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Assembling medical devices and other medical components are demanding.  Consistently producing good parts, in a validated process, while recording, storing, and analyzing data points is imperative.  Utilizing an ultrasonic welding process for assembly is widely accepted for medical devices and components because it is a fast, clean, easy to validate, repeatable assembling process. However, the… Continue Reading Reduce Flash, Get Stronger Welds, & Lower Residual Stress with Dynamic Weld Velocity

Melt-Match® is known in the plastic industry to improve all the phases of the plastic welding process with servo-driven control and precision. Check out the following video showing the difference between pneumatic vs servo ultrasonic welding with patented Melt-Match®. Improves confidence in total quality with a tighter standard deviation of dimensional accuracy and weld strength… Continue Reading Benefits of Melt-Match®

Mastering the 4 pillars of Laser Polymer Welding using 1 micron Laser will provide an excellent foundation for you to design-in the technology. Pillar #1 – IR (Infrared) Transparent Upper Layer The first layer of material that the laser beam encounters (the IR Transparent Layer) must allow a certain portion of the laser energy to… Continue Reading The 4 Pillars of Laser Polymer Welding using 1 micron Laser

Infrared Imaging Systems: Test weld joints, bonding integrity with IR imaging. Infrared Imaging system works hand in hand with Dukane’s Laser Welding systems. They provide machine vision inspection through a standalone inspection unit or placed in an assembly line. With the fairly recent adoption of laser plastic welding as a technique for joining plastic components, the need… Continue Reading Infrared Imaging Inspection to Test Weld Joints and Integrity of Laser Welded Plastic Parts

A patented plastic welding process to repeatably detect melt transition from solid to molten state, then accurately controlling the melt flow of a thermoplastic material during the weld and transitioning from the molten to solid state. Melt-Match® is known in the plastic industry to improve all the phases of the welding process with servo-driven control… Continue Reading What is Melt-Match®?

Ideally, in ultrasonic welding the area where the horn contacts the part should be as close to the part joint as possible. However, at times, odd-shaped and sized parts prevent a half-wave horn from contacting the part where needed or developing sufficient amplitude to weld the application. In these situations, the answer is to use… Continue Reading Composite Horn – Ultrasonic Welding