Cover Products
From the October 1999 issue of EMDM Magazine
Production equipment
Equipment suited for laminating wound dressings and manufacturing catheters and colostomy bags, as well as extruders, hole punchers, laser cutters, form-fill-seal systems, and leak testers are among products offered by an engineering firm. The company can supply custom systems, complete production lines, or individual stations. In addition to capital equipment, the firm offers a number of contract services including cleanroom moulding, microdrilling, and micromachining; toxicological and microbiological analyses; and sterilization validation. Medical Engineering Technologies Ltd., Ashford, Kent, UK.
Digital-signal processor board
A parallel digital-signal processor board is designed for fast learning and recognition with artificial neural networks. Because of its high processing power and low power dissipation, the CTR-7370 is suited for embedded applications in medical instruments and other systems. Features include a 3U compactPCI one-slot form factor with a 32-bit interface, two 32-bit fixed-point fully parallel multiply-and-accumulate processors with a three-stage pipeline, processing capability of 2 billion operations per second, and less than 6 W power consumption. Eurotech S.r.l., Amaro (UD), Italy.Miniature components
Complex components for surgical and implantable devices are machined to tight tolerances in a single operation. The process, which involves the use of Swiss-type CNC machining centres, five-axis micromills and grinders, and lasers, ensures accuracy while minimizing machining and handling times, thereby reducing costs. Services provided by the company extend from prototyping and preproduction with statistically defined process development to production in an ISO-certified facility. Remmele Engineering Inc., Micro Machining Div., Big Lake, MN, USA.
