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 by Joe Jancsurak, Editor
Last month’s online poll asked readers to indicate whether their companies are applying lean manufacturing tools and methods. The results show that while the majority (79%) is practicing lean manufacturing, a significant portion (21%) is not. This could prove damaging as the current recession is as good a time as any for all companies to wring out waste from the manufacturing process. Those manufacturers who do are more likely to thrive. For more on lean resources, I recommend contacting either, or both, Lean Enterprise Institute, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ Lean Manufacturing Enterprise Technology Group. Reader Poll This month’s question asks if your company is applying Six Sigma tools and methods. Please take a moment to provide us with your answer. In return, you’ll get instant poll results that reflect your input, and we will report the final results next month. Stay tuned.
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A medical device manufacturer recently received discouraging feedback from surgeons—the screw and small nut used in the hinge mechanism of the company’s surgical scissors, although secure and reliable, was either too loose or too tight to allow pinpoint operation accuracy making the scissor difficult to control.
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| Apple Rubber offers expanded line of medical-grade
elastomer seals and O-rings.  In addition to popular Silicone, Apple Rubber now offers custom O-rings and seals made from medical-grade elastomers such as Viton® fluoroelastomer (FKM) and EPDM rubber. Ideal for medical applications, such elastomers feature improved chemical resistors, excellent heat resistance (400°F/200°C), and low permeability to gases. Capabilities at Apple Rubber include complete engineering support, manufacturing, quality assurance and a Class 10,000 ISO Class 7, certified cleanroom.
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Researchers have designed a lab-on-a-chip capable of being programmed to perform a variety of jobs, a step toward more widespread use of the miniature analytical tools used to measure everything from blood glucose to viruses, bacteria to genes.
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Finland-based Optinova has installed “in line” leak detection equipment into their production process for catheter tube manufacturing. The thin wall tubing is used for nutrition and blood transfusion delivery systems. Optinova teamed with Adixen Scandinavia (Alcatel), a specialist leak detection company based in Sweden, to assist them with developing a system to identify pinholes in the tubing while being formed.
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CardioChek Link software and CardioChek PA point-of-care instrument by Polymer Technology Systems Inc, Indianapolis, lets users transmit cholesterol and other test results directly from the instrument to a personal computer.
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Capacitive Touch Evaluation Kit by Microchip Technology, Chandler, AZ, lets designers develop capacitive touch user-interface applications using Microchip’s 8- and 16-bit PIC® microcontrollers (MCUs).
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Adsorbent filter by W.L. Gore & Associates, Newark, DE, provides an integrated filtration solution that simplifies medical-device manufacturing without compromising product performance.
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