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When the world’s best surgeons spread a rib cage or clamp a blood vessel, they rely on instruments hammered and filed by skilled hands in a Sheffield workshop.
On this week’s The Factory Next Door we head to Platts & Nisbett, manufacturers of surgical instruments for almost half-a-century.
Number 47 on our list of the greatest things we make here is The Surgical Clamp.
Alyson Nisbett gives us a factory tour as we learn why machines can’t make these instruments, we consider the responsibility that comes with hand-crafting life-saving equipment, and we ponder where a five-inch nail goes in the body.
Say hello on Instagram @thefactorynextdoor
The Factory Next Door is supported by AVEVA, a leader in industrial intelligence.
Sign up to their bi-weekly newsletter about manufacturing here:
www.aveva.com/factory
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When the world’s best surgeons spread a rib cage or clamp a blood vessel, they rely on instruments hammered and filed by skilled hands in a Sheffield workshop.
On this week’s The Factory Next Door we head to Platts & Nisbett, manufacturers of surgical instruments for almost half-a-century.
Number 47 on our list of the greatest things we make here is The Surgical Clamp.
Alyson Nisbett gives us a factory tour as we learn why machines can’t make these instruments, we consider the responsibility that comes with hand-crafting life-saving equipment, and we ponder where a five-inch nail goes in the body.
Say hello on Instagram @thefactorynextdoor
The Factory Next Door is supported by AVEVA, a leader in industrial intelligence.
Sign up to their bi-weekly newsletter about manufacturing here:
www.aveva.com/factory
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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