ISO 13485 medical device certification demonstrates commitment to medical industry

Joining Technologies, Inc., an innovator in industrial laser applications, is highlighting its precision laser and micro manufacturing capabilities for the medical market at MD&M East, June 18-20, 2013, at the Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, Booth #2033.

Engineering experts will be on hand to discuss Joining Technologies’ capabilities for precision laser cutting and welding, as well as expanded micro manufacturing capabilities, tool and fixturing design, complete systems design and integration, and supply chain management.

One of very few welding service companies to be certified to the ISO 13485 standard for the manufacture of medical devices, Joining Technologies has set itself apart from other welding houses, and demonstrated its commitment to processing parts to the same rigorous standards as its major medical device customers. Using the most modern laser equipment available today, Joining Technologies performs ultra-high precision laser welding for the most critical surgical instruments, sensor assemblies, and other precision devices.

On display at Booth#2033 will be recent examples of laser and micro manufacturing services Joining Technologies has provided to a variety of global medical device manufacturers

In addition to micro manufacturing expertise, Joining Technologies will also be available to discuss its supply chain management services for product manufacturing and assembly. Services include planning and organization of all sourcing activities, procurement, logistics management, and coordination and collaboration with suppliers, third-party subcontractors, and customers.

About Joining Technologies

Headquartered in East Granby, CT, Joining Technologies is an innovator in precision fusion processes, including laser and electron beam welding, laser additive manufacturing, and weld system design and integration. The company’s extraordinary engineering talent continues to develop economical solutions for joining metal components primarily in the medical device, sensors, aerospace, military, energy, and firearms industries. Joining Technologies has created a corporate culture that rewards innovation and teamwork, and continues to invest in infrastructure, making it the most highly evolved and reliable operation of its kind. For more information, call 1.800.266.1966, email sales@joiningtech.com or visit our Ask a Question page.

Experienced professional will oversee operations and strategy

Joining Technologies, Inc., an innovator in industrial laser applications, announces that Matt Francoeur has been appointed as General Manager. In this role, Mr. Francoeur will be responsible for overseeing operational continuity and implementing the company’s business strategy. He will work closely with the company president and co-owner Dave Hudson to organize internal teams and execute a forward-thinking plan for continued growth.

The son of company founder Michael Francoeur, Mr. Francoeur has an unusually comprehensive knowledge of Joining Technologies, built on a lifetime of experience with both the technical and financial aspects of the business. He has been formally employed at Joining Technologies since 2005, holding several key positions including manager of engineering, inside sales, and production. He holds a BS in Business Management with a focus on Information Technology from Western New England University.

“Mr. Francoeur’s broad knowledge of Joining Technologies will be a real asset in his new position,” said Dave Hudson, President of Joining Technologies. “The General Manager is concerned with so many parts of the company, including engineering, contract review, project management, production, continuous improvement, and facilities management. Mr. Francoeur has demonstrated his ability to adapt and learn quickly throughout his career, and we are excited to utilize his invaluable experience and expertise as he moves into these new responsibilities.”

About Joining Technologies

Headquartered in East Granby, CT, Joining Technologies is an innovator in precision fusion processes, including laser and electron beam welding, laser additive manufacturing, and weld system design and integration. The company’s extraordinary engineering talent continues to develop economical solutions for joining metal components primarily in the medical device, sensors, aerospace, military, energy, and firearms industries. Joining Technologies has created a corporate culture that rewards innovation and teamwork, and continues to invest in infrastructure, making it the most highly evolved and reliable operation of its kind. For more information, call 1.800.266.1966, email sales@joiningtech.com or visit our Ask a Question page.

Laser welding, laser cladding, supply chain management, and electron beam welding

Joining Technologies, Inc., an innovator in industrial laser applications, announces that it will be exhibiting at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ EASTEC 2013 Exposition, to be held May 14-16, 2013 at the Eastern States Exposition, in West Springfield, MA, Booth #2042. Joining Technologies will be highlighting its capabilities in laser welding, laser cladding of metal alloys, laser cutting, and laser system integration. The company will also discuss its supply chain management services, as well as electron beam welding capacity.

Known as a problem solver to many industries, Joining Technologies will be highlighting the accomplishments of its highly innovative engineers in a variety of disciplines, including systems integration, robotic and CNC system design, tooling design, advanced process development, and material science.

