By focusing on converting and application requirements (and a thorough understanding of YOUR end-users' needs), your product design must begin and end with the consumer in mind. As your supplier, we benefit by understanding exactly who is your ultimate "end user" - whether it's a consumer receiving a finished product or a consumer-goods manufacturer. Using our decades of experience, Converting Biophile Laboratories keeps current with the best practices, news, research and developments in the converting industry - especially those that have an impact on producing a viable, effective solution for you.
FEATURED ARTICLE
Although this article is from 2002 and addresses the pressure sensitive adhesives industry, it reminds us of the importance of researching product performance and consumer experiences prior to product design and processing engineering stages.
Understanding Converting and Application Requirements.
In Chris Drury's article, he clearly conveys the importance of "external factors and communication" that can impact the material selections, the manufacturing process and final design of products that are manufactured through converting processes.
Understanding your ultimate end-users' needs and expectations enables your design team and our process engineering team to provide a more strategic solution. The end-users' desirable properties may stem from environmental factors (like exposure to weather, moisture, heat or chemicals); appearances (labeling, packaging); or storage (wettability, endurance, friction from handling or transportation).
From years of experience, Converting Biophile realizes the quality, efficiencies and cost-savings that can be applied to customers' products by using these valuable marketing and process engineering insights. Our sincerest desire is to provide you with a successful product that meets your end-use application needs. Whether your needs require an innovative process or new materials, we are dedicated to listening to your needs and responding with options that anticipate and address your challenges and fulfill your expectations.
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CONTROLLED ROOM EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
When upgrading or even changing gloves or suppliers for your controlled environment manufacturing, it's important to analyze hazards and risks.
Gloves: An Inside Look
In quality control manufacturing settings, such as controlled rooms and controlled environments, gloves are typically worn to protect the product or process from contamination and are used along with specialized gowns, masks and other process protection apparel. Unlike a dirty manufacturing environment, where users must identify hazards to human health and safety, it is important for controlled room environments to analyze hazards and risks to the process or product: the critical control points for contamination by personnel.
The process includes an understanding of allowable levels of particulates, extractables and allowable non-volatile residues (NVR). Sterile/aeseptic controlled rooms should also focus on microbiological control, as well as particulate control. ISO Levels of operation are another contributing factor - your gloves need to be labeled for the controlled environment classification in which you operate.
This article thoroughly addresses the Controlled Room Glove Selection process: glove technology (vinyl, natural rubber latex, nitril, chlorophrene), performance (durabililty and tack level), comfort (sizing, length, sensitivities), and chemical protection.
NEWS & EVENTS
HARD AS DIAMONDS (7/16/10)
Microcrystalline and nanocrystalline diamond coatings may be used to modify the surfaces of medical devices. These coatings help minimise corrosion, wear and metal ion release while replacing conventional surface modification materials. Read article
LEADERS FROM US GOVERNMENT, BIOMEDICAL INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA FORM COALITION TO SPUR MEDICAL DEVICE INNOVATION, JOBS (3/15/11)
Great news for the Medical Device Industry. Many important minds believe medical device innovation, including controlled environment serivces, is an extremely important area for the United States to grow and expand. Read QMED article
OUTSOURCING CONTROLLED ROOM MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY: A Q&A interview of an industry specialist in controlled environment manufacturing and assembly. Bob Lord shares his thoughts and opinions on the criteria OEM's should consider when selecting a controlled environment manufacturer. Read QMED article
NEW VACCINE PATCH MAY REPLACE NEEDLES (7/22/10)
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BOXING CLEVER WITH PACKAGING (7/16/10)
An examination of how to best assess the requirements of medical device packaging and ensure their incorporation into the decisions of medical device packaging designers. Read Medical Device Network article
RISKY BUSINESS (10/6/09)
Discussion on latest standards (ISO 10993-7:2008 and ISO 11135-1:2007) to control use of ethylene oxide in medical device sterilization and to improve the design and validation of optimal EO sterilization processes. Read article
HEALING THE ADVANCED WOUND MANAGEMENT MARKET (4/29/09)
Advanced wound care products play a pivotal role in treating chronic or acute wounds, which are particularly associated with conditions such as diabetes mellitus, weak immune systems, cardiovascular or respiratory disease, renal impairment, malignancy, rheumatoid, obesity and malnutrition. Based on a Global Data report, this article reveals facts behind the advanced wound management market's potentially strong future. Read article