Medical device manufacturing is entering a new age as changes arrive to technologies, materials and processes. In this ODT article, Lowell shares its perspective on the shifts that are influencing the implant market.

Greg Berrevoets, a New Product Development Engineer at Lowell, wrote this article entitled “Using CAD/CAM to Communicate Design Intent” to show how the precision language of GD&T is used to streamline the communication process between OEM and their contact manufacturing partners.

Greg Berrevoets, a New Product Development Engineer at Lowell, wrote this article entitled “Tolerance Stackups in Complex Medical Device Assemblies” shows that the cost associated with performing a proper stackup is much more attractive than the cost associated with revisions and missed product launches.

Jim Stertz, Quality/Technology Director at Lowell, co-wrote this piece on Material Identification and Control using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF).

Jim Stertz, Quality/Technology Director at Lowell, wrote this piece on automating the PMM/CMM using a Motoman robot and configuring the entire system in-house.

This article, entitled “Achieve Higher Mechanical Precision with Profile Tolerancing” appeared in Quality Magazine. Dr. Hetland of the International Institute of GD&T and Dan Goldman of Honeywell in the most comprehensive article yet, address profile tolerancing and its advantages over linear tolerancing. Solid models and test data provided by Lowell.