Visitors to the booth will have an opportunity to discuss Joining Technologies’ innovative laser cladding of metal powder alloys to enhance, repair, or freeform material for applications in aerospace, power generation, valve and OEM-supplied components.  Joining Technologies recently expanded its additive manufacturing capabilities to include internal diameter (ID) cladding. A new specialized ID cladding station is a technological leap forward, ideal for adding service life to hard-to-reach internal part features in oil and gas equipment, pumps, sleeves and extruder components.

Joining Technologies’ supply chain management expertise includes planning and organization of all activities involved in sourcing, procurement, and logistics management, as well as coordination and collaboration with suppliers, third-party subcontractors, and customers. The company’s supply chain management initiatives focus on proper coordination of assembly process steps, including material requisition and machining, which in turn guarantees that the welding will be done correctly and the product will perform as specified.

About Joining Technologies

Headquartered in East Granby, CT, Joining Technologies is an innovator in precision fusion processes, including laser and electron beam welding, laser additive manufacturing, and weld system design and integration. The company’s extraordinary engineering talent continues to develop economical solutions for joining metal components primarily in the medical device, sensors, aerospace, military, energy, and firearms industries. Joining Technologies has created a corporate culture that rewards innovation and teamwork, and continues to invest in infrastructure, making it the most highly evolved and reliable operation of its kind. For more information, call 1.800.266.1966, email sales@joiningtech.com or visit our Ask a Question page.

Expert knowledge helps customers ramp up production and speed time to market

Joining Technologies, Inc., an innovator in industrial laser applications, announces that it has expanded its core competencies to include product commercialization assistance. Experts in laser welding, electron beam welding, and laser additive manufacturing, Joining Technologies also supports customers through supply chain and project management, and quality assurance validation expertise. Using these skills, along with an appreciation for the customer’s goals for a product, Joining Technologies’ product commercialization assistance helps ramp up production and speed time to market.

Joining Technologies identifies potential production issues and works directly with its customers to develop innovative solutions. For one nationally known maker of large volume twisted wire brushes used in cytology to obtain cell samples, Joining Technologies developed and implemented an innovative manufacturing approach that improved quality and reliability, while facilitating the transition to a semi-automated highly engineered production system.

The new product went on to win an American Brush Manufacturers Association (ABMA) William Cordes Innovation Excellence Award, given to recognize outstanding innovation in any manufactured product, component, or service in the brush industry.

“Joining Technologies was critical in the development of our revolutionary production concept,” said Mark N. Borsari, President of Sanderson MacLeod. “Over and over again, they have proven that when it comes to laser technology applications and support, there is no finer or dependable resource available anywhere.”

About Joining Technologies

Headquartered in East Granby, CT, Joining Technologies is an innovator in precision fusion processes, including laser and electron beam welding, laser additive manufacturing, and weld system design and integration. The company’s extraordinary engineering talent continues to develop economical solutions for joining metal components primarily in the medical device, sensors, aerospace, military, energy, and firearms industries. Joining Technologies has created a corporate culture that rewards innovation and teamwork, and continues to invest in infrastructure, making it the most highly evolved and reliable operation of its kind. For more information, call 1.800.266.1966, email sales@joiningtech.com or visit our Ask a Question page.

Demonstrates commitment to processing parts to rigorous standards

Joining Technologies, Inc., an innovator in industrial laser applications, announces that it has successfully obtained certification to the ISO 13485 standard for the manufacture of medical devices. Joining Technologies is one of very few welding service companies who have met the rigorous ISO 13485 medical device standard, setting it apart from other welding houses. The achievement demonstrates Joining Technologies’ commitment to processing parts to the same rigorous standards as its major medical device customers.

Attaining the new standard strengthens Joining Technologies’ relationships with its current customers, and is expected to help the company grow its medical customer base,  and further enhance its capabilities with Tier 1 suppliers.

Joining Technologies was audited by American Register Systems (ARS) in December and received notification that it had successfully met all requirements as of January 15, 2013. The auditor was quite impressed with Joining Technologies, commenting that the company’s “customer focus is evident throughout the organization.”

The formal audit included a review of the promotion and awareness of regulatory requirements as a management responsibility, controls in the work environment to ensure product safety, risk management and design control activities during product development, as well as specific requirements for inspection, traceability, process documentation and validation.

