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Material Selection for Medical Device Manufacturing: The Best Medical Grade and Biocompatible Options

Medical device materials must meet strict requirements for biocompatibility, sterilization compatibility, traceability, and regulatory documentation. Engineers selecting materials for medical device development must balance mechanical performance, manufacturability, cost, and regulatory compliance across the entire development lifecycle—from early prototypes to full-scale production.  Medical devices range from simple disposables to complex multi-material systems. This guide explains common […]

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Rugged Hardware Design for Harsh Environments: Materials, Sealing, and Reliability Strategies

Harsh environments call for rugged hardware. Just how rugged depends on the specific environmental conditions the product will face. Designing ruggedized hardware for unforgiving environments requires understanding the conditions a product will encounter in service and accounting for them before the design is finalized. Engineers must anticipate how temperature extremes, moisture, vibration, UV exposure, and […]

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Environmental Resistance of Materials: Chemical, Thermal & Corrosion Performance Compared

Environmental resistance describes a material’s ability to withstand chemical exposure, corrosion, UV radiation, moisture, and elevated temperatures without degrading. When selecting plastics or metals for CNC machining, injection molding, or sheet metal fabrication, engineers must evaluate long-term durability under real-world operating conditions.  This guide ranks common engineering materials by overall environmental durability, corrosion resistance, and […]

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Teardown: The Breville Bambino Plus

High-Pressure Engineering in a Small Form Factor The Breville Bambino Plus compresses key espresso machine architectures—thermal management, pump-driven pressure control, and automated milk texturing—into a compact footprint. At the $500 price point, it occupies the middle ground between entry-level (home) and professional-grade (fancy bistro). After unboxing, we did what any sane engineering team would do: […]

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MISUMI Announces Strategic Partnership with Oishii Farm Corporation

Investment strengthens digital manufacturing capabilities to support AI, robotics, and automation in the rapidly growing agritech industry. Tokyo, Japan and San Francisco, CA – March 16, 2026 – MISUMI Group Inc. (Head Office: Chiyoda‑ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Ryusei Ono; hereinafter “MISUMI”) today announced on March 16, 2026, that it has entered into a […]

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Fictiv Launches Instant Online Quoting for Injection Molding Parts

Fictiv now offers instant online quotes for qualifying injection molding parts. Upload straight-pull part designs to get legitimate pricing and lead times in seconds—without waiting days for a manual RFQ. For more complex parts, Fictiv’s team of engineering experts still provides custom quotes and design-for-manufacturability support. Injection Molding Quotes—Now Instant  For decades, getting an injection […]

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Fictiv Introduces Instant Injection Molding Quotes

New capability compresses sourcing cycles from weeks to seconds enabling faster product development, lower risk and smarter procurement decisions. San Francisco, CA – March 17, 2026  — Fictiv today announced the introduction of Instant Injection Molding Quoting, a significant enhancement of Fictiv’s industry-leading injection molding services and an integral part of Fictiv’s Digital Manufacturing and […]

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Export Control, Simplified: What to Know When Manufacturing Export-Controlled Applications 

Export controls can feel complex, intimidating, and easy to get wrong—especially for teams building advanced hardware in aerospace and other regulated industries. But export control confusion doesn’t need to slow your program down. This article explains how export controls work and how Fictiv supports your export-controlled projects. It covers what’s supported under the EAR and […]

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Fictiv Expands Export Control Services to Deliver EAR Regulated Programs for Aerospace and Advanced Technology Industries

Fictiv delivers classification confirmation and automated detection safeguards tosupport regulated production manufacturing that improves compliance andmitigates global regulatory risk. OAKLAND, Calif., March 3, 2026 — Fictiv, a global supply chain and manufacturing company, today announced enhancements to its export control services,  embedding classification confirmation and automated safeguards directly into its digital manufacturing platform and services to deliver […]

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The 7 Most Common Tolerance Mistakes Mechanical Engineers Make—and How to Fix Them in Minutes

In mechanical and manufacturing design, tolerances are the unsung heroes (or villains) of product quality, cost, manufacturability, and design intent. Not the ability to tolerate scope creep, schedule changes, or miscommunication in DFM collaboration—though that helps too. We’re talking dimensional and geometric tolerances. Every part, whether a simple bracket or a complex aerospace component, is […]