Medical Device Assembly

Medical Device Assembly

Medical Device Assembly

Product catalog summary
Introduction
Dukane Corporation specializes in ultrasonic assembly solutions for the medical industry, focusing on quality and reliability to aid in FDA approval and ensure high-quality medical product assemblies.
Key Products and Features
  • Dynamic Process Controller (DPC): Integrates generator, process controller, and multiplexer functions, allowing control over assembly parameters and supporting data generation for validation.
  • Hydraulic Speed Control: Ensures consistent horn stroke speed, improving material flow and appearance.
  • Dual Pressure: Unique feature allowing different pressures during ultrasonic application and assembly holding, beneficial for hermetic seals.
  • iPC (Intelligent Process Control): Provides a user-friendly interface for operating the DPC, enhancing ease of use.
  • Electronic Pressure Regulator and Load Cell: Enhance calibration and validation by electronically controlling air pressure and measuring force during the weld cycle.
Medical Case Studies
  • Corson Needle (Surgin, Inc.): Achieved a hermetic seal using energy directors for a 360° weld, overcoming production issues with Dukane's microprocessor controller.
  • Cover Slide (Hycor Biomedical): Used ultrasonic welding for precise lab specimen pockets, maintaining tight tolerances.
  • Trumpet Valve (Surgin, Inc.): Transitioned from adhesives to ultrasonics for consistent bonds and reduced rejects, using a specially designed shear joint.
Service and Support
Dukane offers comprehensive support, including design consultation, customization, quick turnaround, setup assistance, and local support through regional technical centers, along with training workshops and a warranty/loaner program.
Ultrasonic Advantages
Ultrasonic assembly is certifiable and qualifiable, producing clean, safe, and consistent results. It offers fast production with low maintenance and cost-effectiveness, with high controllability reducing human error and ensuring repeatability.
Overview
Dukane provides advanced ultrasonic assembly solutions focusing on quality, flexibility, and control, crucial for industries like medical manufacturing.
Microprocessor Control
The 32-bit RISC microprocessor ensures quality and repeatability by controlling and monitoring applications based on user-defined parameters, supporting various Statistical Process Control (SPC) packages.
Automation and Usability
Dukane systems feature input/output communication ports for easy integration with automated machinery, beneficial for high-volume manufacturing, with user-friendly hardware and software.
Quality Assurance in Medical Industry
Dukane provides reliable and controllable technology for medical products, aiding in FDA approval and market readiness.
Dynamic Process Controller (DPC)
The DPC controls assembly processes through parameters like force, velocity, and energy, supporting data generation for validation and storing multiple application setups.
Advanced Ultrasonic Capabilities
  • Hydraulic Speed Control: Ensures consistent horn stroke speed for improved material flow and appearance.
  • Dual Pressure: Allows different pressures during ultrasonic application and assembly holding, useful for hermetic seals.
  • Hold By Distance: Maintains weld tolerances for superior control.
  • Weld By Distance: Ensures consistent joint material melting by precise distance measurements.
Intelligent Process Control (iPC)
The iPC provides a graphical interface for operating the DPC, enhancing ease of use with a PC-based system.
Additional Features
  • Electronic Pressure Regulator: Controls air pressure electronically for calibration and validation.
  • Load Cell (Force Transducer): Measures force during the weld cycle for precise ultrasonic energy initiation.
Conclusion
Dukane's innovations in ultrasonic technology provide reliable solutions for quality assembly, particularly in the medical industry, backed by comprehensive service and support.
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Catalog excerpts

Medical Device Assembly-1

Validating your process. Qualifying every part.Obtaining FDA approval. They all boil down to qualityan objective Dukane Ultrasonics can help you achieve.Thatגs because weve been working with themedical industry for decades. By offering technology and equipment thatҒs reliable and controllableand backing it up with unparalleled service and supportחweve helped thousands of companies bring their medical products to market. Intelligent Assembly Solutions >

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Easy to Use Our hardware and software are user- friendly. Press systems are simple to part/process validation. Automation The input/output communication ports on our systems are uniquely designed to facilitate electrical interface with auto- mated machinery. This is useful for manufacturing high volume applica- tions, such as reservoirs and filters. Statistical Process Control Unlike competitors ultrasonic equip- ment, our microprocessor supports a variety of SPC packages. This gives you the freedom to select the SPC program of your choiceҗor to integrate our ultrasonics with your current program....

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Fast Low Maintenance Consistent, Accurate Ultrasonic systems dont require warm- up periods, so you can jump right into production. Cycle times are very low, and systems can be easily automated. Once your system is up and running, maintenance and calibration require- ments are minimal. Cost Effective Because ultrasonics can be controlled by a microprocessor, youҒll avoid human error associated with other assembly methods and have a more consistent process. On a cost-per-part basis, ultrasonics is generally less expensive than competitive assembly methods. Cover Slide Hycor Biomedical Trumpet Valve...

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Weld By Distance* By logging precise distance measure- ments, the weld by distance feature joins components by a specific weld depth. This assures the same amount of joint material melts for every part. Dual Pressure* > Dual pressure is exclusive to Dukane equipment, and it allows you to apply the ultrasonics at one pressure and hold the assembly at a second, higher pres- sure. This feature can also be used to begin the weld at one pressure and finishit at a second pressure. Dualpressure is often used toweld hermetic seals oroptically clear joints. Hold ByDistance Dynamic Process Controller By...

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.