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About Joining Technologies

Headquartered in East Granby, CT, Joining Technologies is an innovator in precision fusion processes, including laser and electron beam welding, laser additive manufacturing, and weld system design and integration. The company’s extraordinary engineering talent continues to develop economical solutions for joining metal components primarily in the medical device, sensors, aerospace, military, energy, and firearms industries. Joining Technologies has created a corporate culture that rewards innovation and teamwork, and continues to invest in infrastructure, making it the most highly evolved and reliable operation of its kind. For more information, call 1.800.266.1966, email sales@joiningtech.com or visit our Ask a Question page.

Joining Technologies, Inc., an innovator in industrial laser applications, will be highlighting its laser additive capabilities at the Laser Institute of America’s 5th annual Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop (LAM®), to be held February 12-13, 2013, in Houston, Texas. In addition, Joining Technologies will be showcasing the cutting edge work done by the Joining Technologies Research Center (JTRC), a partnership with world-renowned laser development and research institutes: Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT), located in Aachen, Germany and Fraunhofer Center for Laser Technology (CLT), located in Plymouth, MI.

Joining Technologies, a gold level sponsor of LAM will highlight its capabilities using innovative laser cladding of metal powder alloys to enhance, repair, or freeform material for applications in aerospace, power generation, valve and OEM-supplied components. The precision laser cladding processes accomplish virtually unlimited build-up heights in complex geometric dimensions. The company will also showcase its newly expanded capabilities for internal diameter (ID) cladding. The technique is ideal for extending service life to oil and gas equipment, pumps, sleeves and extruder components.

As part of JTRC, Fraunhofer ILT provides laser additive manufacturing research and development services, as well as system design and integration and accessory sales. The partnership with both Fraunhofer ILT and CLT allows Joining Technologies to offer a range of services, including feasibility studies as part of process development, validation and certification, systems engineering and system integration of a complete industrial implementation at a customer’s site.

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About Joining Technologies

Headquartered in East Granby, CT, Joining Technologies is an innovator in precision fusion processes, including laser welding and electron beam welding, laser additive manufacturing, and weld system design and integration. The company’s extraordinary engineering talent continues to develop economical solutions for joining metal components primarily in the medical device, sensors, aerospace, military, energy, and firearms industries. Joining Technologies has created a corporate culture that rewards innovation and teamwork, and continues to invest in infrastructure, making it the most highly evolved and reliable operation of its kind. For more information, call 1.800.266.1966, email sales@joiningtech.com or visit our Ask a Question page.

Joining Technologies, Inc., an innovator in industrial laser applications, announces that it has expanded its additive manufacturing capabilities to include internal diameter (ID) cladding. Together with its partners Fraunhofer ILT, Pallas Oberflaechentechnik GmbH & Co KG and Laserline, Inc., Joining Technologies has installed a specialized ID cladding station. While laser cladding has gained wide acceptance as a cost effective way to add wear or corrosion-resistant coatings, or to repair worn-out or mis-machined parts, most of the cladding to date has been limited to easy-to-reach external part features. The new ID cladding station is a technological leap forward.

“The technique is ideal for adding service life to oil and gas equipment, pumps, sleeves and extruder components,” remarks Tim Biermann, director of the Joining Technologies Research Center (JTRC). “Also, we expect other industries will come to us seeking the ID cladding process for their applications.”

This laser additive technique can be used with a wide range of materials, including nickel-, cobalt- or iron-based alloys, as well as carbide-matrix compounds. The new ID cladding head, mounted to a CNC handling system, can process internal diameters as small as 2.75 inches, with a maximum insertion depth of 500 millimeters. Double-sided access means IDs as long as 1000 mm can be clad.

Joining Technologies provides laser cladding services at its facility in East Granby, Connecticut.  The company can perform robotic and Cartesian laser additive processes for components ranging from the very small, up to 72 inches diameter, 40 feet in length, and 6 tons in weight.

About Joining Technologies

Headquartered in East Granby, CT, Joining Technologies is an innovator in precision fusion processes, including laser welding and electron beam welding, laser additive manufacturing, and weld system design and integration. The company’s extraordinary engineering talent continues to develop economical solutions for joining metal components primarily in the medical device, sensors, aerospace, military, energy, and firearms industries. Joining Technologies has created a corporate culture that rewards innovation and teamwork, and continues to invest in infrastructure, making it the most highly evolved and reliable operation of its kind. For more information, call 1.800.266.1966, email sales@joiningtech.com or visit our Ask a Question page.

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