MDM Laser Cutting 토토 사이트 바카라s: To Buy or To Build?
Global support and service, single point of contact, and 토토 사이트 바카라 safety conformity are just some of the reasons why it makes economic sense to buy rather than build.
October 11, 2022 byCoherent
A key question for anyone using 토토 사이트 바카라 cutting formedical device manufacturingis whether to buy a complete 토토 사이트 바카라 or to build your own system from the various components, including laser, optics, motion stages, fumes/exhaust handling, process monitoring equipment, etc.
Historically, smaller contract manufacturers would favor buying a 토토 사이트 바카라, while some larger corporations might task the engineering and software departments with building a 토토 사이트 바카라.
Today, the question of whether to 토토 사이트 바카라 or build is clear: it makes sound economic sense to 토토 사이트 바카라.
A lot of MDM cutting applications involve tubular parts. Get better results by buying a dedicated 토토 사이트 바카라 optimized for tube cutting.
In this blog, we’ll look at four 토토 사이트 바카라ing factors – some obvious, some not so – that contribute to higher productivity and lower manufacturing costs.
The problem with 토토 사이트 바카라ing and the blame game
When you buy a 토토 사이트 바카라, you’re buying its performance specifications. If the 토토 사이트 바카라 is not delivering results, you have a single point of contact with a single line of responsibility.
If you’ve built a 토토 사이트 바카라 on your own from lasers, optics, stages, and so forth, who is going to determine why a process is no longer working properly? Perhaps the edge-quality of the struts on stents you’re making is suddenly unacceptably rough. Is it the laser, the optics, or the stages that’s at fault? Just determining the source of the problem is going to take time and probably some finger-pointing. Eventually, the problem has to be identified, fixed, and the 토토 사이트 바카라 reassembled and re-aligned — and that can all translate into a whole lot of costly downtime.
On the other hand, when you buy a complete 토토 사이트 바카라, it’s always the 토토 사이트 바카라 builder’s responsibility. So there’s no wasted time and energy assigning blame. And the downtime is even shorter if that builder has local service personnel.
Global manufacturing needs global support
In the past, slogans like “Made in the USA” had real marketing value. But today who makes the product is far more important than where it’s made, even for smart consumer products where the brand quality image is paramount.
It is particularly true for small medical devices and components like stents and hypotubes, where s토토 사이트 바카라pping costs are a tiny fraction of the overall costs. As a consequence, corporations are free to take their manufacturing global, locating factories wherever the local economic climate and labor costs make the most sense.
It is extremely advantageous to equip these factories with identical laser cutting 토토 사이트 바카라s and, this is critical, global service and support.
A large MDM corporation might have a pretty competent in-house engineering team in one location. But a leading laser 토토 사이트 바카라 builder usually has a large network of service and support facilities in strategic locations throughout the world. And a 토토 사이트 바카라 builder with laser application labs around the world also can provide local expert process development and applications support.
Fast local service is one of several advantages to buying a complete turnkey 토토 사이트 바카라 rather than assembling all the components in-house.
Service continuity is an equally important support consideration. What if your in-house engineering “guru” who built your 토토 사이트 바카라 is no longer with the company? That could turn into a real nightmare scenario. But a leading 토토 사이트 바카라 builder has multiple experts who understand every detail of the 토토 사이트 바카라s they’ve supplied and know the fastest fix for any operational problems.
Taking care of 토토 사이트 바카라 safety, harmful fumes, and more
With any industrial 토토 사이트 바카라, operator safety is a paramount concern. With laser cutting 토토 사이트 바카라s for MDM, there are a couple of safety issues that have to be considered.
The first safety issue is the beam itself. The beam is powerful enough to cut metal, so it’s definitely powerful enough to damage someone’s skin or eyes. That’s why 토토 사이트 바카라s need to include failsafe interlocks and various other safety features that meet the appropriate government regulations. This is straightforward for an experienced 토토 사이트 바카라 builder. But it’s not trivial and certainly shouldn’t be based on guesswork and assumptions.
There’s also the issue of fumes. Depending on the material you’re using, laser cutting can create potentially harmful fumes. It may be safe to vent these through a factory extraction system. It may not. A turnkey 토토 사이트 바카라 will have safe exhaust capabilities built-in, with the appropriate filters and other safeguards, backed up by expert knowledge.
Innovation - Benefit from a future-proof investment
Medical devices and industrial 토토 사이트 바카라sare both technologies characterized by, and benefiting from, continuous innovation. The evolution in stent materials and coatings to reduce the chance of restenosis is a good example. Sim토토 사이트 바카라arly, the ava토토 사이트 바카라able power infemtosecond 토토 사이트 바카라shas dramatically increased in recent years, offering much 토토 사이트 바카라gher cutting throughput.
The StarCut Tube from Coherent is a widely used cutting 토토 사이트 바카라 in MDM.
When you partner with a laser 토토 사이트 바카라 supplier like Coherent — a recognized world leader in laser technology — you will have access to the very latest developments. You will have the opportunity to upgrade and improve your 토토 사이트 바카라 with the latest토토 사이트 바카라 hardwareand the latest토토 사이트 바카라 software. We w토토 사이트 바카라l make sure you’re always on the cutting edge.
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