MAC is a global manufacturing company focused on improving the efficiency and productivity of the processing industry.  Specializing in pneumatic conveying and air filtration systems, MAC has been advancing the state-of-the-art for 40 years and is now the largest North American pneumatic conveying and filtration equipment supplier.

MAC Equipment provides a material handling valve, the Spheri Valve®, which has the ability to cut through static or moving columns of material through the use of its innovative inflatable seal mechanism.  This seal ensures that a consistent pressure tight seal is created when the valve is in the closed position, as well as providing an unrestricted flow when open.

MAC was looking for a lightweight model for their Spheri Valve®, a 75 lb. heavy-duty valve that is manufactured from cast iron.  MAC had some critical small features and post-assembly requirements for their model that made it a challenge to source through their current supply chain and other prototype manufacturers.  The Spheri Valves® also needed to be color-matched according to the MAC Equipment branding guidelines.

“We weren’t sure what process we needed for this project,” said Francis Beiring, Design Engineer.  “Quickparts put us on the right course by using their expertise to determine the best solution for our needs when others were unable to help.”

Dometic Sanitation Corporation designs and manufactures onboard sanitation systems and related equipment that exceed boat builder and end user expectations while protecting the marine environment.

Dometic began developing specialized systems in 1960 when the company was a division of residential bath fixture manufacturer Mansfield Sanitary, Inc. Dometic has worked closely with many boat manufacturers – engineering sanitation systems that meet a wide range of manufacturing and customer needs.

Dometic Sanitation Corporation markets SeaLand® and VacuFlush® marine and recreational vehicle sanitation systems.

Dometic as a whole is a custom-driven, world-leading provider of innovative leisure products for the caravan, motor home and marine markets. Dometic offers a complete range of air conditioners, refrigerators, awnings, cookers, sanitation systems, lighting, windows, doors, and other equipment that makes leisure life more comfortable away from home.

Faced with a large production project and a looming time line, Dometic Sanitation Corporation realized preliminary work was lacking from the previous designs of a critical flushing nozzle on their newest portable toilet system.

The new design would have to pass numerous tests, proving that the new part would not interfere with production.

“I had used Quickparts in the past and knew they would be the right company for what I needed,” said Mark Ezzo. “I knew that they would be able to meet my tight deadline and deliver quality parts in a short time.”

Hammerhead Design was formed in 1997 to offer consultative design engineering to physicians, medical personnel and medical device companies. Hammerhead Design focuses on engineering, education and consultation. As engineers they can assist you with your design by helping you protect it and by designing the first prototype. Hammerhead can locate the right person in the corporate structure to champion your concept through the evaluation process.

In education, Hammerhead can plan and manage the largest to the smallest hands-on training sessions. They can build anatomical models to teach a particular disease treatment, such as tumors or bleeders sewn into the porcine anatomy. Hammerhead can also help to design an ex-vivo model to assist in device development and testing. Whatever the need, they can simply get it done for you.

Hammerhead designed a medical device (explant tray) that would house and secure the anatomical models used to teach fellowship doctors about particular disease treatment. They needed a supplier that would not only communicate throughout the entire production process, but would also provide a one-stop-shop for SLA’s and Cast Urethanes.

“I needed a tray that would stabilize the organs used in testing,” said Becky. “I also needed to be able to paint the prototypes to match the color of the parts that would go in conjunction with the trays.”

Sentinelle Medical Inc. is a collaboration of biomedical, mechanical, electrical and systems engineers and physicists, all of who have one passionate objective: to improve Breast MRI technology for the detection of breast disease.

Sentinelle Medical products have been developed through 10 years of diagnostic imaging research initially at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and the University of Toronto Medical Biophysics department, and continuing over the past three years at Sentinelle. Sentinelle Medical’s ongoing collaboration with academic institutions ensures Sentinelle technology is at the leading edge of the field of breast MRI imaging advances.

Clinical experience in diagnostic imaging produced compelling ideas for improvement in breast lesion detection and intervention efficiency. Thus, the Sentinelle Vanguard Breast MR Auxiliary Table™ was created.

The Vanguard system, along with their proprietary software Aegis with BRIGHT™, provides an unprecedented combination of image quality, interventional capabilities, biopsy choices, patient ergonomics, clinical convenience, and health care economics.

Commercial development of this and other diagnostic imaging applications are the ongoing pursuit of Sentinelle, which in turn funds ongoing research in MRI technology.

The Sentinelle Vanguard Breast MR Auxiliary Table™ with eight channel coil array transforms your GE MRI into a dedicated system for Breast MR imaging and intervention. The Variable Coil Geometry™ of the eight channel array allows the position of the coils to be customized for every patient. The coils can be moved medially and laterally, as well as posteriorally towards the axilla and chest wall providing improvements to image quality unavailable on traditional tabletop coils.

While searching for a supplier who could produce housing for their Vanguard™ coils, Sentinelle knew the project would require a quick turn around time and an inexpensive alternative to CNC Machining the parts.

Quickparts also sourced the new material that Sentinelle Medical used for the housing of the Vanguard™ coils.

“In two weeks we received cast urethane parts in hand,” said Rob Brown. “Saving us the added cost of using CNC Machined parts we made the right decision choosing Quickparts and the Cast Urethane process.”