Many plastic manufacturing services are used to create hundreds of medical devices, equipment, and essential products used throughout the healthcare industry. Injection molding is no different.
Medical injection molding services are often performed for a few key reasons, namely the ability to perform high volume manufacturing at a cost-effective rate where the price per part isn’t astronomical.
Read on as Triad Plastic Technologies highlights where injection molding for medical applications makes the most sense and why it can be a reliable manufacturing option.
When Medical Injection Molding Services Make the Most Sense
The reasons why injection molding services are used within the medical industry are largely the same for any other industry. This style of plastic manufacturing offers cost-effectiveness, consistency, scalability, and automation that helps turnaround times.
Specific to the medical industry, however, there are instances where injection molding should be the go-to solution to create components, equipment pieces, and other essential parts for healthcare applications.
High Volume Production Runs
Injection molding services lend themselves toward creating a high volume of components for medical teams such as trays, vials, caps, dosage cups, plastic syringes, and other essential items. After the initial tooling costs have offset, the cost per part drops as volume increases.
Repeatability and Tight Tolerance Allowances
Molds can withstand several injection molding production runs which means the parts that the healthcare industry need can be readily manufactured. Besides the life cycle of molds, quick turnaround times makes injection molding a more convenient production method for medical equipment.
Tight tolerances are achievable as well with injection molding and that impacts the medical industry as equipment such as hearing aid equipment and diagnostic cartridges contain tight tolerances.
Regulation Needs
No matter the application, medical injection molding services are going to need to meet stringent regulatory and cleanliness metrics so that they can enter a given environment. That’s where a company like Triad Plastic Technologies comes into play. We can handle up to ISO Class 8 Clean Room projects that eliminate contaminants from where production occurs, ensuring your products are free of harmful agents that could impact both staff and patient care if applicable.
Better Material Selection
Material selection matters in any manufacturing service as it directly affects how a product will function. Materials have to be selected based upon the component’s intended function as well as the environment it’s going to serve in.
That’s where medical injection molding services are beneficial. Medical-grade polymers are readily accessible for manufacturers to use for your equipment. These polymers can range from characteristics such as biocompatibility, chemical resistance, or even Gamma compatibility. It’s critical to partner with your chosen manufacturer’s engineering team to work through the basics of your product to make the best material selection possible.
Best Applications of Injection Molding in the Medical Field
Specific products thrive in the medical field because of injection molding and the benefits that stem from the production process. While there are other means to create the same equipment, injection molding offers unparalleled cost advantages along with the manufacturability of complex designs and geometries.
The best applications can be broken down into a few categories.
Disposable
- Test tubes
- Vials
- Trays
- Syringes
Tools
- Handles
- Retractors
- Suture devices
- Forceps bodies
Patient Usage
- Orthopedic parts
- Dental components
- Catheters
- Tubes
Housings
- Diagnostics equipment
- Endoscope housings
Connectors
- Clamps
- Push-fit connectors
- Luer locks
While these are just a few examples of the most commonly manufactured products for medical applications, any time complex designs and a need for high volume production is warranted, injection molding can serve the medical industry to create the necessary plastic products.
Need Medical Injection Molding Services? Contact Triad Plastic Technologies Today
Since 1988, Triad Plastic Technologies has specialized in creating injection molding projects for you and your team to keep your daily operations uninterrupted. Medical injection molding services are one of the things we do best in our Reno, Nevada, facility.
We can handle many injection molding projects with medical applications, and with our ISO Class 8 Clean Room certification, your team can be worry-free about potential contaminates impacting your order under our watch.
Contact our team today to set up the initial consultation and we can review all the specifications of your project as soon as possible.