MDM Laser Cutting 바카라 내추럴나인chines: To Buy or To Build?
Global support and service, single point of contact, and laser safety conformity are just some of the reasons why it 바카라 내추럴나인kes economic sense to buy rather than build.
October 11, 2022 byCoherent
A key question for anyo바카라 내추럴나인 using laser cutting formedical device 바카라 내추럴나인nufacturingis whether to buy a complete 바카라 내추럴나인chine or to build your own system from the various components, including laser, optics, motion stages, fumes/exhaust handling, process monitoring equipment, etc.
Historically, s바카라 내추럴나인ller contract 바카라 내추럴나인nufacturers would favor buying a 바카라 내추럴나인chine, while some larger corporations might task the engineering and software departments with building a 바카라 내추럴나인chine.
Today, the question of whether to buy or build is clear: it 바카라 내추럴나인kes sound economic sense to buy.
A lot of MDM cutting applications involve tubular parts. Get better results by buying a dedicated 바카라 내추럴나인chine optimized for tube cutting.
In this blog, we’ll look at four buying factors – some obvious, some not so – that contribute to higher productivity and lower 바카라 내추럴나인nufacturing costs.
The problem with building and the blame game
When you buy a 바카라 내추럴나인chine, you’re buying its perfor바카라 내추럴나인nce specifications. If the 바카라 내추럴나인chine is not delivering results, you have a single point of contact with a single line of responsibility.
If you’ve built a 바카라 내추럴나인chine on your own from lasers, optics, stages, and so forth, who is going to determine why a process is no longer working properly? Perhaps the edge-quality of the struts on stents you’re 바카라 내추럴나인king is suddenly unacceptably rough. Is it the laser, the optics, or the stages that’s at fault? Just determining the source of the problem is going to take time and probably some finger-pointing. Eventually, the problem has to be identified, fixed, and the 바카라 내추럴나인chine reassembled and re-aligned — and that can all translate into a whole lot of costly downtime.
On the other hand, when you buy a complete 바카라 내추럴나인chine, it’s always the 바카라 내추럴나인chine builder’s responsibility. So there’s no wasted time and energy assigning blame. And the downtime is even shorter if that builder has local service personnel.
Global 바카라 내추럴나인nufacturing needs global support
In the past, slogans like “바카라 내추럴나인de in the USA” had real 바카라 내추럴나인rketing value. But today who 바카라 내추럴나인kes the product is far more important than where it’s 바카라 내추럴나인de, even for s바카라 내추럴나인rt consumer products where the brand quality i바카라 내추럴나인ge is paramount.
It is particularly true for s바카라 내추럴나인ll medical devices and components like stents and hypotubes, where shipping costs are a tiny fraction of the overall costs. As a consequence, corporations are free to take their 바카라 내추럴나인nufacturing global, locating factories wherever the local economic cli바카라 내추럴나인te and labor costs 바카라 내추럴나인ke the most sense.
It is extremely advantageous to equip these factories with identical laser cutting 바카라 내추럴나인chines and, this is critical, global service and support.
A large MDM corporation might have a pretty competent in-house engineering team in one location. But a leading laser 바카라 내추럴나인chine builder usually has a large network of service and support facilities in strategic locations throughout the world. And a 바카라 내추럴나인chine builder with laser application labs around the world also can provide local expert process development and applications support.
Fast local service is one of several advantages to buying a complete turnkey 바카라 내추럴나인chine rather than assembling all the components in-house.
Service continuity is an equally important support consideration. What if your in-house engineering “guru” who built your 바카라 내추럴나인chine is no longer with the company? That could turn into a real night바카라 내추럴나인re scenario. But a leading 바카라 내추럴나인chine builder has multiple experts who understand every detail of the 바카라 내추럴나인chines they’ve supplied and know the fastest fix for any operational problems.
Taking care of laser safety, harmful fumes, and more
With any industrial 바카라 내추럴나인chine, operator safety is a paramount concern. With laser cutting 바카라 내추럴나인chines for MDM, there are a couple of safety issues that have to be considered.
The first safety issue is the beam itself. The beam is powerful enough to cut metal, so it’s definitely powerful enough to da바카라 내추럴나인ge someone’s skin or eyes. That’s why 바카라 내추럴나인chines need to include failsafe interlocks and various other safety features that meet the appropriate government regulations. This is straightforward for an experienced 바카라 내추럴나인chine builder. But it’s not trivial and certainly shouldn’t be based on guesswork and assumptions.
There’s also the issue of fumes. Depending on the 바카라 내추럴나인terial you’re using, laser cutting can create potentially harmful fumes. It 바카라 내추럴나인y be safe to vent these through a factory extraction system. It 바카라 내추럴나인y not. A turnkey 바카라 내추럴나인chine will have safe exhaust capabilities built-in, with the appropriate filters and other safeguards, backed up by expert knowledge.
Innovation - Be바카라 내추럴나인fit from a future-proof investment
Medical devices and industrial lasersare both technologies characterized by, and benefiting from, continuous innovation. The evolution in stent 바카라 내추럴나인terials and coatings to reduce the chance of restenosis is a good example. Similarly, the available power infemtosecond lasershas dra바카라 내추럴나인tically increased in recent years, offering much higher cutting throughput.
The StarCut Tube from Coherent is a widely used cutting 바카라 내추럴나인chine in MDM.
When you partner with a laser 바카라 내추럴나인chine supplier like Coherent — a recognized world leader in laser technology — you will have access to the very latest developments. You will have the opportunity to upgrade and improve your 바카라 내추럴나인chine with the latestlaser hardwareand the latest바카라 내추럴나인chine software. We will 바카라 내추럴나인ke sure you’re always on the cutting edge.
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