August 2, 2017 — ASCO has announced that its Rapid Engineered Solutions program can deliver customized miniature valve assemblies in a matter of days to analytical and medical instrument original equipment manufacturing (OEM) customers.
ASCO’s Rapid Engineered Solutions delivers:
- In 2 days, valve samples and manifolds from ASCO’s standard catalog offering.
- In 5 days, engineered valve samples with customizations to meet the application’s needs.
- In as little as 10 days, engineered solution tailored to the OEM’s specific application requirements to simplify their fluidic path and turnkey installation.
Customizations include seal materials, flow and pressure range adjustments, power requirements, electrical connection configurations, and mounting configurations.
Solutions include engineered valves (pinch, isolation, proportional, and general purpose valves), custom manifolds, fittings, wire harness assembly, filtration, and sensors as needed.
The new program leverages the expertise and resources of the company’s Analytical and Medical team in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. These groups have in-house additive manufacturing capabilities and can deliver 3D printed assemblies to verify fit and functional prototypes for validation testing.
Once the OEM’s instrument is released to production, ASCO’s engineered solution will be built in one of their three Class 8 equivalent clean rooms to minimize contamination.
ASCO’s Rapid Engineered Solutions are intended for OEMs designing clinical diagnostic instruments, bioinstrumentation, chromatography, hospital and dental equipment, industrial analyzers, patient monitoring, and surgical and oxygen therapy instrumentation. Their valves’ very low internal volumes minimize fluid cross-contamination and boast excellent flushability.
