Case Studies
Customer Overview
Myers Devices is a medical device company based in Florida. It creates and distributes the Yankaddy ®, a reliable place to store a Yankauer suction instrument, in an effort to reduce patient’s risk of of hospital acquired infection.
Challenge:
Myers Devices approached Artemis Plastics to produce their devices with a mold that had already been built by a third party. However, as Myers gained market feedback on the devices, it became evident that the device needed to be modified in order to meet customer’s needs. It also meant that the original mold design needed to be changed.
How Artemis Plastics Helped:
Fortunately, Artemis Plastics is a one-stop shop for plastic injection molding projects. Leveraging their experience in the medical field, Artemis Plastics was able to provide engineering support throughout the design improvement process as per Myers’ instructions.
Also, Artemis Plastics used its in-house tooling operations to modify the mold and start producing the Yankaddy ® based on the new specs.
Results:
The end-result is a simpler and less expensive product that resulted in improved customer satisfaction.
Myers upfront costs were kept low because all activities were done in-house, under one roof. Thus, the communication between Artemis Plastics and Myers Devices was efficient, leading to faster turnaround.
Customer Overview
AO-ERP is the global leader in aftermarket replacement parts for medical endoscopes. It is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts. AO-ERP is committed to delivering OEM quality components in order to reduce the growing cost of healthcare.
Challenge:
AO-ERP came to Artemis Plastics with a problem regarding tight tolerances on some of their replacement parts for endoscopes. Keeping the variance at plus or minus .002 inches on some of the small, intricate plastic components had proven to be very difficult. In addition, production’s scrap level was high.
How Artemis Plastics Helped:
First, Artemis Plastics met with AO-ERP in order to understand the challenges at hand and to discuss possible options.
Thanks to its sound quality processes and material knowledge expertise of its engineering team, Artemis Plastics was able to propose the ideal combinations of materials for the parts that AO-ERP had found challenging to manufacture .
Then, using an existing mold and equipment, Artemis Plastics proceeded to manufacture the challenging parts.
Results:
The tolerances on the newly manufactured parts were within specs, a crucial element of AO-ERP’s customer satisfaction.
Furthermore, the scrap rate went down significantly, from 30% scrap rate to less than 3%, leading to more economical overall production costs.
This success has led to a growing partnership between the parties and to additional projects for Artemis Plastics.
