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Syringe pump
Maintaining accuracy alongside cost reduction
Services
- Design engineering
- Manufacturing support
Sector
- medical
The requirement for this project was to cost down and design for manufacture a prototype based around a super-accurate linear stage.
the challenge
The critical challenge was tolerancing the syringe mounting components so they moved perfectly in-line with the linear stage and are capable of achieving the accuracy required.
approach
OPD redesigned the syringe pump for use in a variety of medical situations to provide highly accurate fluid dispensing/aspiration, with a 10nl resolution, and continuous flow for up to 3 days.
the results
The cost of the design was successfully reduced to approximately 15% of the original design per unit when manufactured in small batches.
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