Versatile 바카라사이트 총판 Cutting for Neurological Sub-Assemblies

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Motion Dynamics (Fruitport, MI) is a contract manufacturer specializing in custom micro springs, medical coils, and wire components. They have a hard-earned reputation for solving challenging problems in the shortest possible time, no matter how difficult or seemingly impossible. They have particular expertise in designing and manufacturing complex assemblies for neurovascular procedures – for applications such as steerable catheter devices, including “pull-wire” assemblies.

President Chris Witham states, “The company’s medical device business is based on a highly focused business model in neurovascular products, where we can offer differentiated results in terms of design, execution, and service. We need fast, versatile, and easy-to-use 바카라사이트 총판 cutting machines to generate the components for high-value ‘difficult’ assemblies.” He explains that cutting flexibility and ease of use are critical machine requirements for Motion Dynamics, because these components are quite diverse in terms of size, shapes, and material, with only small to medium batches in most cases.

The Solution

The company had sever바카라사이트 총판 years of experience using a StarCut Tube machi바카라사이트 총판 from Coherent. Until recently, this machi바카라사이트 총판 was available with a choice of either an ultrashort pulse 바카라사이트 총판 with femtosecond pulsing, or a more tradition바카라사이트 총판 fiber 바카라사이트 총판 featuring much slower pulsing. Witham explains that they chose a USP 바카라사이트 총판 for this earlier machine, because it delivers superior edge quality and minimized kerf, which are critical in many of their components. In fact, the USP 바카라사이트 총판 usually eliminates the need for mechanical post-processing. He adds that “There is no material we use that cannot yet be cut by a USP 바카라사이트 총판, including the tiny gold components used as radio-opaque markers in some of our products.”

When their market growth meant that even two 40-hour/week shifts was not enough to keep pace with demand for their neurovascular assemblies, they decided to purchase another StarCut Tube machi바카라사이트 총판. However, some of the components used by Motion Dynamics are made of thicker (up to 20 thou) material and could be more economically cut by using the faster processing speed of a fiber 바카라사이트 총판.

The optimum solution was the latest StarCut Tube Hybrid machine that includes both a femtosecond laser and a fiber 바카라사이트 총판, all integrated in the same compact platform with the same user-friendly GUI.

The Result

Witham states that the new machine’s flexibility is proving to be a major advantage, “Now we can choose which overall process – USP alone or fiber and post-process – is the most cost-effective for each component. This machine is even allowing us to explore the possibility of mixed processing of the same component, particularly where larger diameters and wall thicknesses are involved: namely fast cutting with the fiber 바카라사이트 총판 followed by fine cutting with the femtosecond laser.” He expects that the USP laser will still remain their first choice in many instances because the majority of their laser cutting involves stainless tubes with wall thicknesses between four and six thou.

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