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A Week at Haughton Design

Amidst another national lockdown, I’ve had a great and hugely insightful introductory week learning the ropes at HD. I’ve had time to get to know my new colleagues, their roles and backgrounds ...

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HD Welcomes Amber Davies – UX Designer, to the Team!

The HD team has grown once again! Following a successful 12 months, and having recently achieved our record month and quarter, we have further expanded the team with Amber Davies who joins us as a UX ...

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Characterisation – Tolerance Analysis & the Manufacturing Data Pack

Tolerance analysis is used to understand how small variations in component dimensions and assembly constraints stack up across assemblies, and how the accumulation of differences affects function of t...

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Happy 18th Birthday to HD!

Haughton Design was ‘officially’ incorporated on 7th November 2002, making the company 18 years old tomorrow – and what an 18 years it’s been! Although HD were somewhat operating for 12 ye...

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Characterisation: Interaction Matrix & Essential Functions Documents

When the time comes to jump into CAD and start the process of modelling components it’s important to plan your modelling and assembly structures. Following an efficient modelling method allows any m...

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7 Proven tips to generate more useful ideas

HD’s Design and Operations Director, Lee Smith shares his top tips to improve productivity of brainstorm sessions Are your brainstorming sessions not producing the results you’d like from them...

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Characterising Devices: Measurement of Components

When it comes to the reverse engineering/measurement of the existing components in a device there are many methods to go for. Some of the options available for accurately replicating the critical feat...

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Large contract won to develop medical devices for US pharma company

Haughton Design are delighted to have been awarded two large contracts relating to the medical device industry for a new client based in the US. This is a fantastic opportunity for all of the team h...

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How Do You Characterise an Existing Medical Device?

The information available online regarding ‘characterising existing medical devices’ is vast, however, most of the information that’s instantly accessible on characterisation falls into just tw...

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HD’s top tips to improve SolidWorks productivity

We know that when working from home, keeping productivity up is key to ensure you’re working as efficiently as you would in the design studio. Luckily for us, we’d started creating a bank of Solid...

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Introducing our ISO 13485 Development Workflow

We believe in working closely with clients to make their lives easier. Most senior people in medical device development are time poor with heavy demands on them and no let up. We realised that saving ...

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What to expect at the end of a Concept Design phase

So, you may be wondering what will I actually receive from Haughton Design? Here’s a typical list of deliverables for a generic product design project. Please note that each deliverable can be as de...

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The life of a Design Development Engineer

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a Design Development Engineer? We think it’s one of the most diverse and rewarding jobs out there (but then as a design consultancy we would, wouldnt we...

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How do you reduce cost but not quality on your products?

At Haughton Design, our design engineers have built a vast array of knowledge from the sheer variety of products that we’ve worked on – from large vehicle fabrications, to micro injection moulded...

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Haughton Design – Coronavirus (COVID-19) Announcement

With growing concerns due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) we would like to advise that Haughton Design will be operating as normal, whilst still following advice from the UK Government and the World Health ...

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Reverse Engineering – Everyone’s Doing It!

It’s often a taboo subject to discuss Reverse Engineering medical devices – it’s not a simple case of copying! Safety and efficacy still need to be demonstrated. The process starts with a Pro...

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