Using commodity products will limit design opportunities and product capabilities. Or, in the early stage, the manufacturers who cooperate with customized manufacturers, especially those who provide help in the design process, can carry out experiments, tests, and finally get an optimized medical device that meets each condition.
Gene kleinschmit, product manager of Sandvik, a Swedish engineering company, said, "we have many customers who tell us that they hope to come to us early.". "At first, they designed according to what they could find, and finally they became a person who could manufacture commodity products. They tried to use commodity products to design this new device, and they tried to make it work; they couldn't change their design to make it work... As the product matures, it will become more and more powerful." For example, if we look at a pacemaker product, when they first appeared, they were very professional... Now the design has changed enough that it is not a professional product. There are many suppliers capable of manufacturing them. "
In the medical device manufacturing industry, the automation trend also experienced a peak last year and is expected to continue to grow in the future. According to the 2020 statistics released by the American Robotics Industry Association, robot orders in life sciences, pharmaceuticals and biomedicine increased by 69% year-on-year. 2020 is also the first year that the annual orders of robots in the non automotive industry exceed those in the automotive manufacturing industry, which is the transformation of robot manufacturers in the global influenza pandemic.
Dean Elkins, head of the processing division of Yaskawa Motoman, said: "with the changes in people's personal purchase behavior caused by novel coronavirus, the number of robots used has set a record, which can complete orders in the field of e-commerce and allow correct social alienation behavior.". "In addition, robots help produce personal protection and testing equipment and medical equipment needed to maintain the health and safety of our society to a great extent."
The main benefits of robot production automation include optimizing productivity, improving quality, reducing costs and improving safety. We expect the development of medical manufacturing to automated production to continue after the pandemic.