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What You Should Know About Curing Lamps

The right lamp is crucial for optimal curing of adhesives

April 9, 2019

UV-curing adhesives are often the first choice for fast and efficient bonding of components. Able to cure within seconds, these adhesives allow high throughputs to be achieved in serial production.

FDA to Modernize 510(k) Clearance Pathway

John Sprovieri

April 2, 2019

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The Food and Drug Administration is changing the most common way it approves new low- to moderate-risk medical devices for use in the United States.

Ensuring Adhesion for Medical Device Assembly

There are many factors to consider when adhesives are used to join hard-to-bond plastics.

Michelle Gumbert Patrick Vaughn

March 12, 2019

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For medical devices such as catheters, syringes, vials, test tubes and injector pens, many manufacturers are turning to plastics that are formulated to resist harsh chemical and environmental conditions.

Non-Automotive Manufacturing Sectors Flocking to Robotics

March 5, 2019

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ANN ARBOR, MI—Industrial robot orders in 2018 grew 24 percent over the previous year in the life sciences, food and consumer goods, plastics and rubber and electronics industries, according to the Robotics Industries Association. The main reasons are lower robot prices, and robot systems that are easier to install, integrate and program.

MDISS Extends ISA Guidelines to Connected Medical Devices

February 26, 2019

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BRONX, NY—The Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium has announced it is developing a set of recommended practices and profiles for securing medical systems based on the normative requirements in the widely used ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards for industrial automation and control systems cybersecurity.

MDSAP Aims to Unifiy Standards for Auditing Medical Device Manufacturing Lines

Zoe Leduc

February 5, 2019

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For medical device manufacturing, quality is crucial. To ensure quality in production, audits of the manufacturing facilities by a government health organization are standard. The audits and inspections are not, however, standard between countries. The Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP) is looking to change that.

Baxter International Expanding MS Plant

February 4, 2019

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DEERFIELD, IL—Medical equipment maker Baxter International is expanding its Cleveland, MS, plant, with plans to add 50 to 100 new employees in about two years.

New Standard for Biocompatibility Testing

Revised in August 2018, the ISO 10993-1:2018 standard covers biological evaluation and testing of medical devices.

John Sprovieri

January 4, 2019

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On the assembly line, every medical device is thoroughly checked for quality and functionality. Are all the parts present? Is the needle sharp? Does the device leak? Does air flow where, when and how it’s supposed to? Do triggers and control knobs function correctly? Does the touch screen work?

Automation helps medical device maker compete

John Sprovieri

January 4, 2019

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Merit Medical Systems Inc. is a leading manufacturer of disposable medical devices used in interventional, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care and endoscopy.

ASSEMBLY Capital Spending Report: Capital Spending to Increase

ASSEMBLY Capital Spending Report 2018: Spending Increases due to Economic Growth and Tax-Cuts

Spurred by tax cuts and economic growth, manufacturers will continue to invest in their assembly operations.

John Sprovieri

December 6, 2018

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The past year brought blockbuster headlines for U.S. manufacturing. Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn unveiled plans to build a $10 billion assembly plant in Wisconsin that would make liquid-crystal display panels and employ as many as 13,000 people.

Some 12,838,000 million Americans held manufacturing jobs in April 2019. That’s 12 percent more than April 2010, it’s the highest total since December 2008. Overall, the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.6 percent in April 2019—the lowest jobless rate since December 1969.

If you’re a small or mid-sized manufacturer, or are facing the challenges of low-volume, high-mix production, you may be wondering if collaborative robots, or “cobots” are right for you. In this webinar, Sales Development Manager at Universal Robots, Michael DeGrace will share and highlight the significant benefits associated with using collaborative robots in the manufacturing industry such as easy programming, quick set-up, ability to use multiple applications with quick changeover as well as cost.

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What You Should Know About Curing Lamps

FDA to Modernize 510(k) Clearance Pathway

Ensuring Adhesion for Medical Device Assembly

Non-Automotive Manufacturing Sectors Flocking to Robotics

MDISS Extends ISA Guidelines to Connected Medical Devices

MDSAP Aims to Unifiy Standards for Auditing Medical Device Manufacturing Lines

Baxter International Expanding MS Plant

New Standard for Biocompatibility Testing

Automation helps medical device maker compete

ASSEMBLY Capital Spending Report 2018: Spending Increases due to Economic Growth and Tax-Cuts

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