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Why do non-standard sizes rarely save money

In sourcing raw materials for small metal parts, customers sometimes ask if they can use non-standard material sizes for their parts. This problem can

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Pride Processing vs. 3D laser printing of bone screws?

While 3D metal printers say they can do just about anything, cold working is one of the challenges they have to overcome before 3D printing bone screw

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Surface treatment promotes osseointegration

Surface finish is a very important topic in metal cutting. Surface treatment is a unique topic for bone screws and Swiss machining. While some bone sc

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Specific material considerations for bone screws

For more than a century, bone screws and anchors for orthopedic and dental use have been made of metal alloys. This means we spend a lot of time under

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Unique screw design advantage

Medical device companies may also come up with variations of their own bone screw designs to create something unique that sets them apart and provides

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Other variables in bone screw design

In addition to threading and pitch variations, bone screws can produce holes, steps, grooves and other functions due to the precision capabilities of

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Different bones, different screws

In a study comparing the strength of four commercially available bone screws with different pitch, screw retention was related to bone density, thread

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Why bone screws

The main function of bone screws is to help repair fractures. Usually, screws convert the force of bone movement into compressive force that holds the

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The basic structure of bone screws

Like ordinary wood screws that most people are familiar with, the structure of bone screws has certain basic features: The head of the screw is a flat

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Processing of bone screws and anchors

Achieve precise, complex functions for orthopedic and dental applications Compared with many other medical devices, bone screws have a deceptively sim

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Custom bushing for catheters and resection equipment

The bushing, as simple as it may seem, is critical to prevent the device from failing during surgery when it is subjected to high RPMS or other forces

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Ultra-high speed device

You may not think of medical devices running at super high RPM. However, there are some interesting applications where the design engineer achieves th

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