Blister pack: a thermoformed cavity in plastic that is then sealed to an insert card with a product in between. Blister packs are a cost-effective packaging solution that allows a
Cavity: the space inside a mold into which material is injected. Molds can contain a single cavity or multiple cavities to produce more than one part in a single shot.
ASSEMBLY Magazine recently asked Paul Chauvin, Vectra engineering manager at Ticona Technical Polymers (Summit, NJ), a few questions on plastic medical device trends, issues and challenges. Chauvin has decades
Accommodation: any modification or adjustment to a work environment that enables an operator to perform essential job functions. Administrative controls: procedures and methods, set up by the employer, that
Activity-based costing: an accounting system that assigns costs to products based on the amount of resources used to design, order or make a product. Andon board: a visual control
