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Why OD, ID, and wall are not three independent decisions, what a tighter tolerance actually costs, and the specification most prints leave out entirely. From a precision micro extrusion team that has been in Jaffrey, NH for over 50 years.…
How durometer, draw behavior, and bonding chemistry quietly determine whether a microcatheter design performs. From your precision micro extrusion team. The Decision Before the Dimension Most precision micro extrusion programs are remembered for their dimensions: the wall, the ID, the…
How wall thickness, multilayer architecture, and process control quietly determine whether a microcatheter design works in the body. From a precision micro extrusion team that’s been in Jaffrey, NH for over 50 years. The Decision Behind Every Wall Thickness Number…
Our Quality Policy. Our Commitment to our Customers. We are sharing our quality policy to underscore our commitment to our customers. It took us a while to get this where we want it. We know it is important. It lays the…
Hitting the mark in custom micro-extrusions. The specification isn’t the end. It’s the beginning. We produce custom micro-extrusions to our customers’ specifications. While the specification provides initial guidance it is often not complete enough to guarantee optimal results. Working with our customers’ engineers and buyers…
Micro-Extrusion, Done Right It’s not hard to produce a small extrusion. It is possible to produce a micro-sized thermoplastic extrusion using oversized extrusion equipment and high melt strength raw materials. The ability to produce extrusions in micro-sizes is just the…
Microcatheter Components is growing and the biggest reason is referrals. Most of our customers have been referred to us by other customers. Some referrals have come from people in the industry who know what we do and believe that what we do…
How often do we pass the same thing day after day, never noticing that it is bent or broken, or out of place? How often do we fail to see that something ordinary is actually extraordinary; something simple is exquisite? Children are…
Delivering Precision. You cannot inspect the variation out. You can only build the precision in. It is never really possible to inspect your way to precision. Anyone in the extrusion industry can probably recall inspectors with GO and NO GO…
Why Layers? Behold a Tooth. Here at Microcatheter Components we are learning that Layers are enabling us to deliver performance in extrusions that just cannot be accomplished with a single material. Like the tooth, each layer makes its own unique contribution…
Sometimes sticky is good…But not always. Sometimes stickiness gets in the way. For many catheter designs soft durometers are key to flex and touch. While they are easy to extrude they can be impossible to handle. Getting all the soft…
Trust is built one precious piece at a time. Once built it opens a whole new world of opportunity. “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two,…
Where I live there is a quiet that descends on our village just after snowfall. Here in the quiet it is a perfect time to think about the company we build, and the beliefs that keep us focused on excellence.…
Thanksgiving. Once a year we Americans stop for a moment and gather with family and friends in a spirit of gratitude. In this Season of Thanksgiving, Microcatheter Components would like to say Thank You. Thank you to our customers. We…
I remember years ago I was involved in a project that involved analysis of critical field failures. Fuel lines were leaking and catching fire. As it turned out, thermal degradation that occurred during the extrusion process had caused cracking in the…
Bill Johnson. At a time when Microcatheter Components was still taking form, Bill was an angel for us. He delivered us his big, beautiful smile. He brought his kindness and his warmth with him whenever we met and wove it…
Producing extreme precision MICROEXTRUSIONS requires the right tools, the right equipment and the right people. We believe this capability to be critical to design and quality. It was a big decision to invest heavily in the technology we would need…
Sometimes layers offer solutions that cannot be delivered through single layer constructions. We see a range of applications for our multilayer constructions. For balloons, multiple layered materials offer combined mechanical properties. For inner slip and outer softness, a tie material…
Medical Device Designer Engineers are often faced with tough choices. Sourced components are key to enabling their designs, dimensions must be defined and the materials selected. Often the component specifications frame what can be easily known and practically measured. It is…
Uncontrolled variation is the enemy of quality. W.Edwards Deming Precision matters. Costs from variation are seldom well understood. They live below the radar. They compound as they move along the the assembly system and through the supply chain. Adaptations to…
