Quality Assurance for Medical Plastics​

Challenge​s

• Creation and implementation of inspection plans must be made less costly and time-consuming​
• Avoid potential errors and lost time caused by transferring dimensions from the drawing to the inspection software via manual copying​

Your benefits with ZEISS​

• PMI-based inspection plans – transfer PMI characteristics from CAD software to inspection software​
• Import and export of a wide range of data formats​
  

Challenge​s

• Eroding, manual alignment of electrodes, and performing measurements directly on the EDM machine​

Your benefits with ZEISS​

• Electrode inspection on CMM and 3D scanning systems​
• Profit from shorter machine setup times, higher accuracy and much higher productivity​

Challenge​s

• Tool correction process was previously known for being time-consuming, unreliable, and heavily dependent on expertise of individual user. Correction then required multiple iterations​
• Ensure alignment of mold halves to reduce flashing​

Your benefits with ZEISS​

• CAD model comparison with ZEISS REVERSE ENGINEERING​
• Tool correction process with fewer iterations saves time, boosts efficiency, and lends a competitive edge​

Challenge​s

• Perform quick and easy imaging and analysis of stock before production begins for more reliable products​

Your benefits with ZEISS​

• Impurity detection and classification – correlative workflow for light microscopes and scanning electron microscopes​
• Images can be captured in ZEISS ZEN core, which features a GxP module to establish an auditable trail for each product or batch​

Challenges

• A final check must be performed on produced parts to ensure accuracy of dimensions and tolerances so that individual components fit together seamlessly in the assembly

Your benefits with ZEISS

• As the surface of plastic components is particularly sensitive to tactile measurement, optical solutions and CT solutions are preferred for this purpose​
• Create a fullfield 3D scan of your part for inspection or even scan multiple parts at the same time ​
• X-ray technology for volume visualization and inspection of internal defects

Challenges

• Detect particle contamination in line with the exacting standards of the medical industry
• Minimize maintenance costs via swift measurement and analysis of critical particles
  

Your benefits with ZEISS

• ZEISS Technical Cleanliness Analysis is a solution for light microscopes that ensures important settings are always correct and supports automatic image analysis in ZEISS ZEN core
• Correlative Automated Parts Analysis represents an extension of Technical Cleanliness Analysis by combining your data from both light and electron microscopes in a single workflow. This approach enables you to characterize process-critical particles and identify contaminating particles in next to no time
  

Challenges

• Non-destructive checks have to be performed on aspects such as mating surface contact, adhesion of components, and internal surfaces

Your benefits with ZEISS

• Various computed tomography (CT) hardware options including ZEISS METROTOM and ZEISS VoluMax enable you to see inside parts, even down to the powder or medication packaged within a given device.
• Their non-destructive approach is quick and holistic, making it possible to perform full-scale inspections and pinpoint any potential errors.