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SMI 2005 SPE Award

SMI 2004 SPE Awards

SMI Wins 2006 SPE Award!

Specialty Manufacturing, Inc. (SMI) has once again won a design award from the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). The award was presented at the SPE Thermoforming Conference held in Nashville, TN in September. 

The winner of the Multipart Assembly Award features seven pressure-formed parts that enclose a multiplexing microarray processor used for genomics and proteomics testing. The sweeping curve of the design is a key visual element, along with the crisp appearance of the pressure-formed panels and the concealment of fasteners.

The industrial design demanded an aesthetically appealing and functional enclosure. Operation of the unit requires frequent lifting of the front panel by an automated hydraulic mechanism and opening of the side panel doors by the operator. To achieve accuracy of assembly and realignment after opening, the components incorporate a formed-in undercut design, with tooled double-tiered steps locating the adjacent single-tiered step to the mating part. Mating lines of the multiple parts intersect in nine locations. 

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