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company’s founder, the 4000-sq.-ft. center is a self-contained think tank and prototype-development unit sep- arate from production. Staffed by five engineers and five tool and die makers, and managed by Jankoski, the devel- opment center houses a full comple- ment of equipment, including an Agie wire-EDM machine, a laser-welding cell, programmable Amada press brake and preproduction stamping presses.
“Some 80 percent of our medical projects begin in the development cen- ter,” says Jankoski. “We work directly with our customers’ engineering teams as early as possible in new-product development projects, to assist with design-for-manufacturability (DFM) activities. All of the major medical com- panies have embraced DFM in the last few years, and our expertise there has positioned us well with the OEMs as this trend has taken off. With medical products, making a part to print is not enough.”
The development center also sup- ports Micro Medical’s efforts to new core manufacturing competencies. Cit- ing one recent case, the firm decided to develop instrument sharpening as a core competency and bring that work inhouse.
“Very few companies offer this serv- ice,” says Carolonza, “so we went out and developed that expertise here, including electropolishing of sharp- ened products coming off of our elec- trochemical surface grinder. We put the capital commitment behind the deci- sion and trained operators, even before we approached any of our customers with the idea. Then we submitted full revalidation packages based on each customer’s unique requirements, per ISO 13485 (the management system for the design and manufacture of med- ical devices).”
“If we were to subcontract for some of these services,” Savage continues, “we’d be paying for another company to develop its expertise. We’d rather invest in our own health and well-being and develop new areas of expertise inhouse.” MF
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