Do all gooseneck flex arms work the same way?

Unlike some things, all flex arms AREN’T created equal. Here’s what you need to look for
One of the hardest things about our product is people coming in with assumptions about how well a flex arm works. Now, we don’t like to speak badly on other products, but for the most part those assumptions are usually …

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Moffatt Q&A: Flex Arm Prototyping and Development Timelines

Development and production are two of the items we get asked most about. It’s easy to understand why, when you’re building a medical device you need to know that you’ll be able to get what you need WHEN you need it. Here are ten questions we get asked all the time about prototyping and developing …

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Pre-production cost vs production cost in a flex arm: What are you paying for?

Creating new medical devices sounds expensive and daunting. To understand the costs you might incur let’s break them into two buckets – preproduction and production. Every OEM and medical device component manufacturer follows their own process. We thought we’d take a moment to break down production and pre-production costs for our flex arms.
We do not …

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The Number One Question We Ask Potential Medical Device Design Partners

LED Flexible Arm C-clamp.

When we talk about medical device components, Moffatt Products is in a unique space. We’re both a component manufacturers AND we also source parts from other component manufacturers. That’s how we create our flex arm devices. It’s important for us to have a base line knowledge of how that company works and if we’d be …

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The benefits of working with an American manufacturer for medical devices

Moffatt Products team members

When you see something is “American Made” it immediately conjures some emotions, right? A lot of folks really appreciate domestic production – especially at a time when that seems increasingly rare. 
But apart from just a good feeling, does buying American-made for your next medical device actually serve a purpose? We’re happy to say that it …

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Why our clients are often surprised at how much a flex arm costs

Man in hospital bed using a device on a flex arm

Medical device manufacturers find real value in what we bring to the table. Why? Well, it starts with the average price of an assembly, which costs between $30 – $100 per unit at its most basic level. Why such a range? The lower end will be a single continuous gooseneck with basic threaded fittings and …

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Why We Stopped Going to Trade Shows

Going back to the 1990s, we found almost all of our business exclusively through trade shows. Even before then, our goal was to go to the Chicago machine tool show and get as many vendors to convert over to a Moffatt Task Light for their machinery as possible. 
And that worked out great for us! Moffatt …

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