…AND THE SURVEY SAYS… BENDING SECTION REPAIR TRENDS Of the 1600+ bending sections Llojenn has repaired over the past year, bending section repair trends have basically remained the same. Of these repairs, 76% have been Large models, CF, PCF ,GIF etc. and 24% were Ultra’s, AU1, CU1 URFP-5 etc. Of the Large models, PCF-160AL, PCF-H180AL & […]
WHEN TO REPLACE- WHEN TO REPAIR The endoscope service industry doesn’t have the luxury of purchasing Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Components. With the rare exception of authorized Fujinon /Olympus repair centers, the VA Center at Hines IL and in the United Kingdom, manufactures refuse to sell parts to anyone, which drives the cost up because […]
“NEW “BENDING SECTION DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN GOOD There is always someone offering an after market bending section for sale. So why hasn’t anyone gotten rich selling them? The need is there. Third party flexible endoscope service companies will pay $900 for an Original Equipment Manufactures’ (OEM) bending section. An industry exists where deep pocket salesman buy […]
ENDOTESTER Several years ago a Connecticut group approached me to build a device to quantify all aspects of the image and light quality of any flexible or rigid endoscope. I was already working on a similar scale to measure these qualities. The customer showed me the advantages of using Lab View software so we […]
