OEM of medical diagnostic equipment improves septum slitting by using IncisionTech
A major manufacturer of diagnostic equipment for the OEM medical industry was experiencing serious cutting problems when trying to automatically pierce a septum or rubber diaphragm.
The problems were two-fold:
- The slit left in the septum was not located accurately enough from piece to piece and the resulting length of the slit generated had too much variability from piece to piece.
- The life of the blade was too short, resulting in increased variability due to blade-to-blade cutting performance.
Applications engineers from IncisionTech worked concurrently with design engineers from the OEM in a rapid prototyping environment to generate a number of alternative cutting edge geometries for testing. After quickly determining the appropriate geometry needed, blades from the optimum cutting edge geometry were produced in a variety of more wear-resistant raw materials and with several coatings applied for evaluating additional performance characteristics.
Results for the OEM were dramatic! More consistent cut quality and longer lasting blades generated higher output rates for the equipment and higher quality results with respect to slit quality.
