From the early stages of R&D through formal device verification and into production, Pipeline partners with your engineering & manufacturing teams to translate user needs into engineering requirements and develop custom manufacturing equipment, turnkey test fixtures, & automated machines that characterize, inspect, assemble, manufacture, & perform verification testing on your devices.
Benchtop automation, inspection stations, cycle test machines, and much more for accurate and repeatable test & manufacturing operations
Mechanical design, industrial design, R&D, and design for manufacturability – everything from medical devices to consumer products
Our R&D engineers invent new processes to test, inspect, and manufacture your products, then build your production equipment around these processes.
FUNCTIONAL TEST STATION PROJECT SUMMARY
The functional test fixture allows an operator to simply insert and remove a device – the rest of the test sequence is fully automated via a custom LabVIEW program which steps through a multi-button cycle test and a vision system 360-degree scan that can encompass mechanical/quality characteristics as well as operational characteristics (such as RPM, speed, shaft straightness, vibration, and more.)
TEAM:
Mechanical Engineers
Software/Control System Engineer
Electronics/Cabling Engineer
Machinist
Assembly technician
DESIGN TOOLS:
Solidworks 3D CAD
LabVIEW
CYCLE TESTER TEST FIXTURE PROJECT SUMMARY
A custom medical device test fixture to actuate multiple mechanisms on a device in an automated manner. The custom program built to control the automation also provided the ability for an operator to easily reprogram the cycle process to alter several key parameters.
TEAM:
Mechanical engineer
Electrical Engineer
Manufacturing Vendor
DESIGN TOOLS:
Solidworks 3D CAD
LabVIEW
McMaster-Carr
MEDICAL DEVICE TEST FIXTURE PROJECT SUMMARY
This project encompassed the design and procurement of a comprehensive set of fixtures for functional and characteristics testing performed on a plethora of optical medical catheters. A total of six requirements-driven fixtures were developed, perfected, and delivered during the life of the project.
TEAM:
Mechanical Engineer
Machinist
DESIGN TOOLS:
Solidworks 3D CAD
DesignX
Markforged 3D Printing