Lisi Medical’s plant in Miribel, France, specializes in the outsourcing of surgical implants and ancillary items. Consisting primarily of plates and screws, these parts require precision manufacturing and are inspected by the plant’s metrology department. The typical tolerances allowed range from 0.1 to 0.05 mm. “We measure around thirty points on each part. We perform…
Restrictors manage the bends in offshore applications
To prevent offshore oil pipes from over-bending at the interface between flexible and rigid structures, bending restrictors are usually installed. Trelleborg makes bend restrictors that are made up of a number of interlocking elements, which react when subjected to an external load, locking together to form a smooth curved radius. This radius is chosen to…