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Introduction In the world of medical tube set manufacturing (IV, dialysis, blood collection, infusion), end users are not willing to pay top dollar for what is considered a ‘disposable’ piece of the process versus the pumps, therapies, plasma, etcetera. Therefore, it is imperative that production costs are minimized at the onset of a new product […]
Introduction When manufacturing medical tube sets, two of the most important factors to the manufacturer include output volume and product quality, both in terms of machine generated scrap (e.g. tube improperly inserted to connector and rejected by the machine) and product quality to the end user (e.g. no scuff marks on tubing, minimal particulate in […]
Introduction Why are Innovations in Tube Set Manufacturing Important? Complicating the expected growth in demand in tube set markets, many suppliers are also experiencing a labor shortage due to the high operator counts (typically 150-200+ workers per shift to output at needed rates) and intense dexterity demands required of manual tube set assembly. In Mexico, […]