Selecting the right adhesive processing equipment for improved quality control.

Adhesive dispensing and monitoring equipment provides significant quality advantages over manual processing technology. By using appropriate automated dispense, motion control, detection, mixing and curing equipment, manufacturers can reduce their cost per part and better control process quality.

Product defects can lead to costly warranty issues and, in extreme cases, more serious problems, including lawsuits, injuries, and even death. Nowadays, a single product defect can attract media exposure that can have disastrous repercussions for a manufacturer. Imagine the ramifications of a surgical patient dying because a component on an arterial catheter tool detached and entered the patient’s bloodstream as a result of improper adhesive application.

Defects are often the result of manufacturing processes that do not incorporate quality-control measures to ensure repeatable adhesive dispense volume, coverage and cure. With the equipment available from major adhesive and dispense equipment manufacturers, many of these issues can now be avoided.