Archive for the ‘Injection-moulding’ Category
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Researchers at ASTI Corp., a Japanese manufacturer of automotive electronics, and Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (HUSM) have co-developed a prototype microneedle system that could provide diabetics with pain-free insulin injections. It can also be used to administer vaccines.
Made of a durable and biodegradable polyglycolic acid resin, the device prototype ...
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Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Ferromatik Milacron will ring in the new year with nary a sound as it presents its silent-running all-electric Elektron injection moulding systems at the Swiss Plastics event in Luzern, Switzerland. The Elektron is designed for a full range of standard applications and offers manufacturers a cost-effective path into all-electric ...
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Full-service supplier of plastic components for the medical, pharmaceutical and optical industry Hubertus Goller GesmbH is expanding its business activities. The owner-operated enterprise, based in Klosterneuburg, near Vienna, Austria, now offers services to include customer’s first idea to serial production and beyond. Goller Systems is now in a position to ...
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
Capitol Vial Inc., a division of Thermo Fisher Scientific, now uses modular conveyors to eliminate new conveyor purchases. The company supplies flip top vials to the pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostic testing, drug testing, water testing, food, dairy and confectionary markets, producing five million vials per week. Currently the firm uses approximately ...
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
The able assistance of two materials suppliers allowed a device manufacturer to shave off nearly 16 weeks from the art-to-part development process of a wireless vital signs monitor. The ViSi Mobile system, which performs continuous vital signs monitoring, is currently being developed by DD Studio (Carlsbad, CA, USA) under the ...
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_9555" align="alignleft" width="360" caption="The Allrounder 520 H with a clamping force of 1,500 kN and an injection unit 800 produces syringe barrels from PP at Fakuma."][/caption]
Complying with the energy-efficiency trend, which is once again the prevailing theme at this year's Fakuma trade show, Arburg is showing its two Allrounder machines ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
[caption id="attachment_2296" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Moulded EMI shielding for a medical device application was among the products highlighted at the China Array stand at Medica last week."][/caption]
Don’t be misled by the name: there’s far more to China Array LLC than a cheap outsourcing opportunity. Headquartered in Pittsfield, MA, USA, the company ...
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Rapid injection-moulding company Protomold has produced a new design resource intended to give its customers a better insight into how the injection moulding process works. The Protomold Demo Mould can be dismantled to show the internal workings, features, and operation of a mould. This visualization of the moulding process aims ...
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