Medical device design trend: Combining additive manufacturing and traditional machining for optimal product development
Additive manufacturing is cited as the new frontier for creating medical device components, with design flexibility that goes above and beyond what traditional machining typically offers. Across the medical device industry, companies are increasingly adopting this technology in the search for faster product development cycles. But additive manufacturing and traditional machining have different strengths that […]
Critical feature confirmation: The next big thing in medical device design. Link to MD+DI Article
Ongoing design revisions during development can put stress on a medical device’s go-to-market timeline. Narrowing the list of critical features in a design is one of the best ways to keep a project on track and on time. Critical feature confirmation (CFC) is a leading-edge method to figure out which device features are critical and […]
Two key trends driving today’s spinal implant device manufacturing.
With the global spinal implant market forecast to grow up to 6 percent by 2022, companies are looking for better ways to improve patient health while streamlining product development. To meet this goal, two trends are emerging for spinal implant designs. First, implantable devices continue to become smaller to meet minimally invasive surgery demands. Second, […]
Three best practices to convey design intent for medical devices
Medical device design is a complex process, and grows even more complicated if design intent isn’t well communicated. Design intent encompasses how a product will be used, and in medical device manufacturing, this influences how a product will be made. Clear communication of design intent is fundamental to create a development process with fewer product […]
Lowell Wins AVA Video Award
Lowell, Inc. recently won an AVA Digital Award in the Overview Category for our “Technology at Lowell” video. Click on the link below to view this and other videos produced by Lowell, Inc.
More Space Saving at Lowell
Hanel Lean-Lift Model 2460-825 Our new Hanel Lean-Lift is slated for installation in our redesigned tool crib. The Hanel is another vertical storage system that will securely hold cutting tools, fixtures, consumables and safety supplies while freeing up more valuable floor space for production equipment.
Lowell Adds New Quality Manager – Ed Yaris
development. He will oversee the Quality Management functions at Lowell. His experience includes leadership positions at National Security Technologies, Helmel Engineering Products, Renishaw and GE.Ed is a member in good standing of seven ASME/B89 standards committees including Coordinate Metrology, Uncertainty and he also chairs the Probes and Sensors committee. He is on the steering committee […]
Keyence IM-6225T Added to Increase Inspection Throughput
Our new Keyence IM series image dimension measurement system is through validation and ready to roll. The Keyence instant measurement system creates consistent results independent of human vision, and can extract up to 99 data points simultaneously. The new Keyence will dramatically increase throughput in the quality lab.
UDI is on the way!
FOBA Laser Marker – UDI is on the way! The FDA’s UDI directive will be fully implemented in 2016. To meet those demands, Lowell has invested in a FOBA M3000-P laser workstation. The FOBA is a 5-axes marker outfitted with a patented Intelligent Mark Positioning (IMP) high-speed camera system that “automatically detects work pieces and […]
