Medical Device Manufacturing
MAC® provides advanced eddy current solutions for inspecting small diameter tubing and wire used in critical medical applications, such as stents, endoscopic tools, syringe needles, and Nitinol wire.
Medical Device Manufacturing
As NDT techniques advance, their applications extend to vital medical components where failure can have life-threatening consequences. MAC® provides options for testing small diameter tubing and wire used in medical devices, offering solutions that detect even the smallest defects in critical materials like stents, medical syringe needles, and Nitinol wire. For high-quality, non-destructive testing in medical applications, MAC is the trusted solution.
MEDICAL TUBE AND WIRE
As NDT techniques have expanded, so have the applications which now encompass many critical products that are being used where it is extremely difficult and expensive to replace or repair, or where failure can cause serious and life threatening consequences.
Testing Small Diameter Nitinol Wire
Magnetic Analysis Corp. has introduced an eddy current test for detecting cracks and inclusions in Nitinol wire. An alloy made of approximately equal parts nickel and titanium, Nitinol is referred to as a SMA (shape memory alloy). It is often used in critical surgical applications such as stents and heart valves
Critical NDT Applications
Nondestructive testing, commonly referred to as NDT, was first developed in the late 1800s. In the years since, a variety of technologies have been developed, including Eddy Current Testing (ECT) and Ultrasonic Testing (UT), which will be our focus. These two methods often complement one another when used together.
Testing Small Diameter Copper Rod & Wire During Drawing
A turn-key eddy current test system has been installed at a large copper rod and wire producer in China. The system is fully integrated with the company’s production line, and the quality of each coil of wire is accurately graded, allowing the manufacturer to match the coil quality with a specific customer’s needs and applications.
Using NDT to Ensure Product Quality Authored by Joseph Baldauff, ASNT Level III ET and UT
Industrial heat exchanger users, aerospace, medical, and some military applications require the highest quality materials and also demand high inspection levels for long intermediate products (wire, tube, and bars). Surprisingly, automotive materials can also require the highest quality because defects in safety-critical components or parts integral to engine lifetime or fuel systems can lead to huge expenses.
WIRE AND ROD
Eddy Current technology is the go-to wire and cable testing method for checking continuity, alloy, surface flaws and other conditions as well as for locating welds and splices. MAC® instruments can handle a range of metal wire including cut lengths, continuous production, stranded, multi-conductor and insulated cable.
TESTING HIGH PERFORMANCE NITINOL WIRE
Magnetic Analysis Corporation has introduced an eddy current test for detecting cracks and inclusions in Nitinol wire. Surgical applications such as stents and heart valves, where the wire's ability to be deformed at one temperature during insertion, and then recover its original, undeformed shape when heated above its "transformation temperature" after exposure to typical body temperatures of 98.6°F (37°C), is essential.
