Category: Manufacturing Services

Six Reasons To Use Vacuum Casting For Medical Products

Virtually all new products intended for the medical industry start out as prototypes. Prototypes are used for proof-of-concept, engineering testing, certifications, benchmarking and as design models. And for this purpose, vacuum casting is the ideal rapid prototyping service when preparing a product for high volume production, especially with plastic injection molding. Because injection molding requires […]

4 Benefits of Plastic Injection Molding for Medical Devices: How Injection Molded Medical Devices Can Help You

Every day around the world in hospitals and clinics, research laboratories, and universities, numerous plastic products are used for medical parts, devices, appliances, and support equipment. The variety of applications for injection-molded devices is almost limitless. This is due to the fact that plastic injection molding is perfect for making high volumes of identical, close-tolerance […]

The 5 Major Benefits of Using 3D Printing for Medical Devices

Additive manufacturing in metal or plastic has some limitations as a high-volume production method. It does not, and maybe never will, compete with conventional manufacturing like plastic injection molding or CNC machining when it comes to ultimate speed and efficiency. But that’s ok because 3D printing is a perfect solution for quickly making models and […]

Rapid Prototyping is an Ideal Solution for the Medical Supply Chain

The global response to the threat of Covid-19 has revealed in stark detail many of the serious problems in the worldwide supply chain for needed medical products like ventilators, diagnostic kits and personal protective equipment. Some supply problems are related to delays or inequities in various distribution channels. Others are due to a profit-driven system […]

4 Manufacturing Leadership Traits to Overcome a Crisis

Every significant industry in the world must now confront major challenges to their operations due to the ongoing effects of the novel coronavirus. Traditional and once stable supply chains have been disrupted, while some sectors of the economy have all but vanished seemingly overnight. Manufacturing industries of all types are being sorely tried as well. […]

Tips For Verifying A Supplier Remotely

As a product developer, you may be wondering how you can verify the integrity of your supply chain during these uncertain times, with so many quarantine and travel restrictions in place. While it may be difficult or even impossible to visit a supplier in person, there are still some things you can do to help […]