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Pop-up fabrication from the Harvard Microrobotics Lab

01.27.2012 by Chad Schneider

Harvard’s Microrobotics Lab is publishing some amazing work regarding a MEMS fabrication technique for creating 3-dimensional millimeter-scale robots from 2-dimensional multi-layer components.

Manufacturing, Microfabrication

UMD’s ‘WaterShed’ wins the Solar Decathalon

10.06.2011 by Chad Schneider

Congratulations to the University of Maryland team of 200 engineers who took first place in the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathalon 2011.

Engineering, Resources

Reflection on the AACC 2011 Expo Floor

08.15.2011 by Lei Zong

The AACC annual meeting hosts the largest clinical laboratory expo, and this year’s expo was probably the largest ever with an estimated 20,000 participants, close to 700 exhibiting companies, 2,000+ booths, and over half a million square feet of exhibit space!

Engineering, Product Design, Staff

Exhibiting at AACC

07.22.2011 by Chad Schneider

Key Tech will be at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) annual meeting again this year in Atlanta. Pick up one of our new build-a-brochures and send in a photo of your creation.

Business, Lab-on-a-chip, Microfluidics

How it’s manufactured

05.25.2011 by Chad Schneider

Product by Process aggregates published generally high-quality videos of behind-the-scenes tours of how various products are manufactured.

Engineering

FIRST Robotics Chesapeake Regional 2011

03.31.2011 by Lei Zong

This year’s competition was deemed “LogoMotion”, where one objective of the game was to hang inflated tubes onto wall-mounted pegs as high as nine feet up.

Engineering, Staff

Does Key Tech have experience in medical device development?

03.08.2011 by Chad Schneider

Key Tech predominately develops medical devices. About 80% of our work is electro-mechanical medical device development. The majority of the remaining 20% continues to be electro-mechanical hand-held and laboratory instruments, just not in the medical industry.

Business, Engineering, FAQ, Product Design

3D Printing Technology

03.01.2011 by Chad Schneider

There are three major rapid prototyping techniques for making plastic parts fast; layer building, low-pressure molding/casting, and machining. Each has its advantages and drawbacks, depending on how you intend to use the part. Let’s start with the various layer-building processes.

Engineering, Manufacturing, Resources

Key Tech presents at the Johns Hopkins Medical Device Startup Tool Box Day

12.15.2010 by Andy Rogers

Want to start-up a medical device company? Key Tech attended the Johns Hopkins University’s “Medical Device Start Up Tool Box Day” to explain why having an experienced design engineering partner in your “tool box” is key to your success.

Business, Engineering, News, Product Design

Designing Parts for Injection Molding

12.14.2010 by Chad Schneider

As designers, we can improve our injection molded parts to make them perform better and require less expensive tools. Check out this design guide we came across to get you started.

Engineering, Manufacturing, Product Design

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