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become
its forte.
The firm
manufac-
tures
medical
delivery sys-
tems from alu-
minum, stainless
steel and plastic,
and screen prints
graphics onto the
trays. Among its core
competencies: metal stamping, CNC milling and turning, welding and assem- bly. And now, screen printing.
“We mostly print part numbers and descriptions, but also some graphic images, so our clients can account for every instrument on a surgical tray,” explains David Seiz, Medicraft’s managing art director. “Adhesion is extremely important, as is the quality, consistency and legibility of the graphic image.”
The company outsourced its screen printing for many years, but recently established an inhouse screen-printing department to improve its quality-assur- ance process. “We now screen print about one-third of our trays inhouse,
and expect that to increase significant- ly,” says Seiz.
Seiz conducted a significant amount of research before committing to the firm’s new screen-printing system, a
pair of Vastex (Allentown, PA) 2000HD one-color tabletop printing presses coupled to a Vastex EconoRed 30 infrared dryer to cure the ink. The industrial-grade machines matched Med- icraft’s requirements for fast setup time, fine registra- tion accuracy and high pro- ductivity.
“Every surgical tray that we screen print is evaluated by an elaborate quality-control system, and would be rejected if not perfect, but the equipment meets our standards,”
says Seiz.
Vastex International, Inc.: 610/434-6004; www.vastex.com
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