Challenge
Needed significantly faster throughput
Our client had to find a way to quickly and significantly increase their needle production throughput to meet the needs of one of the world’s largest medical device manufacturers. The bottleneck in their current process was the inspection stage. A costly measurement tool was being utilised to assess crucial aspects of the lengthy biopsy needles. An expensive measurement tool was being employed to measure key features of these long biopsy needles. This process required a substantial 3 minutes for each individual needle. They needed a faster way to increase needle throughput.