As seen during the Medical Desiign Briefs 2025 Medical & Healthcare Robotics Digital Summit:
Manufacturing cylindrical medical devices such as stents and hypotubes demands extreme precision, repeatability, and cost-efficiency—challenges that are increasingly being addressed through advanced robotics and automation. This session will delve into how to achieve both precision and speed simultaneously as well as identify some of the most pervasive error sources along with effective strategies to mitigate them and minimize the tradeoffs between achieving micron-level precision and high-process throughput. Attendees will learn design guidelines and best practices for effectively choosing precision motion systems and suppliers including several nuances that must be considered to achieve high part reproducibility and high throughput.
Brian Fink is Aerotech’s product manager for stages, motors, hexapods and other mechanical devices. With 15+ years of experience in precision motion control, he’s held roles in research and development, applications engineering, sales and marketing. Fink holds master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and business administration from the University of Pittsburgh.
