consequences can be catastrophic. So one
of every medical designers’ tasks is to reduce the risks and
probabilities of failure. And almost every design decision can affect
these two factors.
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Product development is a complex process. In addition to cost and
time-to-market, developers have to address a variety of
sometimes-conflicting issues that can include size, weight, speed,
reliability, flexibility, ease of use, safety, manufacturability,
support costs and more. One aspect of product design that may not show
up on your list of top priorities is heating.
In fact, the heating technologies you choose, whether off-the-shelf or
customized, can have a significant impact on many aspects of your
product including performance, cost, and even time-to-market.
This 60-minute webcast will present seven factors that can help you make
the most of your heating choices.
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Custom-engineered protective bellows-type covers from A & A Mfg.
Co. Inc. in New Berlin, Wisc., protect machinery from oil, dirt,
chips, and other contaminants. Available products include way covers,
photographic bellows, linear-bearing way covers, ball-screw and rod
covers, and die-set shields. Applications include machine tools, robots,
precision slides, automated handling equipment, cameras, enlargers, and
medical, dental, and office machinery.
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The mini MV micro valves from Schunk Inc.
in Morrisville, N.C., offer short cycle times, low-energy
consumption, and high reliability. The electrically actuated 3/2
pneumatic valves screw directly onto the actuator, making hose
connections between the valve and the actuator unnecessary, reducing
interfering contours and assembly expense. Airflow and air connection
threads are specified exactly for the relevant actuator. The
maintenance-free valves take just 7 msec to switch, and have a 900
million switching-cycle lifespan.
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The Oslo Optical Design Software guide from Lambda Research
Corp. in Littleton, Mass., is a basic optical primer and full set of
step-by-step examples. Containing over 100 pages, the guide covers how
to enter, analyze, and design optical systems in Oslo. It shows how to
use raysets, Modulation Transfer Function (MTF), slider wheels,
tolerancing, and optimization.
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Boker's Free 2009 Washer Catalog
Boker's 2009 Washer Catalog has over 23,000 non-standard sizes with
outside diameters of 0.080" to 5.140", numerous IDs and thicknesses and
2,000 material variations. ISO 9001:2000 Registered
www.bokers.com/mee
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