Complete additive manufacturing (3D printing) solutions
We are pleased to offer cutting-edge additive manufacturing (3D printing) as a part of our complete plastic molding solutions for your interventional medical device components. Our Carbon printers use a digital light synthesis (DLS) process, which produces highly detailed quality parts. We can make the quantities needed for both prototyping and production, with no tooling required. Design changes are a snap—we simply modify the model files and then begin printing your new design immediately.
Interventional Medical Plastics Center of Excellence: Additive manufacturing
Our vertically integrated Center of Excellence for Interventional Medical Plastics brings together the latest technology, highly experienced engineers and a broad range of capabilities to deliver best-in-class additive manufacturing solutions. As a full-service molding contract manufacturer, we can partner with you at every step, from designing a new part to manufacturing.
Additive manufacturing (3D printing) division: Fast facts
- Design for manufacturability (DFM)
- Parts manufacture
- Secondary operations
- Assembly
- Laser scan metrology
3D printing for finished products
Additive manufacturing uses 3D printing to create parts and systems layer by layer to make one final part. This technology allows us to produce customized parts such as personalized surgical implants, medical guides, external surgery aids, microcomponents and other interventional devices.
Lattices
Lattice structures are repeating patterns that, when connected, form three-dimensional shapes. In an additive manufacturing context, compliant lattice structures open up exciting product design possibilities as designers harness 3D printing technologies to create previously unmakeable shapes and parts.
Difficult geometries
We use additive manufacturing to manufacture parts with difficult geometries that other molding techniques are unable to achieve. Unlike molding or machining, additive manufacturing’s layering technique allows varied wall thicknesses, undercuts and internal threads.
Complete design services
We offer complete design services for your additive manufacturing needs. With additive manufacturing, we can design and manufacture customized parts for individual patients or for other low-volume use cases. Whatever your application, we ensure that our designs conform to your high standards. Our design services include parts design for manufacturability.
Rigid & elastomeric materials
We provide a sizeable variety of rigid and elastomeric materials with the precise characteristics you require for your application. Many of our materials are FDA and Underwriters Laboratories (UL Solutions) approved. We provide biocompatible materials when appropriate for your interventional devices.
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