26Mar 2021 by sam tilkins
Micro Molding the Tiniest Parts On Earth

Micro Molding the Tiniest Parts On Earth

Articles, Isometric
Micro Molding the Tiniest Parts On Earth Isometric's Donna Bibber and Brent Hahn were recently interviewed by Design News about the growing trend of miniaturization and the micro molding industry. The demand is seen in many markets, from fiberoptic connectors to intraocular surgical instruments. “Our main customer base has been medical and drug delivery device OEMs. Our value is in solving miniaturized device problems for fitting into tiny spaces such as surgical endoscopes, insulin pumps, wearable devices, transdermal needle arrays to name a few,” Donna Bibber, CEO at Isometric, told Design News.  “We also produce implantables, where the parts hold a slow-release drug in the body that dissolves. Or the parts hold a hernia mesh together with material that is designed to dissolve.” Donna Bibber, CEO In addition, the duo…
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08Feb 2021 by sam tilkins
Today’s Micro Molding Challenges, Part 2: Tooling – The Enabler

Today’s Micro Molding Challenges, Part 2: Tooling – The Enabler

Articles, Isometric
Today’s Micro Molding Challenges, Part 2: Tooling - The Enabler Today's Micro Molding Challenges, Part 2 pushes forward the discussion on best practices for micro molding. It is well known that micro mold and micromachining are key to the realization of micro molded components and micro automated assemblies. Both capabilities require tooling and fixtures manufactured to extreme precision and positional accuracy in order to produce micro core pins, micro cavity geometry, and microfluidic surfaces. In Part 1: Tooling—the enabler, published in the February issue of CMM, we address the risk-mitigating criteria in micro mold design, focusing on runner style and gate style. This second installment details other such criteria in relation to gate diameter, parting lines, ejection, and cooling. Mold Design Criteria Gate diameter Figure 1 shows gate diameters of…
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18Nov 2020 by sam tilkins
Micro Molding Innovations For Medical Devices

Micro Molding Innovations For Medical Devices

Articles, Isometric
Micro Molding Medical Device Innovations Medical Product Outsourcing (MPO) spoke to the team at Isometric Micro Molding, Donna Bibber, Brent Hahn, and Wayne Shakal, to learn more about micro molding innovations for medical devices and the complex markets of biopharma and pharma.  The big challenges of medical device miniaturization have created crucial demands on micro molders to develop new processes and methods that are outside the norm of standard injection molding. Michael Barbella from MPO discussed this impact through a variety of topics with the Isometric Micro Molding team. The Isometric experts share their 100+ years of combined knowledge on items such as what market forces fuel the need for micro molding technology, the impact of material advancements on micro molding capabilities, as well as the latest innovation in micromolding…
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