(1051-B) High quality prototyping for a smooth transition to production

Abstract: Many development projects for life sciences and in-vitro diagnostic applications have a need for early prototyping, with fast turnarounds, flexibility and requirement of specific micro- and/or nano-structures.

The quality is of utmost importance, but also the choice of the proper design and materials to enable a later product scalability. Therefore early involvement of injection molding companies like STRATEC Consumables is getting more and more important to ensure a smooth transition from early prototypes to serial production later on.

Of course, quality management and documentation is a prerequisite for manufacturing, which makes time and cost efficient early prototyping impossible. To approach this issue, STRATEC Consumables and Natech Plastics are now offering combined services, to enable high-quality, cost accessible and flexible early prototyping, with accelerated turn-around time.

In the presentation, we will discuss which micro/nano feature sizes, formats, materials, aspect ratios as well as interfacing to instruments are feasible.