INTAI: Precision 슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 Cutting of “Difficult” Medical Devices

The Challenge

INTAI Technology Corp. (Taichung, Taiwan) manufactures a wide range of products serving industries such as medical devices, automotive, aerospace, precision hardware, and telecommunications. With a global customer base, INTAI now has more than 700 employees worldwide, thanks to near-continuous strong growth since the company was founded in 1988. Medical devices currently account for over 65% of their business; here they provide contract manufacturing for applications including endoscopic minimally invasive surgery and breast biopsy surgery, as well as both disposable and reusable devices for a variety of procedures. Donald Wang is Vice President at INTAI for the medical devices business unit.  He states, “In 2019, we wanted to broaden our in-house manufacturing capabilities with precision 슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 cutting for tubular-style devices. Precision was a very important consideration as we have a strong reputation for delivering high-quality components particularly for small parts, with tube sizes as small as 1 mm diameter, in stainless steel and nitinol as well as some other metals.  In addition, we needed a 슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 technology partner who could help us with expert support to accelerate process development. And lastly, we needed a user-friendly control program that would allow us to quickly switch between different jobs.”

The Solut슬롯사이트 볼트 추천

슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 eventually decided on aCoherent StarCut Tube.  For maximum flexibility, versatility and  ROI, they selected a hybrid model equipped with both a nanosecond fiber 슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 and a femtosecond ultrashort pulse (USP) 슬롯사이트 볼트 추천. As a rule of thumb, the USP 슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 delivers extremely high-precision, superior edge-quality and is useful for very thin tubes, often avoiding the need for any mechanical post-processing such as de-burring. Wang states that this 슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 is their first choice for most nitinol products. The fiber 슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 on the other hand provides higher speed for general purpose cutting tasks. It's even possible to use both 슬롯사이트 볼트 추천s during the same job, where the fiber 슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 quickly makes larger cuts and the USP 슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 creates any detailed features.

Wang notes that, “We wanted a versatile machine that made economic sense for orders ranging from prototype work up to several hundred thousand units/year. The user-friendly GUI makes it very easy to switch between quite different jobs and batch sizes. And the addit슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 of the opt슬롯사이트 볼트 추천al StarFeed tube feeder allows unattended operat슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 for larger batch sizes, lowering our labor costs.”

The Result

Three years have passed and INTAI is very happy with their choice, “The results and productivity we’ve obtained have more than met our expectations. We are able to rely on this machine as a workhorse production tool that we use for a full 8-hour shift virtually every day.  The next stage is to plan a second shift to utilize this machine even more.” He values having local support in Taiwan, particularly for process development. “It’s really helpful to have a 슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 machine partner with a local applications lab equipped with both fiber and USP 슬롯사이트 볼트 추천s. This way we quickly get a process recipe optimized for critical parameters which might be edge quality, throughput, or something else.”

He adds, “This all started as a quest for high-precision 슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 machining and thehas absolutely delivered that and more.  We see the results quantitatively in terms of both yield and quality metrics.” He explains that for large numbers of small parts they analyze their process results using the well-known process capability index Cpk. This is a measure of both dimens슬롯사이트 볼트 추천al consistency and absolute accuracy, where values below 1.0 means a process is “not capable,” 1.5 is good for a new process, and a value of 2.0 means a product슬롯사이트 볼트 추천 process meets 6-sigma quality. Without being too specific, Wang states that some of their StarCut Tube processes produce very impressive Cpk values.

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