Medical Device Link.

Originally Published EMDM March/April 2004

INDUSTRY NEWS

Web-Based Polymers Library Offers Free Trial

Access to a company’s on-line polymer library is available for a one-week free trial at www.polymerlibrary.com. The enhanced Web interface, recently launched by Rapra Technology (Shawbury, Shropshire, UK), offers better searching and display of results and also allows users to closely monitor their account details. The library offers more than 800,000 full-text documents, all of them copyright cleared, which can be e-mailed within 24 hours. The system displays the full price of each document before the placement of the order. 

Surplus LEDs Available On-Line

A Web site highlights a company’s surplus LEDs and LED products. SurplusLED.com, launched by LEDtronics (Torrance, CA, USA), offers a variety of products at discounted prices. The inventory changes daily and includes numerous products from LEDtronics’ offerings of LED lamps and bulbs, PC boards, displays, and discrete LEDs. The latter products include rectangular bicolour LEDs, red cylindrical flat-top LEDs, and green diffused 5-mm2 LEDs. The Web site can be accessed at www.surplusLED.com.  

Web Site Simplifies the Design and Ordering of Custom Parts

A new on-line service enables users to instantly design, price, and order custom parts via the Internet. Using eMachineShop’s free CAD software, engineers, product developers, designers, mechanics, and researchers can rapidly design custom mechanical parts. The software provides immediate expert analysis, instant price quotations, and on-line ordering. By simplifying the design, pricing, expert feedback, and ordering process, eMachineShop can speed time to market. Users can download the eMachineShop software from www.emachineshop.com.  

On-Line Service Offers Free Calibration Notification 

A Web site simplifies the timely calibration of instrumentation. Users can register their instruments at no cost in Calibration Club at www.dicksonweb.com and receive free e-mail reminders every time an instrument or tool is due for calibration. The Web site, launched by The Dickson Co. (Addison, IL, USA), sorts instruments by manufacturer, model number, location, and calibration date. The users decide how frequently each instrument should be calibrated and how far in advance they would like to be notified. 

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