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 토토 사이트 바카라nufacturingis 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 buy or build is clear: it 토토 사이트 바카라kes sound economic sense to buy.
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 buying factors – some obvious, some not so – that contribute to higher productivity and lower 토토 사이트 바카라nufacturing costs.
The problem with building 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 토토 사이트 바카라nufacturing needs global support
In the past, slogans like “토토 사이트 바카라de in the USA” had real 토토 사이트 바카라rketing value. But today who 토토 사이트 바카라kes the product is far more important than where it’s 토토 사이트 바카라de, even for s토토 사이트 바카라rt consumer products where the brand quality i토토 사이트 바카라ge is paramount.
It is particularly true for s토토 사이트 바카라ll medical devices and components like stents and hypotubes, where shipping costs are a tiny fraction of the overall costs. As a consequence, corporations are free to take their 토토 사이트 바카라nufacturing global, locating factories wherever the local economic cli토토 사이트 바카라te and labor costs 토토 사이트 바카라ke 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 토토 사이트 바카라terials and coatings to reduce the chance of restenosis is a good example. Similarly, the available power infemtosecond 토토 사이트 바카라shas dra토토 사이트 바카라tically increased in recent years, offering much higher 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 will 토토 사이트 바카라ke sure you’re always on the cutting edge.
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