MEDICAL

DFM support and project management of manufacture, assembly, and mechanical functionality testing for the Cradle/Gantry Module of the MARS Extremity Medical Imaging Scanner, from R&D instrument stage through FDA clearance and into production for the global clinical market.

Client: Mars Bioimaging Limited.

The brief: Engaged on reputation for precision engineering to toolmaking standard and turnkey project management. Shamrock manufactures all custom componentry, sources required commercial items, and finish-assembles and mechanically tests the Cradle/Gantry Module of the MARS Extremity Medical Imaging Scanner.

Our process: Project management of manufacture and mechanical testing of the Cradle/Gantry Module to client-supplied design brief, with IP protection and traceability control. Multi-axis CNC machining, manual milling and turning, EDM wire cutting, and surface grinding, followed by GD&T compliance validation, surface or plating finishing, final assembly, and mechanical functionality testing. Sourced through a global supplier base and supported by subcontractors for specialist services.

Materials used: Stainless steel and aluminium alloys, with some tool steels and industrial plastics.

Technology used: 5-axis CNC machining centres, mill/turn lathes with live tooling, manual mills and lathes, surface grinding, EDM wire cutting, CNC coordinate measuring machine (CMM), digital microscope/camera, digital surface roughness tester, ultrasonic cleaning. Specialist subcontract services include heat treatment, anodising, and plating.

Quality mechanisms: ISO 9001, interfaced with the client's ISO 13485 quality management system.

Outcome: Modules supplied compliant to client requirements.