{"id":3379,"date":"2024-09-03T11:57:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T10:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/?p=3379"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:21:10","slug":"streamlining-the-supply-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/2024\/09\/03\/streamlining-the-supply-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Streamlining the supply chain for Molecubes"},"content":{"rendered":"

About<\/h3>\n

Molecubes<\/a> develops preclinical imaging cubes enabling researchers to perform high-performance SPECT\/CT and PET\/CT studies without the need for complex system handling and even if laboratory space is very limited.<\/p>\n

Since Molecubes\u2019 devices meet high and specific requirements regarding cleanness and imaging, defining and finding materials with the right properties was quite challenging as the imaging needs to be of the highest possible quality.<\/p>\n

Approach<\/h3>\n

Molecubes initial request was to produce accurate parts with perfect surface quality to avoid finishing materials which would influence the imaging capacities of their systems.<\/p>\n

What started as delivery of prototypes for dimensional evaluation, ended up as an end-use part production through Additive Manufacturing since the mechanical properties of the produced parts were exceeding expectations.<\/p>\n

Other considerations to choose for Additive Manufacturing were the need for limited production batches and flexibility in redesign.<\/p>\n

Streamlining the supply chain<\/h3>\n

Since Molecubes\u2019 core business focuses on developing hardware and software, Tenco\u2019s additional services were the answer to Molecubes\u2019 need to streamline the supply chain of complete components.<\/p>\n

Next to production and post-processing Tenco\u2019s services concerns production of heating elements, purchase & stock keeping as well as full assembly and final programming and inspection of components.<\/p>\n

Moving on<\/h3>\n

As Molecubes\u2019 imaging technology still evolves, certain requirements changed. Besides stiffness and cleanness, particle free components are one of the key success factors for setting the highest standard in their market.<\/p>\n

Ramping up<\/h3>\n

After thorough testing and further processes optimization, Tenco ramped up production for the redeveloped component containing different materials like carbon, plastics and special stainless steel and the integration of PCB\u2019s and laminated heat pads.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Hybrid<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hybrid<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hybrid<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Techniques<\/span><\/h3>\n

SLA, DLP, Milling, Carbon milling, laminating<\/p>\n

Services by Tenco<\/h3>\n

Purchasing & stock keeping, Production, High-end finishing, Engineering, Assembly, Callibration, Electronics, Potting, COC (Certificate of Conformity)<\/p>\n

Get in touch via sales@temco-ddm.be<\/a> to find out more about our services<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6,15,20,21,11],"tags":[7,17,18,8,9,85,90,89],"class_list":["post-3379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-additive-manufacturing","category-assemblies","category-medical","category-post-processing","category-series-production","tag-complexity","tag-design-for-additive-manufacturing","tag-dfam","tag-digital-light-processing","tag-dlp","tag-series-production","tag-sla","tag-supply-chain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3379"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5789,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3379\/revisions\/5789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}