medical
Are You Medical OEM Material?
As the baby-boomer generation inexorably falls apart, screws, plates, rods and less invasive surgical tools are increasingly available to put "humpty" back together again. A question for many finishers is, "How do I get into the medical finishing game?" To find out, we talked to a major OEM about its supplier selection criteria.
Read MoreMatt Kirchner Goes to the Eye Doctor
A.K.A.: "Why Your Company Should Consider Consumer-Driven Healthcare".
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A Conversation With ...Zoie Aiken
Division of Microbial Diseases, UCL Eastman Dental Institute
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Neutralizing pH
I am our facility’s environmental, health and safety manager. Periodically, we have very high-pH wastewaters that cause the pH within the cyanide oxidation step to be well above our desired upper limit of 11. Our operator has requested that we add sulfuric acid into the cyanide oxidation stage whenever the pH rises above 11. I am very concerned about the release of hydrogen cyanide if something goes wrong and the system accidentally drives the pH well below 7. Are there any safer acid substitutes?
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Plater Finds A Niche In The Medical Plating Market
The medical plating market is not for everyone
Read MoreGraphite Grease Removal
We have to find a more economical way to do it while avoiding solvent usage for health and safety considerations. Do you have any suggestions?
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Surface Treatment for Medical Parts
Microabrasive blasting provides deburring, texturing and more
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Chemical Switch Cuts Costs, Improves Safety
By replacing the sodium sulfide chemistry used in its nitrogen oxide (NOx) scrubber with a non-hazardous NOx control chemistry, ChemResearch Co. Inc. (CRC; Phoenix, AZ) reduced its operating costs and eliminated a health and safety hazard.
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